Franco Peniel Mbise- PhD
- Senior Lecturer at The University of Dodoma
Franco Peniel Mbise
- PhD
- Senior Lecturer at The University of Dodoma
Teaching, Research, and Consultancy
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Introduction
Dr. Franco Mbise is a Senior Lecturer in the fields of Natural Resource Management, Wildlife Management, and Biodiversity Conservation. Mbise has made significant contributions to the understanding, conservation, and sustainable management of natural resources and wildlife in Tanzania and beyond. Mbise's expertise lies in the principles and practices of Natural Resource Management, with a focus on sustainable utilization and conservation of resources such as wildlife, forests, water, and land.
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Understanding the factors affecting a species' population size is crucial for conservation initiatives. Hyraxes are small, gregarious animals, predominantly found on kopjes (rock outcrops) and thus form metapopulation communities. In Tanzania, two species of hyraxes inhabit Serengeti National Park, the rock hyrax Procavia capensis johnstoni and bus...
Globally, human-wildlife interactions represent complex circumstances arising from the intersecting needs of wildlife and humans. The research occurred in eight villages adjacent to Lake Manyara National Park (LMNP) and the Swagaswaga Game Reserve (SGR) in Tanzania. The primary objective of this study was to assess how various socio-demographic and...
I investigated the determinants of community awareness regarding the Rungwecebus kipunji in villages surrounding the Mount Rungwe Forest Nature Reserve (MRFNR), Tanzania, by conducting a household survey involving 160 respondents. I employed binary logistic regression to discern the factors influencing community awareness and a generalized linear m...
Invasive alien species are a major driver of biodiversity loss, despite global, regional, and domestic efforts to address them. This study aims to assess community awareness and engagement in combating invasive alien plant species in Tanzania, using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey of 208 respondents. Eight villages around Ngorongoro, Tarangi...
Illegal wildlife activity poses a serious danger to the fragile ecological balance of Moyowosi Game Reserve, which is primarily a marsh surrounded by pristine wilderness. This paper comprehensively examined the drivers of illegal wildlife activities occurring in the reserve. Data were gathered from 383 respondents through household questionnaires a...
Understanding the factors that shape local people responses is essential for developing effective strategies to mitigate and manage conflicts between humans and wildlife while safeguarding the well-being of both. This study assessed the factors that influence the locals’ responses regarding human wildlife conflicts (HWCs) in villages surrounding Sw...
This study investigated the dynamics of perceived livestock depredation over the last 2 years (from 2021 to 2022) in villages close to Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania. The findings revealed that sheep were the most frequently affected livestock (57.1%), followed by goats (36.7%) and cattle (6.1%). Attacks primarily occurred at home (59.2%) and du...
In many low-income countries, the conservation of natural resources in protected areas relies on tourism revenue. However, tourist numbers in Africa were severely reduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, thus, putting the conservation of these important protected areas at risk. We use records from gate passings at national parks across Tanzania to demonst...
Tanzania is endowed with an abundance of natural resources, and the country has set aside more than 30% of its land for conservation. The Ngorongoro district is where both the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) and the Loliondo Game Controlled Area (LGCA) are located. Sometimes, it is confusing when talking about Ngorongoro as a region and the NCA...
This study used semi-structured interviews in two cities, Dodoma and Arusha, in Tanzania, to assess the difference in people’s conservation awareness between the two cities. Our results revealed that urban people were generally positive towards most statements related to biodiversity conservation in protected areas, and in a few cases, variations b...
Creating harmonic coexistence between large carnivores and local people requires proper and strategic management practices to be employed by integrating locals’ and researchers’ knowledge. In the present study, a total of 180 respondents from the Maasai tribe (n = 90) and Sonjo tribe (n = 90) in eastern Serengeti, northern Tanzania, were randomly s...
Understanding the interest of local communities and ensuring their support in conservation are pivotal to the sustainability of Protected Areas (PAs). In this study, we interviewed 230 households surrounding the Indawgyi Wildlife Sanctuary (IWS) and assessed community attitudes and conservation involvement against socioeconomic background, benefits...
The understanding of how educational and spatial factors influence appreciation of conservation benefits to locals living adjacent to protected areas is a very important aspect in conservation initiatives. In this study we compared how educational and spatial factors affect the appreciation of conservation benefits to local communities adjoining th...
Human-carnivore encounters are common where humans and wild carnivores share the same landscape. The frequency of such encounters gives insight regarding carnivore density and might correlate with human-carnivore conflict incidences. We interviewed livestock owners in the eastern Serengeti ecosystem and recorded reported carnivore presence and rela...
Carrion represents an unpredictable and widely distributed primary food source for
vultures and other avian scavengers. Avian scavengers in African savanna ecosystems are reported to rely exclusively on visual stimuli to locate carcasses. However,
carnivores’ predation of large mammalian herbivores and subsequent competition
for access to the carca...
Understanding the factors affecting a species' population size is crucial for conservation initiatives. Hyraxes are small, gregarious animals, predominantly found on kopjes (rock outcrops) and thus form metapopulation communities. In Tanzania, two species of hyraxes inhabit Serengeti National Park, the rock hyrax Procavia capensis johnstoni and bus...
Many animal populations are exposed to disturbance originating from human activities. In response to human disturbance, certain animals display a variety of potentially costly behavioural responses, such as increased antipredator behaviour or relocation to new areas. In contrast, other animals seemingly thrive in the presence of humans and benefit...
Livestock losses caused by wild carnivores foster negative attitudes and promote retaliatory killings, threatening the future of carnivore populations. Measures to bring about coexistence between humans and carnivores are of great importance to carnivore conservation. The study questionnaire survey involved 180 respondents from Eastern Serengeti tr...
We 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 carni-vores in Loliondo, Tanzania. After the school program was completed, a significantly higher number of school children correctly identified six ca...
We 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 carni-vores in Loliondo, Tanzania. After the school program was completed, a significantly higher number of school children correctly identified six ca...
We 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 car...
Attitudes towards the conservation of lions, leopards, cheetah, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs were assessed in the Loliondo Game Controlled Area of northern Tanzania in January 2013. Our survey encompassed 181 individuals each representing onehousehold, of which 30 were chosen randomly from six Maasai pastoralist villages. A semi-structured...
Attitudes towards the conservation of lions, leopards, cheetah, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs were assessed in the Loliondo Game Controlled Area of northern Tanzania in January 2013. Our survey encompassed 181 individuals each representing onehousehold, of which 30 were chosen randomly from six Maasai pastoralist villages. A semi-structured...
Attitudes towards the conservation of lions, leopards, cheetah, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs were assessed in the Loliondo Game Controlled Area of northern Tanzania in January 2013. Our survey encompassed 181 individuals each representing onehousehold, of which 30 were chosen randomly from six Maasai pastoralist villages. A semi-structured...
