In Rwanda, tourism plays a huge role in the
country’s economy, this is because it is one of the country’s biggest foreign exchange
earners as it’s from the travelers who come to see the diversity of the
wildlife and carrying out activities like gorilla tracking. However the
relationships between wildlife and humans living near the national park has
been under jeopardy where by the areas that being allocated by the government
for tourism conservation is being encroached on by the local population seeking
land for agricultural activities and poachers who still see wildlife as a
source of food. This has however increased tension between the government and
such individual’s hence prompting government to employ another group of
individuals referred to as game rangers who are trained and equipped with conservation
skills and they mainly to ensure that the fragile life’s of the wild animals
are protected from criminal activities like poaching. The government has also sensitized
the local population on the benefits of having of having wildlife hence increasing
on their awareness of the population concerning issues to deal with wild life
conservation in Rwanda as a Nation. All in all this has improved on the relationship
between animals and humans.
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