Can enhanced awareness change local school children’s knowledge of carnivores in northern Tanzania?

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dc.contributor.authorLyamuya, Richard D.
dc.contributor.authorStraube, Anne Cathrine Strande
dc.contributor.authorGuttu, Ane M.
dc.contributor.authorMasenga, Emmanuel H.
dc.contributor.authorMbise, Franco P.
dc.contributor.authorFyumagwa, Robert D.
dc.contributor.authorStokke, Bård G.
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Craig R.
dc.contributor.authorRøskaft, Eivin
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T10:04:20Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T10:04:20Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text article available at https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2016.1180566en_US
dc.description.abstractWe used a four-day program with a pre-test–post-test approach on 355 selected school children to investigate the influence of a wildlife education project on the acquisition of knowledge about large carnivores in Loliondo, Tanzania. After the school program was completed, a significantly higher number of school children correctly identified six carnivore species, compared to when the same identification task was administered prior to the initiation of the school program. This increased knowledge is important for the conservation of large carnivores in general and of African wild dogs, in particular, because the post-test results showed that most school children considered wild dogs to be an important part of the ecosystem. In areas experiencing human– carnivore conflict, it is important to include conservation education programs in school curricula as early as possible to enable students to gain knowledge of large carnivores and their role in ecosystems.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLyamuya, R. D., Strande Straube, A. C., Guttu, A. M., Masenga, E. H., Mbise, F. P., Fyumagwa, R. D., ... & Røskaft, E. (2016). Can enhanced awareness change local school children’s knowledge of carnivores in Northern Tanzania?. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 21(5), 403-413.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2016.1180566
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3844
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectCarnivoresen_US
dc.subjectLarge carnivoresen_US
dc.subjectWild dogsen_US
dc.subjectAfrican wild dogsen_US
dc.subjectWildlife educationen_US
dc.subjectWildlife conservationen_US
dc.subjectCarnivores conservationen_US
dc.titleCan enhanced awareness change local school children’s knowledge of carnivores in northern Tanzania?en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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