The purpose of this study was to examine the particular reasons why the Maasai ecosystem is home to the spectacular assemblages of the remaining African terrestrial wildlife populations. We highlight how the adherence to locally devised rules, values, and practices play an important role in the management and conservation of land resources particularly wildlife resources. This article indicates that despite the external pressures to dismantle Maasai ecological strategies and practices through imported religions, Western-oriented education, constraining policies, and the cumulative loss of land, the community has continued to maintain significant practices for the conservation of Tanzania’s wildlife ecosystems and livestock. The article extends the overall argument that indigenous practices are central to a continued nurturing of biodiversity conservation.

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为什么野生生物在马赛人家门口？来自坦桑尼亚马赛的见解

这项研究的目的是研究马赛生态系统之所以能成为其余非洲陆地野生动植物种群壮观群居的原因。我们强调遵守本地制定的规则，价值和做法如何在土地资源（特别是野生动植物资源）的管理和保护中发挥重要作用。本文指出，尽管外部压力通过进口宗教，西方教育，限制性政策以及土地的累计丧失来取消马赛人的生态战略和实践，但该社区仍在继续采取重要措施来保护坦桑尼亚的野生动植物生态系统和生态系统。家畜。