Environment, conservation as a social process: the case of hado project in Kondoa district, Tanzania

In August, 1973 a soil Hifadhi Ardhi Dodoma <HADO) conservation project was established in Tanzania. Though the project was rneant eventually ta span trie whol e concentrated in of Dodoma Region, initially it the Kondoa Eroded Areas <KEA) apparently the most eroded area in the country.was soil The approach of the project to the problem of erosion in the KEA was basically technical, involving the construction of contour lands, check dams, production and, distribution of. seedlings and tree planting. !n Oct~ber, 1979 the project successfully d~stocked the KEA using a 1968 district by-law. Techn i cal 1 y speak i n·g the proj ect has sa far been a ·great success. Vegetation has regenerated and sediment transports in the rivers have decreased. The sand rivers have been stabilized. The river coarses have become"narrower and more stable thus creating extra land.for agriculture.