By Staff Writer
THE Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has challenged the country’s experts in the conservation of natural resources to conductof useful research so as to solve the numerous setbacks haunting the vital socioeconomic sector.
The call was made yesterday by the Director of Training and Research from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Edward Kohi in his remarks during the opening of the special training towards the said experts.
The Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources has conducted a special training to impart it employees, staff from various public institutions and universities on the best way to conduct vital research to help eliminate challenges, and strengthening investment in conservation areas across the country.
Held yesterday in Dodoma Capital City, the one-day timely training which was facilitate by high profile experts from Bangor University in England, attracted at least 25 participants from the parent ministry, Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI), Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), the Wildlife Department, Policy and Planning Department, National College of Tourism (NCT), University of Dodoma (Udom) as well as the institute of COLBAT Ltd.
In his remarks during the event, Dr. Kohi expressed that the training has been tailored to help building the capacity of the employees of the Ministry, its colleges and institutions in the right ways to conduct useful research in the sector.
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Dr Kohi added that the parent ministry will organising the training regularly in order to ensure the numerous challenges faces the country’s conservation sector are being solved in a proper and professional manner.
He briefed that, during the training the participants will learn how best to prepare useful questionnaires, especially by preparing and asking questions, as well as how to process questions and statistics obtained during research.
"This training brings the addition of the area of psychology to research involving people and conservation, and various ways of preparing questions that many people have doubts about answering easily such as 'how much have you spent while in the park, have you ever hunted in the park?, "he expressed.
He added that the training has surfaced at the right time when the strategy to implement the Wildlife Policy of 2007 is being improved.
"This training will play pivotal role in enabling researchers to get the right research results and information that will guide and help improve various conservation policies, solve challenges and also, it will help in making investments and information that guides us in making big decisions in the conservation and tourism sector," he detailed.
For his part, a member from the Department of Forestry and Bees, Dr. Siima Salome Bakengesa said through the training they are learning how best to use correct information from people who live in areas bordering the reserve.
"We hope that after this training we will stand a better position to conduct deep research that will continue to help us in the conservation of our areas that we preserve for forests and animals," Bakengesa informed.
And Dr. Agnes Kisanga from the Department of Biology, University of Dodoma (UDOM) for her side expressed that through the training got an ample opportunity to acquire vital knowledge on different ways of doing research pertaining to preservation.
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