caa a22 4500 44580629X CHVBK 20180317145157.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10745-011-9376-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10745-011-9376-0 Traditional Water Resource Management and Water Quality in Rural Tanzania [Elektronische Daten] [Ayron Strauch, Astier Almedom] Traditional resource management (TRM) is largely based on local ecological knowledge (LEK). In regions where formal institutional control of natural resources is limited due to a lack of coordination or stakeholder involvement, communities rely on TRM to manage common-pool resources. This paper examines TRM among the Sonjo in rural Northern Tanzania, with particular reference to catchment forest protection and water quality. We first document the ecological knowledge of traditional resource managers, and then describe the differences between traditionally managed water sources and formal, government managed resources. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine water use, perceptions of water quality, and bacterial water quality, significant differences were detected among river basins within seasons and between seasons. Our findings indicate that the Sonjo, well known for their traditional forest conservation practices and irrigation management, may also benefit from TRM through improved water quality. The examination of traditional methods of water conservation provides insight into how communities in resource-stressed regions thrive despite seasonal droughts and flooding. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Traditional water resource management nationallicence Local ecological knowledge nationallicence Tanzania nationallicence Sonjo nationallicence Water quality nationallicence Strauch Ayron Biology Department, Tufts University, 163 Packard Ave., 02155, Medford, MA, USA aut Almedom Astier Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA aut Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/1(2011-02-01), 93-106 0300-7839 39:1<93 2011 39 10745 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9376-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9376-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Strauch Ayron Biology Department, Tufts University, 163 Packard Ave., 02155, Medford, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Almedom Astier Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/1(2011-02-01), 93-106 0300-7839 39:1<93 2011 39 10745 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer