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Page 1: ISSN 0856-8715 TFCG CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF CONSERVING ...€¦ · through partnership with other organisations and support from several donors, TFCG has been able to establish programmes

Le

tte

r fr

om

th

e C

ha

irm

an

of

the

Ta

nza

nia

Fo

rest

Co

nse

rva

tio

n G

rou

pS

ince

I w

as fi

rst e

lect

ed a

s C

hairm

anof

the

Tan

zani

a Fo

rest

Con

serv

atio

nG

roup

in 1

994,

TFC

G h

as g

row

n an

dm

atur

ed in

to o

ne o

f Tan

zani

a's

lead

ing

cons

erva

tion

non-

gov

ernm

enta

lor

gan

isat

ions

. O

ver

this

tim

e, T

FCG

'sst

aff

and

com

mitt

ee h

ave

show

n th

eir

com

mitm

ent,

cap

acity

and

inte

grit

y in

add

ress

ing

the

crit

ical

pro

ble

ms

that

con

front

Tan

zani

ans

and

thei

r fo

rest

s.

Ove

r th

e la

st 2

0 ye

ars,

TFC

G h

as s

timul

ated

pub

lic d

ebat

ean

d

actio

n to

ad

dre

ss

Tanz

ania

's

fore

st

cons

erva

tion

issu

es.

As

a d

irect

resu

lt of

TFC

G's

wor

k, o

ver o

ne h

und

red

com

mun

ities

fro

m n

ine

dis

trict

s ar

e in

volv

ed i

n m

anag

ing

thei

r fo

rest

s; c

omm

uniti

es a

nd N

GO

s ar

e w

orki

ng to

get

her

to a

chie

ve m

ore

equi

tab

le s

harin

g o

f cos

ts a

nd b

enef

its o

fp

artic

ipat

ory

fore

st m

anag

emen

t; t

he f

irst

Eas

tern

Arc

Nat

iona

l P

ark

was

g

azet

ted

;

hous

ehol

d

inco

mes

fo

rhu

ndre

d o

f hou

seho

lds

in c

omm

uniti

es c

lose

to fo

rest

s ha

vein

crea

sed

by

eng

agin

g i

n en

viro

nmen

tally

sou

nd i

ncom

eg

ener

atin

g a

ctiv

ities

and

at

leas

t ei

ght

sp

ecie

s ne

w t

osc

ienc

e ha

ve b

een

doc

umen

ted

.

Bu

t th

e p

robl

ems

are

still

gre

at,a

nd

are

urg

ent:

•Ta

nzan

ia's

glo

bal

ly i

mp

orta

nt c

oast

al f

ores

ts h

ome

to37

end

emic

ver

teb

rate

s sp

ecie

s an

d 5

54 e

ndem

ic

pla

nts

are

bei

ng r

apid

ly l

ost

as a

res

ult

of t

he t

imb

eran

d c

harc

oal

trad

e an

d t

he e

xpan

sion

of

agric

ultu

ral

land

; f

ores

ts s

uch

as V

ikin

du

and

Kis

iju h

ave

bee

nal

mos

t co

mp

lete

ly

clea

red

w

hile

P

ugu

and

Kaz

imzu

mb

wi F

ores

t Res

erve

s ar

e cl

ose

to b

eing

lost

; •

In t

he E

aste

rn A

rc M

ount

ains

, th

e so

urce

of

over

50%

of th

e na

tion'

s el

ectri

city

and

wat

er s

upp

lyin

g o

ver

3.5

mill

ion

Tanz

ania

ns,

gov

ernm

ent

inve

stm

ent

in f

ores

tm

anag

emen

t is

le

ss

than

U

S$

50,0

00

per

ye

ar(o

per

atio

nal b

udg

et e

xclu

din

g d

onor

con

trib

utio

ns).

•Ju

st a

s w

e d

isco

ver

new

sp

ecie

s in

Tan

zani

a's

fore

sts

such

as

the

Kip

unji

man

gab

ey d

escr

ibed

in th

is e

diti

onof

the

Arc

Jou

rnal

and

the

six

sp

ecie

s of

fro

g r

ecen

tlyd

isco

vere

d i

n th

e S

outh

Ng

uru

Mou

ntai

ns,

so t

heir

hab

itat i

s b

eing

lost

and

thei

r fut

ure

exis

tenc

e b

ecom

esm

ore

pre

cario

us.

An

estim

ated

400

km

2ha

s b

een

lost

sinc

e th

e 19

70s;

•Th

e b

enef

its t

o co

mm

uniti

es f

rom

par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent

have

ofte

n no

t b

een

real

ised

due

to,

amon

gst

oth

er t

hing

s, d

elay

s in

sig

ning

ag

reem

ents

and

unc

lear

pro

ced

ures

.W

orki

ng

clos

ely

with

its

p

artn

ers,

TF

CG

is

lo

okin

g

for

solu

tions

to th

ese

pro

ble

ms.

TF

CG

has

rel

ied

on

the

sup

por

t of

so

man

y p

eop

le a

ndor

gan

isat

ions

ove

r th

is ti

me

and

with

out t

heir

sup

por

t, no

neof

our

wor

k w

ould

hav

e b

een

pos

sib

le. I

n p

artic

ular

we

are

gra

tefu

l to

our

lon

g t

ime

par

tner

the

Afri

can

Rai

nfor

est

Con

serv

ancy

(fo

rmer

ly th

e Ta

nzan

ia W

ildlif

e Fu

nd)

for

thei

rlo

yal s

upp

ort o

ver

the

last

four

teen

yea

rs.

Pat

rick

Qor

ro

P.O

.Box

234

10, D

ar e

s S

alaa

m, T

anza

nia

e-m

ail:

tfcg@

tfcg.

or.tz

Bia

nnua

l New

slet

ter

Issu

e N

o.18

Nov

., 20

05IS

SN

085

6-87

15

TF

CG

CE

LE

BR

AT

ES

20

YE

AR

S O

FC

ON

SE

RV

ING

TA

NZ

AN

IA'S

FO

RE

ST

SIn

200

5, th

e Ta

nzan

ia F

ores

t Con

serv

atio

n G

roup

cel

ebra

tes

20 y

ears

of p

rom

otin

g th

e co

nser

vatio

n of

Tan

zani

a's

fore

sts.

This

ed

ition

of t

he A

rc J

ourn

al o

utlin

es s

ome

of th

e g

roup

's a

chie

vem

ents

ove

r thi

s p

erio

d a

nd o

utlin

es s

ome

of th

e ur

gen

tac

tions

that

are

stil

l nee

ded

to a

chie

ve th

e co

nser

vatio

n of

thes

e un

ique

fore

sts.

TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

Pat

rick

Qor

ro, C

hairm

anof

the

Tanz

ania

For

est

Con

serv

atio

n G

roup

.

Th

e H

igh

lan

d M

an

ga

be

y -

Afr

ica

's f

irst

ne

w m

on

ke

y fo

r 2

0 y

ea

rsfu

rth

er

illu

stra

tes

the

ex

ce

pti

on

al

valu

e o

f Ta

nza

nia

's f

ore

sts

Tim

Dav

enp

ort1

and

Tre

vor

Jone

s2

1 S

outh

ern

Hig

hlan

ds

Con

serv

atio

n P

rog

ram

me,

Wild

life

Con

serv

atio

n S

ocie

ty, P

.O B

ox 1

475,

Mb

eya.

2 U

dzu

ngw

a M

ount

ains

Nat

iona

l Par

k, P

.O B

ox 9

9, M

ang

'ula

.O

n M

ay 2

0th

2005

, A

fric

a's

first

new

mon

key

spec

ies

for

over

tw

o d

ecad

es w

as d

escr

ibed

in

the

jour

nal

Sci

ence

.C

alle

d th

e H

ighl

and

Man

gab

ey L

opho

ceb

us k

ipun

jiit

was

'dis

cove

red

' b

y tw

o in

dep

end

ent

team

s on

Mt

Run

gw

ean

d t

he a

djo

inin

g L

ivin

gst

one

Fore

st i

n th

e ne

w K

itulo

Nat

iona

l Par

k, a

nd in

Nd

und

ulu

Fore

st in

the

Ud

zung

was

.Th

e fin

d n

ot o

nly

dem

onst

rate

s th

e re

mar

kab

le n

atur

e of

Tanz

ania

n fo

rest

s, b

ut a

lso

show

s ho

w m

uch

ther

e is

stil

l to

lear

n ab

out

them

. It

also

hig

hlig

hts

the

need

for

gre

ater

cons

erva

tion

effo

rts

natio

nally

, as

wel

l as

rai

sing

som

e

fa

sc

in

at

in

gb

iog

eo

gr

ap

hic

al

que

stio

ns.

Ind

eed

, g

iven

all

the

det

ails

of

th

isd

isco

very

, in

clud

ing

tha

ttw

o Ta

nzan

ians

bec

ome

the

first

A

fric

ans

tod

escr

ibe

a ne

w s

pec

ies

of m

onke

y, i

t is

har

d t

oth

ink

of

a m

ore

fittin

gst

ory

with

w

hich

to

cele

bra

te

the

20th

anni

vers

ary

of T

FCG

.

cont

inue

d p

g

6

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TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

A b

rie

f H

isto

ry o

f th

e T

an

zan

ia F

ore

stC

on

serv

ati

on

Gro

up

The

idea

for

a w

orki

ng g

roup

on

Tanz

ania

's f

ores

ts f

irst

cam

e to

lig

ht a

t the

four

th E

ast A

fric

an W

ildlif

e S

ymp

osiu

min

Aru

sha,

197

8. D

eleg

ates

at t

he s

ymp

osiu

m, f

rom

sev

enco

untr

ies

unan

imou

sly

app

rove

d a

mot

ion

calli

ng fo

r:

'The

for

mat

ion

of a

gro

up o

f in

tere

sted

per

sons

to

form

aw

orki

ng g

roup

to

stim

ulat

e co

nser

vatio

n an

d r

esea

rch

activ

ities

with

in th

e na

tura

l for

ests

of T

anza

nia.

'

The

first

see

d w

as s

own.

In

itial

act

iviti

es o

f a

priv

ate

mem

ber

ship

'Fo

rest

Wor

king

Gro

up'

beg

an.

Thes

e w

ere

spea

r-he

aded

b

y TF

CG

's

first

in

teri

m

com

mitt

eem

emb

ers,

Ala

n R

odg

ers,

Joh

n B

. Hal

l and

Kim

How

ell.

Itw

as n

ot u

ntil

Dec

emb

er 1

982

that

the

Tan

zani

a Fo

rest

Con

serv

atio

n G

roup

(TF

CG

) w

as o

ffici

ally

reg

iste

red

as

aTa

nzan

ian

NG

O w

ith th

e ai

ms

of:

'…p

rom

otin

g th

e ra

tiona

l util

isat

ion

of n

atur

al fo

rest

hab

itat

with

in T

anza

nia'

.

Fort

hcom

ing

su

pp

ort

in19

83

from

th

e W

WF/

IUC

NN

airo

bi

offic

e al

low

ed

the

TFC

G

to

mak

e so

me

imp

orta

nt a

chie

vem

ents

:

•Th

e ap

pro

val

by

gov

ernm

ent

of

our

pro

pos

als

for

the

Ud

zung

wa

Mou

ntai

nsN

atio

nal

Par

k,ev

entu

ally

g

azet

ted

in

1992

.

•P

rop

osal

s fo

r a

la

ndsy

stem

co

nser

vatio

np

roje

ct

in

the

Eas

tU

sam

bar

a M

ount

ains

whi

ch

resu

lted

in

a

larg

e sc

ale

pro

ject

.

•B

iolo

gic

al

surv

eys

ofth

reat

ened

fo

rest

sar

ound

Tan

zani

a in

clud

ing

Kim

boz

a in

the

foo

thill

s of

the

Ulu

gur

u M

ount

ains

.

In 1

984

TFC

G e

nter

ed a

per

iod

of

inac

tivity

whe

n th

ele

adin

g m

emb

ers

mov

ed o

vers

eas.

In

199

1, t

hrou

gh

the

effo

rts

of

Car

ter

Col

eman

, Jo

n Lo

vett

and

K

atia

d

eJa

rnet

te a

nd t

he T

anza

nia

Wild

life

Fund

, T

FCG

bec

ame

activ

e ag

ain.

Fi

eld

pro

ject

s w

ere

esta

blis

hed

in L

ulan

da

in t

he U

dzu

ngw

a M

ount

ains

and

in

Kam

bai

in

the

Eas

tU

sam

bar

a M

ount

ains

. In

199

4, P

atric

k Q

orro

took

ove

r as

the

Cha

irman

of

the

Gro

up a

nd A

lex

Hip

kiss

too

k on

the

role

of

Coo

rdin

ator

. I

n Lu

land

a, C

harle

s M

esha

ck a

ndA

dria

n K

ahem

ela

join

ed

TFC

G

and

b

egan

to

p

rovi

de

sup

por

t to

com

mun

ities

in M

ufin

di

to

man

age

thei

rfo

rest

s.

The

Tanz

ania

Wild

life

Fund

cont

inue

d

to

pro

vid

efin

anci

al

sup

por

t fo

rth

e p

roje

cts.

In 1

999,

sup

por

t w

asal

so p

rovi

ded

thr

oug

hth

e 'M

isitu

Yet

u P

roje

ct'

by

NO

RA

D

thro

ugh

CA

RE

-Nor

way

an

dC

AR

E-T

anza

nia.

This

enab

led

TF

CG

to

esta

blis

h fie

ld p

roje

cts

in

Ruv

u S

outh

Fo

rest

Res

erve

and

in

Pan

de

Gam

e R

eser

ve a

nd t

ose

t up

the

Com

mun

ity F

ores

t C

onse

rvat

ion

Net

wor

k.

At

this

tim

e A

lex

Hip

kiss

le

ftTF

CG

an

d

Nik

eD

ogg

art

took

on

the

role

of

Coo

rdin

ator

unt

il20

05

whe

n sh

eha

nded

ov

er

toC

ha

rl

es

Mes

hack

. I

n th

em

ea

nt

ime

,t

hr

ou

gh

par

tner

ship

w

ithot

her

org

anis

atio

ns

and

su

pp

ort

from

se

vera

l d

onor

s,TF

CG

has

bee

n ab

le t

o es

tab

lish

pro

gra

mm

es t

o su

pp

ort

par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent,

rese

arch

, ad

voca

cy a

ndne

twor

king

, co

mm

unic

atio

n an

d e

nviro

nmen

tal e

duc

atio

nan

d

com

mun

ity

dev

elop

men

t ac

ross

th

e E

aste

rn

Arc

Mou

ntai

ns a

nd C

oast

al F

ores

ts.

TFC

G V

ice-

Cha

irper

son,

Dr.

Ala

nR

odg

ers,

(se

cond

from

left)

dis

cuss

ing

fore

st m

anag

emen

t in

Tanz

ania

's C

oast

al F

ores

ts w

ithco

nser

vatio

n p

ract

ition

ers

incl

udin

gS

imon

Mos

ha, T

FCG

Pro

ject

Offi

cer

(rig

ht).

Car

ter

Col

eman

, Pre

sid

ent o

f the

Afr

ican

Rai

nfor

est C

onse

rvan

cy (

left)

mee

ts w

ith c

omm

unity

mem

ber

s fro

m M

ufin

di w

hile

on

a st

udy

tour

to th

eE

ast U

sam

bar

as a

rran

ged

by

TFC

G.

Villa

ger

s fro

m K

wez

itu in

the

Eas

t Usa

mb

ara

Mou

ntai

ns m

eet w

ith T

FCG

staf

f inc

lud

ing

the

pre

viou

s TF

CG

Coo

rdin

ator

, Ale

x H

ipki

ss (

far

right

) in

1998

.

Ad

rian

Kah

emel

a d

iscu

sses

tree

pla

ntin

gw

ith m

emb

ers

of th

e Lu

land

a co

mm

unity

in 1

997.

TFC

G s

taff

in L

ulan

da

incl

udin

g C

harle

s M

esha

ck, A

dria

nK

ahem

ela,

Nic

olas

Kis

ong

a an

d N

ible

tt K

yand

o co

nduc

ting

pro

ject

pla

nnin

g in

Nov

emb

er 1

997.

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TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

TF

CG

'S C

om

mu

nit

y D

eve

lop

me

nt

Pro

gra

mm

eC

on

serv

ati

on

an

d d

eve

lop

me

nt,

do

the

y re

ally

mix

?P

over

ty

com

bin

ed

with

ec

onom

ic

dep

end

ence

on

unsu

stai

nab

le n

atur

al r

esou

rce

extr

actio

n un

der

lies

man

yof

the

cha

lleng

es t

hat

we

face

tod

ay i

n te

rms

of f

ores

tco

nser

vatio

n.

Th

roug

h its

co

mm

unity

d

evel

opm

ent

pro

gra

mm

e, t

he T

anza

nia

Fore

st C

onse

rvat

ion

Gro

up h

asw

orke

d to

red

uce

pov

erty

am

ong

st p

eop

le li

ving

ad

jace

ntto

th

e E

aste

rn

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an

d

Coa

stal

fo

rest

s as

w

ell

asen

cour

agin

g a

ctiv

ities

whi

ch e

nhan

ce fo

rest

con

serv

atio

n.

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od

uc

ing

bu

tte

rfly

fa

rmin

g t

oTa

nza

nia

Sin

ce

2003

, TF

CG

ha

s b

een

sup

por

ting

th

e A

man

iB

utte

rfly

Pro

ject

in th

e E

ast U

sam

bar

a M

ount

ains

of T

ang

aR

egio

n.

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pro

ject

has

trai

ned

mor

e th

an 2

70 fa

rmer

s to

pro

duc

e b

utte

rfly

pup

ae f

or e

xpor

t to

but

terf

ly d

isp

lay

cent

res

in o

ther

par

ts o

fth

e w

orld

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add

ition

al i

ncom

e th

atp

eop

le

are

now

earn

ing

has

inc

reas

edho

useh

old

inc

omes

by

an a

vera

ge

of 2

0%.

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add

ition

th

e fa

rmer

s'liv

elih

ood

s ar

e no

wcl

osel

y lin

ked

with

the

surv

ival

of

th

e fo

rest

san

d

man

y ar

e no

wac

tive

cons

erva

tioni

sts.

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r th

e ne

xt y

ear,

the

pro

ject

will

exp

and

to

incl

ude

400

farm

ers

and

an

nual

sa

les

for

2006

are

exp

ecte

d t

oex

ceed

US

$ 60

,000

.

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el

eff

icie

nt

sto

ves:

a w

in,

win

sce

na

rio

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ost

all h

ouse

hold

s in

vill

ages

ad

jace

nt t

o th

e E

aste

rnA

rc a

nd C

oast

al F

ores

ts r

ely

on c

harc

oal o

r fir

e w

ood

for

cook

ing

. I

n m

any

area

s, t

rad

ition

al s

tove

s ar

e in

effic

ient

and

the

smok

e th

at th

ey g

ener

ate

is d

amag

ing

to p

eop

le's

eyes

and

lung

s.

TFC

G h

as b

een

pro

mot

ing

fue

l effi

cien

tst

oves

whi

ch c

an re

duc

e b

y 50

% th

e am

ount

of f

uel w

ood

req

uire

d a

nd w

ith a

sim

ple

chi

mne

y th

ey d

raw

the

sm

oke

away

fro

m t

he e

yes

and

lun

gs

of t

he c

ooks

. T

he s

tove

sar

e si

mp

le

to

cons

truc

t an

d

ben

efit

bot

h p

eop

le's

livel

ihoo

ds

and

con

serv

atio

n.

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TFC

G's

sup

por

t, ov

er20

00 h

ouse

hold

s no

w u

se fu

el e

ffici

ent s

tove

s.

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nti

ng

fo

ur

millio

n t

ree

s O

ver

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last

20

year

s, th

roug

h th

e su

pp

ort o

f TFC

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ver

10,0

00

peo

ple

ha

ve

bee

n tr

aine

d

in

agro

fore

stry

an

dvi

llag

ers

and

pro

ject

sta

ff ha

ve p

lant

ed o

ver

four

mill

ion

trees

. S

ome

have

bee

n p

lant

ed a

s a

sour

ce o

f b

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls, f

uel w

ood

and

cas

h in

com

e fo

r fa

rmer

s. O

ther

sha

ve b

een

pla

nted

as

par

t of a

pro

cess

of r

esto

ring

fore

stco

nnec

tivity

.

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rkin

g w

ith

th

e p

riva

te s

ec

tor:

inn

ova

tive

so

luti

on

s fo

r a

ge

-old

pro

ble

ms

TFC

G h

as b

een

wor

king

with

Uni

Leve

r an

d o

ther

par

tner

sin

the

Eas

t Usa

mb

ara

Mou

ntai

ns to

inve

stig

ate

whe

ther

oil

from

the

fru

its o

f th

e A

llanb

lack

ia s

tuhl

man

nii t

ree,

a t

ree

end

emic

to

the

Eas

tern

Arc

Mou

ntai

ns,

can

be

used

in

mar

gar

ine

pro

duc

tion.

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oil

from

Alla

nbla

ckia

frui

ts h

assi

mila

ritie

s w

ith th

e oi

l ext

ract

ed fr

om o

il p

alm

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e p

roje

ctai

ms

to

sup

por

t co

mm

uniti

es

to

harv

est

the

nuts

sust

aina

bly

and

the

reb

y g

ener

ate

an i

ncom

e fro

m t

hefo

rest

s.

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cces

sful

, th

e p

roje

ct c

ould

pro

vid

e a

stro

ngec

onom

ic

ince

ntiv

e to

co

mm

uniti

es

to

cons

erve

th

eir

fore

sts

and

pla

nt th

e in

dig

enou

s A

llanb

lack

ia tr

ees.

But

terf

ly fa

rmer

s in

the

Eas

t Usa

mb

ara

Mou

ntai

ns b

ring

thei

r p

upae

for

colle

ctio

n b

y TF

CG

Pro

ject

Offi

cer,

Am

iri S

aid

.

Hyp

olim

nas

ante

vort

ais

one

of t

he b

utte

rfly

sp

ecie

s p

rod

uced

by

but

terf

ly fa

rmer

s in

the

Eas

t Usa

mb

aras

for

sale

to E

urop

e.

TFC

G P

roje

ct O

ffice

r, S

anfo

rd K

way

pro

vid

es tr

aini

ng to

com

mun

itym

emb

ers

on tr

ee n

urse

ry te

chni

que

s as

par

t of t

he M

isitu

Yet

u P

roje

ct.

In th

e E

ast U

sam

bar

a M

ount

ains

, wom

en a

nd m

en h

ave

star

ted

to g

row

the

seed

ling

s of

Alla

nbla

ckia

stu

hlm

anni

i as

a fu

ture

sou

rce

of h

ouse

hold

inco

me.

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TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

TF

CG

's N

etw

ork

ing

an

d A

dvo

ca

cy

Pro

gra

mm

eTh

e Ta

nzan

ia F

ores

t C

onse

rvat

ion

Gro

up's

ad

voca

cy a

nd n

etw

orki

ng p

rog

ram

me

aim

s to

pro

mot

e a

mor

e ef

fect

ive

pol

icy

envi

ronm

ent f

or fo

rest

con

serv

atio

n an

d to

faci

litat

e ne

twor

king

bet

wee

n fo

rest

sta

keho

lder

s.

Est

ab

lish

ing

a c

om

mu

nit

y fo

rest

co

nse

rva

tio

n n

etw

ork

fo

r Ta

nza

nia

Com

mun

ities

invo

lved

in p

artic

ipat

ory

fore

st m

anag

emen

tw

ere

larg

ely

actin

g in

isol

atio

n in

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zani

a un

til 2

000

whe

nTF

CG

b

egan

to

su

pp

ort

the

com

mun

ity

fore

stco

nser

vatio

n ne

twor

k.

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ratio

nale

for

the

net

wor

k is

to

enab

le c

omm

uniti

es to

sha

re e

xper

ienc

es a

nd, w

here

thei

rin

tere

sts

over

lap

, to

hav

e a

com

mon

voi

ce in

ad

voca

ting

for

chan

ges

in

the

way

tha

t Ta

nzan

ia's

for

ests

are

bei

ngm

anag

ed.

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roug

h a

com

bin

atio

n of

na

tiona

l-lev

elm

eetin

gs,

stu

dy

tour

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ublic

atio

ns a

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ocal

net

wor

king

the

netw

ork

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ught

to

get

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over

31

co

mm

unity

cons

erva

tion

netw

orks

of a

n av

erag

e of

60

mem

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now

has

186

0 m

emb

ers.

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e ne

twor

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led

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omm

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ecte

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very

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ears

by

netw

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r an

nual

gen

eral

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ting

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cu

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two

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netw

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ind

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ard

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in t

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est

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mb

ara

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ns.

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wor

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rmed

in 2

002

to u

nite

the

sur

roun

din

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illag

esto

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serv

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ring

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his

wat

er s

ourc

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r th

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ultiv

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ring

wer

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qua

lity

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qua

ntity

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e w

ater

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e N

etw

ork

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urag

ed th

e vi

llag

es n

ear t

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e sp

ring

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w

ork

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ethe

r to

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nser

ve

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fore

stup

stre

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nd t

o st

op f

arm

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too

clo

se t

o th

e w

ater

sour

ce.

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eir

effo

rts

wer

e su

cces

sful

.

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villa

ges

man

age

the

upst

ream

for

est

join

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an n

ow e

njoy

aye

ar-r

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sup

ply

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app

ed w

ater

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sprin

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mb

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fro

m t

he

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llow

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ular

dem

and

, TF

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lau

nche

d i

ts s

econ

dS

wah

ili n

ewsl

ette

r, 'K

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cart

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out

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man

agem

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issu

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com

mun

ities

in

volv

edin

p

artic

ipat

ory

fore

stm

anag

emen

t ar

eco

ncer

ned

ab

out.

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new

slet

ter

isd

istr

ibut

ed

to

all

the

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mem

ber

s of

the

netw

ork

as w

ell

as t

olo

cal

and

ce

ntra

lg

ov

er

nm

en

tp

ract

ition

ers

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artic

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ory

fore

stm

anag

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t in

Tanz

ania

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e N

etw

ork

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nu

al

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eti

ng

s: a

foru

m f

or

dia

log

ue

on

pa

rtic

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tory

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st m

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ag

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en

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ince

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1, T

FCG

has

org

anis

ed f

our

annu

al n

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ork

wor

ksho

ps

in D

ar e

s S

alaa

m,

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ga

and

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ga.

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r 43

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reg

ions

hav

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artic

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ed i

nth

ese

mee

ting

s.

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h m

eetin

g h

as f

ocus

ed o

n a

them

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ese

have

bee

n:

“The

nee

d f

or a

Com

mun

ity F

ores

t C

onse

rvat

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Net

wor

kin

Tan

zani

a -

2001

”,

“The

Cor

e is

sues

in

par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent

inTa

nzan

ia -

200

2”,

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ngin

g r

oles

in f

ores

t m

anag

emen

t in

Tan

zani

a -

who

is d

oing

wha

t in

PFM

- 2

003”

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elih

ood

sec

urity

and

sus

tain

able

fore

st m

anag

emen

t in

Tanz

ania

- 2

004”

.

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ach

wor

ksho

p, c

omm

unity

mem

ber

s an

d p

ract

ition

ers

pre

sent

ed

thei

r ex

per

ienc

es

and

ca

me

up

with

reco

mm

end

atio

ns

whi

ch

have

b

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pre

sent

ed

to

the

Min

istr

y of

Nat

ural

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ourc

es a

nd T

ouris

m.

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2005

, th

eA

nnua

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orks

hop

will

be

held

in

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emb

er i

n M

orog

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and

will

loo

k at

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atur

al r

esou

rces

and

com

mun

ities

in

par

ticip

ator

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rest

man

agem

ent

in T

anza

nia

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ocus

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inte

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gal

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ent

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m

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and

a to

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nion

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vil

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edin

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ticip

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ent

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gan

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rmed

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rest

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).

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r p

rog

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me

beg

an i

n A

pril

2005

and

will

sup

por

t co

mm

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net

wor

king

acr

oss

the

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ba

new

slet

ter

is p

rod

uced

by

TFC

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mun

ity F

ores

t Con

serv

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n N

etw

ork.

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ticip

ants

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l net

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cuss

the

ben

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een

com

mun

ities

.

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E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

reg

ion.

Th

is w

ill i

nclu

de

exch

ang

ing

inf

orm

atio

n ab

out

fore

st m

anag

emen

t at

loca

l, na

tiona

l and

reg

iona

l lev

els;

imp

rovi

ng t

he l

ivel

ihoo

ds

of c

omm

uniti

es l

ivin

g c

lose

to

fore

sts;

and

stre

ngth

enin

g c

ivil

soci

ety

org

anis

atio

ns.

Ma

go

mb

era

: a

lo

ng

str

ug

gle

TFC

G

have

b

een

hig

hlig

htin

g

the

risks

th

at

face

th

isim

por

tant

fo

rest

in

th

e fo

ot

hills

of

th

e U

dzu

ngw

aM

ount

ains

in

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mb

ero

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tric

t si

nce

the

early

199

0s.

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fore

st

has

an

imp

orta

nt

pop

ulat

ion

of

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ga

red

colo

bus

as

wel

l as

two

stric

tly e

ndem

ic p

lant

s.

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rts

toin

clud

e th

e fo

rest

int

o th

e S

elou

s ha

ve b

een

ong

oing

sinc

e th

e 19

80s.

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200

2, t

here

was

a p

rop

osal

to

mov

efa

rmer

s in

to t

he f

ores

t fro

m l

and

to

be

used

for

sug

arcu

ltiva

tion.

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ollo

win

g e

ffort

s b

y TF

CG

and

oth

er c

ivil

soci

ety

org

anis

atio

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hese

pla

ns h

ave

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n ha

lted

and

,w

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por

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m

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cosy

stem

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nd,

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life

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isio

n ha

ve n

ow r

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ed e

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secu

re th

e fu

ture

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his

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st.

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two

rkin

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o s

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ng

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n p

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d p

rac

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tha

t im

pa

ct

on

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na

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me

nt

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ing

20

05,

with

su

pp

ort

from

th

e Ta

nzan

ia

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ural

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ourc

es F

orum

, TF

CG

has

bee

n ho

stin

g a

ser

ies

ofst

akeh

old

er m

eetin

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aim

to

enha

nce

coop

erat

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inta

cklin

g s

ome

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he m

ost

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ssin

g f

ores

t co

nser

vatio

nis

sues

th

at

Tanz

ania

fa

ces

tod

ay.

Th

is

incl

udes

th

ed

ecim

atio

n of

the

coas

tal f

ores

ts a

nd th

e ne

ed fo

r cl

eare

rfo

rest

reg

ulat

ions

. T

he m

eetin

gs

are

open

to

peo

ple

inte

rest

ed t

o su

pp

ort

effo

rts

to r

esol

ve t

hese

pre

ssin

gis

sues

.

De

velo

pin

g a

re

gio

na

l st

rate

gy

for

Ea

st A

fric

a's

Co

ast

al

Fo

rest

sTh

e C

oast

al F

ores

ts o

f E

ast

Afr

ica

are

und

er e

norm

ous

pre

ssur

e fro

m t

he t

imb

er a

nd c

harc

oal

trad

e.

In 2

002,

TFC

G w

as e

lect

ed t

o b

ecom

e a

mem

ber

of

the

Reg

iona

lan

d

Nat

iona

l C

oast

al

Fore

st

Task

Fo

rces

.

With

rep

rese

ntat

ives

fro

m K

enya

, Ta

nzan

ia a

nd M

ozam

biq

ueth

e ta

sk

forc

es

have

d

evel

oped

a

stra

teg

y fo

r th

esu

stai

nab

le m

anag

emen

t of

Eas

t A

fric

a's

coas

tal

fore

sts

and

ha

ve

pro

vid

ed

a va

luab

le

foru

m

for

netw

orki

ngb

etw

een

org

anis

atio

ns.

Th

e ta

sk

forc

es

have

b

een

faci

litat

ed b

y W

WF.

Pro

mo

tin

g C

EP

F's

in

vest

me

nt

info

rest

co

nse

rva

tio

n i

n t

he

Ea

ste

rnA

rc a

nd

Co

ast

al

Fo

rest

s

In

2003

, th

e C

ritic

al

Eco

syst

em

Par

tner

ship

Fu

ndla

unch

ed

a U

S$

7 m

illio

n in

vest

men

t in

co

nser

vatio

nac

tiviti

es le

d b

y ci

vil s

ocie

ty o

rgan

isat

ions

in t

he E

aste

rnA

rc a

nd C

oast

al F

ores

ts o

f Ta

nzan

ia a

nd K

enya

.

TFC

Gb

ecam

e a

mem

ber

of

the

loca

l Coo

rdin

atio

n U

nit

for

this

inve

stm

ent

alon

g s

ide

Bird

Life

Int

erna

tiona

l an

d i

ts l

ocal

par

tner

s th

e W

ildlif

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Soc

iety

of T

anza

nia

and

Nat

ure

Ken

ya,

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l C

entr

e fo

r In

sect

Phy

siol

ogy

and

Eco

log

y an

d W

WF-

Eas

t A

fric

an R

egio

nal

Pro

gra

mm

e O

ffice

. TF

CG

's r

ole

has

bee

n to

pro

mot

e th

ein

vest

men

t an

d

com

mun

icat

e ab

out

the

resu

lts

and

less

ons

lear

nt.

This

has

incl

uded

pro

duc

ing

pos

ters

and

leaf

lets

; d

esig

ning

a w

eb s

ite a

nd c

ircul

atin

g a

n e-

new

sle

tter.

The

re h

as b

een

a te

rrifi

c re

spon

se fr

om c

ivil

soci

ety

org

anis

atio

ns in

Ken

ya a

nd T

anza

nia

and

alm

ost a

ll of

the

fund

ing

has

now

bee

n al

loca

ted

. A

eria

l pho

to s

how

ing

the

Mag

omb

era

Fore

st d

ivid

ed fr

om th

e ad

jace

ntIll

ovo

Est

ate

by

the

TAZ

AR

A r

ailw

ay li

ne.

Des

pite

its

bio

log

ical

imp

orta

nce

the

fore

st h

as c

ome

und

er r

epea

ted

pre

ssur

e fro

m a

ttem

pts

to c

lear

it fo

r ei

ther

sug

ar c

ultiv

atio

n or

set

tlem

ent.

Par

ticip

ants

in o

ne th

e M

omb

asa

stak

ehol

der

con

sulta

tion

wor

ksho

por

gan

ised

by

TFC

G to

pro

mot

e C

EP

F's

inve

stm

ent i

n ci

vil s

ocie

tyor

gan

isat

ions

wor

king

in th

e E

aste

rn A

rc a

nd C

oast

al F

ores

ts o

f Ken

yaan

d T

anza

nia.

The

EM

AP

FOR

Mte

am fo

rTa

nzan

ia (

from

left

to r

ight

):E

dg

ar M

.M

get

a, S

ecel

ela

Bal

isid

ya,

Ad

rian

Kah

emel

a an

dB

ettie

Luw

uge

outs

ide

the

TFC

G H

ead

Offi

ce.

KIL

OM

BE

RO

SU

GA

R E

STA

TE

SE

LO

US

GA

ME

RE

SE

RV

E

TAZA

RA

MA

GO

MB

ER

AF

OR

ES

T

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6

TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

cont

inue

d fr

om p

g 1

Th

e H

igh

lan

d M

an

ga

be

y -

Afr

ica

's f

irst

ne

w m

on

ke

y fo

r 2

0 y

ea

rs f

urt

he

rillu

stra

tes

the

ex

ce

pti

on

al

valu

e o

f Ta

nza

nia

's f

ore

sts

In e

arly

200

3 a

team

fro

m t

he W

ildlif

eC

onse

rvat

ion

Soc

iety

's

Sou

ther

nH

ighl

and

s C

onse

rvat

ion

Pro

gra

mm

e(T

im

Dav

enp

ort,

N

oah

Mp

ung

a,S

ophy

M

acha

ga

and

D

anie

la

De

Luca

),

first

b

egan

he

arin

g

from

hunt

ers

arou

nd

Mt

Run

gw

e of

an

unus

ual m

onke

y, k

now

n in

Kin

yaky

usa

as

'Kip

unji'

. W

e as

sum

ed

at

first

it

mus

t b

e th

e S

ykes

mon

key

or o

ne o

fth

e m

any

spiri

t ani

mal

s th

at a

re a

par

tof

lo

cal

cultu

re.

How

ever

, th

ein

trig

uing

nat

ure

of t

he d

escr

iptio

nsm

erite

d f

urth

er i

nves

tigat

ions

in

the

fore

st.

The

terr

ain,

th

ick

seco

ndar

yfo

rest

and

the

ani

mal

's c

ryp

tic n

atur

em

eant

initi

al s

ight

ing

s w

ere

infre

que

ntan

d p

oor.

It w

as n

ot u

ntil

Dec

emb

er20

03,

dur

ing

wor

k in

the

con

tiguo

usLi

ving

ston

e Fo

rest

(no

w p

art

of t

hene

w K

itulo

Nat

iona

l Par

k), t

hat w

e fir

stob

serv

ed t

he m

onke

y cl

early

and

rec

ogni

zed

it a

s a

new

spec

ies

of m

ang

abey

.

Just

a f

ew m

onth

s la

ter

in J

uly

2004

, an

ent

irely

diff

eren

tte

am (

Trev

or J

ones

, R

icha

rd L

aizz

er a

nd I

saya

Cha

he)

was

exp

lorin

g N

dun

dul

u Fo

rest

Res

erve

370

km

s aw

ay.

We

wer

e th

ere

prim

arily

in s

earc

h of

the

San

je M

ang

abey

,an

othe

r en

dan

ger

ed

spec

ies

foun

d

only

in

th

eU

dzu

ngw

as, a

s p

art o

f a re

sear

ch p

roje

ct w

orki

ng w

ith th

eU

nive

rsity

of

Geo

rgia

's C

arol

yn E

hard

t an

d C

onse

rvat

ion

Inte

rnat

iona

l's

Tom

B

utyn

ski.

Aft

er

seve

ral

day

s of

surv

eyin

g t

he f

ores

t, w

e d

id in

dee

d f

ind

a m

ang

abey

but

it p

rove

d t

o b

e a

spec

ies

new

to

scie

nce

- th

e H

ighl

and

Man

gab

ey.

The

two

sep

arat

e te

ams

lear

ned

of

ea

chot

her's

wor

k in

Oct

ober

200

4 an

d jo

ined

forc

es to

writ

e th

ed

escr

iptio

n.

The

new

arb

orea

l m

ang

abey

is

dar

k b

row

n, w

ith a

hea

dan

d b

ody

leng

th o

f 90

cm. I

t occ

urs

up to

245

0 m

in K

itulo

and

M

t R

ung

we,

w

here

te

mp

erat

ures

of

ten

fall

bel

owfre

ezin

g a

nd it

s lo

ng c

oat i

s p

rob

ably

an

adap

tatio

n to

the

cold

. It i

s ch

arac

teriz

ed b

y a

long

, ere

ct c

rest

of h

air

on it

she

ad,

elon

gat

ed c

heek

whi

sker

s, a

n of

f-w

hite

bel

ly a

ndta

il, a

nd a

n un

usua

l cal

l we

term

ed a

'hon

k-b

ark'

. Ind

eed

,it

was

thi

s un

ique

cal

l -

reco

rded

in

Run

gw

e-Li

ving

ston

eb

y th

e W

CS

tea

m a

nd s

ubse

que

ntly

inte

rpre

ted

by

And

yP

erki

n -

whi

ch d

efin

itive

ly e

stab

lishe

d th

e m

ang

abey

as

ane

w s

pec

ies.

We

have

loca

ted

10

gro

ups

of th

e H

ighl

and

Man

gab

ey i

n ab

out

70 k

m2

of R

ung

we-

Livi

ngst

one,

in

mon

tane

fo

rest

fr

om

1750

-245

0m.

Thre

e g

roup

sm

eanw

hile

are

kno

wn

from

ab

out

3 km

2of

Nd

und

ulu

inp

ristin

e su

bm

onta

ne fo

rest

from

130

0-17

50m

. The

mon

key

is u

ndou

bte

dly

ext

rem

ely

rare

and

we

estim

ate

a to

tal

pop

ulat

ion

of b

etw

een

500

and

1,0

00 a

nim

als.

Whi

lst

it is

pos

sib

le t

hat

the

Hig

hlan

d M

ang

abey

will

tur

nup

in o

ther

isol

ated

for

ests

, it

is p

rob

able

tha

t it

will

pro

veto

b

e re

stric

ted

to

th

e S

outh

ern

Hig

hlan

ds

and

th

eso

uthe

rn

Eas

tern

A

rc

fore

sts.

Fo

r ye

ars

the

map

of

Tanz

ania

's

fore

sts

has

show

n a

clea

r d

emar

catio

nb

etw

een

the

Eas

tern

Arc

s an

d 'o

ther

fore

sted

mou

ntai

ns'.

How

ever

, ou

r re

sear

ch h

as r

evea

led

man

y E

aste

rn A

rcen

dem

ics

occu

rrin

g in

the

mon

tane

fore

sts

of th

e S

outh

ern

Hig

hlan

ds.

The

initi

al b

ound

arie

s of

the

Eas

tern

Arc

wer

eb

ased

prim

arily

on

pla

nts

and

whi

lst

this

pro

bab

ly h

old

str

ue,

we

are

incr

easi

ngly

con

vinc

ed t

hat

the

zool

ogic

alb

ound

arie

s se

par

atin

g t

he E

aste

rn A

rc a

nd t

he S

outh

ern

Rift

ar

e m

uch

mor

e b

lurr

ed.

Ind

eed

th

e S

outh

ern

Hig

hlan

ds

are

uniq

ue i

n p

layi

ng h

ost

to a

mix

of

stric

ten

dem

ics

as

wel

l as

sp

ecie

s co

nsid

ered

to

b

e b

oth

Eas

tern

Arc

and

Sou

ther

n R

ift in

nat

ure.

The

dis

cove

ry o

fth

e H

ighl

and

Man

gab

ey le

nds

even

mor

e cr

eden

ce to

this

theo

ry.

The

thre

ats

to t

he H

ighl

and

Man

gab

ey a

re c

onsi

der

able

and

we

face

an

enor

mou

s ch

alle

nge

to p

rote

ct t

his

new

spec

ies

and

its

fo

rest

ha

bita

t. Lo

gg

ing

, hu

ntin

g

and

unm

anag

ed

reso

urce

ex

trac

tion

are

com

mon

in

th

eS

outh

ern

Hig

hlan

ds

havi

ng re

ceiv

ed a

lmos

t no

inve

stm

ent

and

m

anag

emen

t fo

r d

ecad

es.

Whi

lst

the

Livi

ngst

one

Fore

st i

s in

clud

ed i

n K

itulo

pro

pos

ed N

atio

nal

Par

k, w

ees

timat

e ov

er 5

0% o

f th

e fo

rest

has

alre

ady

bee

n lo

st.

Ant

i-poa

chin

g p

atro

ls b

y TA

NA

PA s

till

awai

t th

e fo

rmal

gaz

ette

men

t of

the

par

k, a

nd l

arg

e m

amm

als

such

as

leop

ard

s an

d d

uike

rs (

incl

udin

g th

e en

dan

ger

ed A

bb

ott's

dui

ker)

are

now

ext

rem

ely

rare

. Th

e B

ujin

giji

la C

orrid

orm

eanw

hile

, a n

arro

w fo

rest

con

nect

ion

linki

ng M

t Run

gw

eto

Li

ving

ston

e,

is

heav

ily

deg

rad

ed

and

w

ithou

tin

terv

entio

n th

e fo

rest

s w

ill b

ecom

e irr

evoc

ably

sep

arat

ed.

Nd

und

ulu

Fore

st m

eanw

hile

is in

goo

d c

ond

ition

and

it is

curr

ently

am

ong

st

the

leas

t d

istu

rbed

of

Ta

nzan

ia's

fore

sts.

Tha

t sa

id,

it is

not

yet

cle

ar w

hy t

he H

ighl

and

Man

gab

ey a

pp

ear t

o b

e in

suc

h sm

all n

umb

ers.

We

will

be

carr

ying

ou

t fu

rthe

r su

rvey

w

ork

thro

ugho

ut

the

Ud

zung

was

to

p

rop

erly

es

tab

lish

thei

r ra

nge

and

pop

ulat

ion

size

. Th

e p

rese

nce

of

such

a

hig

hly

end

ang

ered

sp

ecie

s sh

ould

enr

ich

curr

ent

dis

cuss

ions

with

in

TAN

APA

an

d

par

tner

s ab

out

exte

ndin

g

the

bou

ndar

ies

of th

e U

dzu

ngw

a M

ount

ains

Nat

iona

l Par

k.

TFC

G's

mis

sion

is 't

o p

rom

ote

the

cons

erva

tion

of th

e hi

gh

bio

div

ersi

ty f

ores

ts in

Tan

zani

a'.

This

dis

cove

ry r

einf

orce

sju

st h

ow im

por

tant

that

mis

sion

is, a

nd w

ill c

ontin

ue to

be.

We

hop

e it

pro

vid

es e

ncou

rag

emen

t to

cont

inue

its

pur

suit

for

anot

her

20 y

ears

and

bey

ond

.

The

dis

cove

r of

the

Hig

hlan

d M

ang

abey

hig

hlig

hts

the

imp

orta

nce

of th

e fo

rest

s of

the

Sou

ther

nH

ighl

and

s an

d U

dzu

ngw

a M

ount

ains

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TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

TF

CG

'S R

ese

arc

h P

rog

ram

me

TFC

G's

res

earc

h p

rog

ram

me

has

focu

sed

on

doc

umen

ting

the

bio

div

ersi

ty o

f th

e E

aste

rn A

rc M

ount

ain

and

Coa

stal

Fore

sts

and

rev

iew

ing

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

man

agem

ent a

nd c

onse

rvat

ion

actio

ns.

Is p

art

icip

ato

ry f

ore

st m

an

ag

em

en

tth

e r

igh

t w

ay

forw

ard

?Ta

nzan

ia

has

com

mitt

ed

itsel

f to

ad

optin

g

a m

ore

par

ticip

ator

y ap

pro

ach

to m

anag

ing

its

fore

sts.

'Is

this

the

right

way

for

war

d?'

is

the

que

stio

n th

at m

any

are

now

aski

ng.

Hot

deb

ates

are

ong

oing

as

to h

ow (

and

whe

ther

)th

e co

sts

and

ben

efits

of

PFM

can

be

shar

ed e

qui

tab

ly;

wha

t th

e ro

les

and

the

res

pon

sib

ilitie

s sh

ould

be

of t

hed

iffer

ent

stak

ehol

der

s an

d h

ow s

usta

inab

le t

he a

pp

roac

his

. T

FCG

has

bee

n in

vest

igat

ing

the

se i

ssue

s fu

rthe

rth

roug

h a

rese

arch

p

roje

ct

finan

ced

b

y th

e C

ritic

alE

cosy

stem

P

artn

ersh

ip

Fund

.

This

ha

s in

volv

edd

ocum

entin

g

the

exp

erie

nce

of

par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent

for

15

vi

llag

es

in

the

Ud

zung

wa,

W

est

Usa

mb

ara,

Eas

t U

sam

bar

a an

d C

oast

al f

ores

ts w

ith a

par

ticul

ar f

ocus

on

inst

itutio

nal

inte

ract

ions

. T

he r

esul

tsar

e d

ue to

be

pub

lishe

d in

200

6.

TF

CG

sta

ff d

isc

ove

rn

ew

sp

ec

ies

Res

earc

h th

roug

h TF

CG

'sp

roje

cts

has

resu

lted

in

th

ed

isco

very

of

at

le

ast

eig

htsp

ecie

s ne

w

to

scie

nce.

This

incl

udes

the

pla

ntC

ham

aecr

ista

mw

ang

okae

and

th

e fr

ogA

rthr

olep

tis n

ikea

eb

oth

nam

edaf

ter

TFC

G s

taff.

Re

vea

lin

g t

he

bio

log

ica

l im

po

rta

nc

e o

f th

e R

ub

eh

oM

ou

nta

ins

Sur

veys

con

duc

ted

in th

e R

ubeh

o M

ount

ains

of K

ilosa

and

Mp

wap

wa

by

a te

am fr

om T

FCG

in 2

002,

reve

aled

that

the

bio

log

ical

im

por

tanc

e of

th

ese

mou

ntai

ns

had

b

een

sig

nific

antly

un

der

estim

ated

.

With

11

E

aste

rn

Arc

end

emic

ver

teb

rate

sp

ecie

s, i

t is

now

kno

wn

that

the

sear

eas

are

urg

ently

in n

eed

of c

onse

rvat

ion

inve

stm

ent.

Inp

artn

ersh

ip

with

th

e A

fric

an

Rai

nfor

est

Con

serv

ancy

,TF

CG

ap

plie

d t

o th

e C

ritic

al E

cosy

stem

Par

tner

ship

Fun

dto

su

pp

ort

a co

nser

vatio

n p

lann

ing

p

roce

ss

for

the

Rub

eho

Mou

ntai

ns.

Thi

s p

roje

ct i

s p

lann

ed t

o st

art

in20

06.

Ne

w s

pe

cie

s fr

om

th

eS

ou

th N

gu

ru M

ou

nta

ins

In

the

Sou

th

Ng

uru

Mou

ntai

ns,

bio

div

ersi

ty

surv

eys

cond

ucte

d

by

Mic

hele

M

eneg

on

of

the

Mus

eoTr

iden

tino

di

Sci

enze

N

atur

ali

inco

llab

orat

ion

with

TF

CG

, ha

vere

sulte

d in

the

dis

cove

ry o

f at l

east

six

amp

hib

ian

spec

ies

new

to s

cien

ce.

Ex

pe

rim

en

tin

g w

ith

fo

rest

rest

ora

tio

n i

n t

he

Ud

zun

gw

as

At

Lula

nda,

in t

he U

dzu

ngw

a M

ount

ains

, TF

CG

has

bee

nre

stor

ing

con

nect

ivity

bet

wee

n fo

rest

s.

This

has

invo

lved

pla

ntin

g o

ver

half

a m

illio

n tre

es o

f in

dig

enou

s sp

ecie

s in

a co

rrid

or b

etw

een

natu

ral f

ores

t p

atch

es a

t Lu

land

a an

dfo

r th

e M

ufin

di m

illen

nium

fore

st; a

nd w

orki

ng w

ith n

earb

yco

mm

uniti

es t

o m

anag

e th

e re

fore

sted

are

as.

R

esea

rch

on

the

pro

cess

ha

s m

onito

red

th

e g

row

th

rate

s an

dsu

rviv

al r

ates

of

the

trees

pla

nted

and

has

gen

erat

edso

me

imp

orta

ntle

sson

s le

arnt

for

othe

rse

nd

ea

vou

rin

gto

re

stor

etro

pic

al

fore

sts.

In

gen

eral

, th

ele

sson

lea

rnt

isth

at i

t is

muc

hb

ette

r to

av

oid

losi

ng t

he f

ores

tin

th

e fir

stp

lace

!

TF

CG

su

pp

ort

s b

ota

nic

al, p

rim

ate

an

d b

ird

su

rve

ys i

n t

he

Ea

ste

rn A

rca

nd

Co

ast

al

Fo

rest

sW

orki

ng w

ith in

tern

atio

nal r

esea

rch

inst

itute

s in

clud

ing

the

Mis

sour

i B

otan

ical

G

ard

ens,

th

e N

octu

rnal

P

rim

ate

Res

earc

h G

roup

of

Oxf

ord

Bro

okes

Uni

vers

ity a

nd t

heZ

oolo

gic

al

Mus

eum

of

th

e U

nive

rsity

of

C

open

hag

en,

TFC

G h

as b

een

faci

litat

ing

bot

anic

al,

prim

ate

and

bird

surv

eys

in th

e E

aste

rn A

rc a

nd C

oast

al F

ores

ts o

f Tan

zani

asi

nce

1998

.

The

TFC

G b

otan

ical

sur

veys

hav

eb

een

carr

ied

ou

t b

y M

oses

Mw

ang

oka

who

w

as

trai

ned

b

yM

isso

uri

Bot

anic

al G

ard

ens.

O

ver

the

last

se

ven

year

s he

ha

sco

llect

ed

over

35

00

bot

anic

alsp

ecim

ens

from

the

Eas

tern

Arc

and

Coa

stal

for

ests

and

mor

e re

cent

lyfro

m t

he A

lber

tine

Rift

. D

uplic

ates

are

sent

to th

e N

atio

nal H

erb

ariu

m in

Aru

sha

and

to th

e M

isso

uri B

otan

ical

Gar

den

s.

Mos

es c

olle

ctio

ns h

ave

mad

e a

sig

nific

ant

cont

ribut

ion

toou

r un

der

stan

din

g

of

the

phy

tog

eog

rap

hy o

f th

e E

aste

rn A

rcan

d C

oast

al F

ores

ts.

Ove

r th

e ne

xt tw

o ye

ars,

Mos

es w

illb

e w

orki

ng c

lose

ly w

ith a

team

from

the

Mis

sour

i Bot

anic

alG

ard

ens

and

IU

CN

as

par

t of

a p

roje

ct f

inan

ced

by

the

Crit

ical

Eco

syst

em P

artn

ersh

ip F

und

.

Ther

e ar

e fo

ur g

alag

o or

bus

hbab

y sp

ecie

s en

dem

ic t

oth

e E

aste

rn A

rc a

nd C

oast

al F

ores

ts.

Thro

ugh

the

wor

k of

rese

arch

er, A

ndre

w P

erki

n fro

m O

xfor

d B

rook

es U

nive

rsity

in

the

UK

, w

e ha

vem

uch

clea

rer

pic

ture

of t

he d

istr

ibut

ion

and

cons

erva

tion

stat

us o

fth

ese

anim

als.

And

rew

ha

s w

orke

dcl

osel

y w

ith

TFC

Gsi

nce

the

mid

-199

0s.

This

Cal

lulin

asp

ecie

s is

one

of th

e ne

wam

phi

bia

ns

from

the

Sou

th N

gur

u M

ount

ains

Cha

mae

cris

ta m

wan

gok

aefro

m M

ufin

di w

as fi

rst

colle

cted

by

the

TFC

GB

otan

ical

Col

lect

or, M

oses

Mw

ang

oka.

TFC

G s

taff,

Dan

iel M

wai

fung

a an

d A

dam

Mg

ovan

om

easu

re s

aplin

gs

in th

e M

ufin

di m

illen

nium

fore

st.

And

rew

Per

kin

cond

uctin

g g

alag

o su

rvey

s.

Mos

es M

wan

gok

a, th

eTF

CG

Bot

anic

al C

olle

ctor

at w

ork

in th

e S

outh

Ng

uru

Mou

ntai

ns.

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TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

TF

CG

's P

art

icip

ato

ry F

ore

st M

an

ag

em

en

tP

rog

ram

me

The

Nat

iona

l For

est P

olic

y (1

998)

for

Tanz

ania

em

bra

ces

the

conc

ept o

f par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent a

s a

bas

is fo

rm

anag

ing

Tan

zani

a's

fore

sts.

Peo

ple

hav

e th

e rig

ht to

par

ticip

ate

in th

e m

anag

emen

t of t

he fo

rest

s th

at th

ey d

epen

d o

n.W

hile

the

prin

cip

le i

s em

bod

ied

in

the

Fore

st P

olic

y, i

mp

lem

enta

tion

has

bee

n sl

ow a

nd p

atch

y.

It is

cle

ar t

hat

the

Gov

ernm

ent c

an n

ot d

o th

is a

lone

. C

ivil

soci

ety

need

s to

ass

ist.

As

such

, TFC

G r

ecog

nise

s th

at it

has

a s

igni

fican

t rol

ean

d r

esp

onsi

bili

ty to

ass

ist p

eop

le to

eng

age

activ

ely

in th

e m

anag

emen

t of t

he n

atio

n's

fore

sts.

TFC

G's

PFM

pro

gra

mm

e p

rovi

des

dire

ct s

upp

ort t

o si

te b

ased

act

iviti

es in

eig

ht D

istr

icts

. Th

e p

rog

ram

me

is p

rom

otin

gp

artic

ipat

ory

fore

st m

anag

emen

t (P

FM)

by

bui

ldin

g t

he c

apac

ity o

f vi

llag

e en

viro

nmen

tal

com

mitt

ees;

lin

king

for

est

adja

cent

com

mun

ities

inv

olve

d i

n P

FM w

ith t

he g

over

nmen

t an

d w

ith e

ach

othe

r; a

nd p

rovi

din

g t

echn

ical

sup

por

t in

pre

par

ing

man

agem

ent p

lans

, by-

law

s an

d w

here

ap

plic

able

join

t man

agem

ent a

gre

emen

ts.

By

Oct

ober

200

5, T

FCG

'sP

FM p

rog

ram

me

was

pro

vid

ing

sup

por

t to

91 v

illag

es m

anag

ing

75,

000

ha o

f for

est.

De

velo

pin

g a

vis

ion

fo

r th

em

an

ag

em

en

t o

f n

atu

ral

reso

urc

es

inth

e S

ou

th N

gu

ru M

ou

nta

in l

an

dsc

ap

eTF

CG

beg

an w

ork

in th

e S

outh

Ng

uru

Mou

ntai

ns in

200

3.U

ntil

then

, the

Sou

th N

gur

u M

ount

ains

wer

e on

e of

the

less

wel

l kn

own

Eas

tern

Arc

mou

ntai

n b

lock

s.

The

Sou

thN

gur

us a

re a

n im

por

tant

wat

er c

atch

men

t ar

ea f

or t

heW

ami R

iver

whi

ch p

rovi

des

wat

er f

or C

halin

ze a

nd m

any

smal

ler

com

mun

ities

. T

he f

ores

ts a

re a

lso

bio

log

ical

lyim

por

tant

with

at l

east

six

str

ictly

end

emic

ver

teb

rate

s, a

lld

isco

vere

d s

ince

the

sta

rt o

f th

e P

EM

A p

rog

ram

me.

In

2003

, TF

CG

beg

an t

o p

lan

with

oth

er p

artn

ers

incl

udin

gC

AR

E-D

enm

ark,

WW

F-D

enm

ark

and

CA

RE

-Tan

zani

a, h

oww

e co

uld

ass

ist

the

mai

n st

akeh

old

ers

for

this

are

a to

agre

e on

a v

isio

n fo

r th

e la

ndsc

ape

that

wou

ld e

nsur

e th

esu

stai

nab

le m

anag

emen

t of i

ts n

atur

al r

esou

rces

.

The

par

tner

s fo

rmed

th

e 'P

artic

ipat

ory

Env

ironm

enta

lM

anag

emen

t' (P

EM

A)

pro

gra

mm

e.

TFC

G's

rol

e in

PE

MA

has

bee

n to

im

ple

men

t p

roje

ct a

ctiv

ities

in

the

Sou

thN

gur

u la

ndsc

ape.

Sin

ce 2

004,

the

PE

MA

pro

gra

mm

e ha

sco

nduc

ted

re

sear

ch

into

th

e so

cio-

econ

omic

an

db

iop

hysi

cal

char

acte

ristic

s of

th

e la

ndsc

ape

and

ha

ssh

ared

th

ese

with

th

e ke

y st

akeh

old

ers

thro

ugh

pre

sent

atio

ns a

nd r

epor

ts.

The

se f

orm

ed a

bas

is f

or a

join

t pla

nnin

g p

roce

ss.

In 2

005,

TFC

G o

rgan

ised

a s

erie

s of

wor

ksho

ps

at V

illag

e,W

ard

and

Dis

tric

t le

vel

to b

ring

tog

ethe

r co

mm

uniti

es,

loca

l g

over

nmen

t, ci

vil

soci

ety

org

anis

atio

ns

and

th

ep

rivat

e se

ctor

to

agre

e on

a v

isio

n fo

r na

tura

l re

sour

cem

anag

emen

t in

the

lan

dsc

ape.

M

any

inno

vativ

e id

eas

cam

e ou

t of

the

se m

eetin

gs

and

sta

keho

lder

s co

mm

itted

them

selv

es t

o co

oper

atin

g c

lose

ly t

o m

anag

e re

sour

ces

mor

e su

stai

nab

ly.

The

PE

MA

pro

gra

mm

e is

now

see

king

sup

por

t to

assi

st s

take

hold

ers

to im

ple

men

t the

se a

ctio

ns.

20

ye

ars

of

invo

lve

me

nt

wit

hM

azu

mb

ai

Fo

rest

TFC

G h

as h

ad a

lon

g h

isto

ry o

f in

volv

emen

t w

ith t

heM

azum

bai

Fo

rest

in

th

e W

est

Usa

mb

ara

Mou

ntai

ns.

Orig

inal

ly p

art o

f the

Maz

umb

ai T

ea E

stat

e, o

wne

d b

y th

eTa

nner

fam

ily, t

he o

wne

rshi

p o

f the

hou

se a

nd s

ome

of th

ela

nd c

ame

to T

FCG

whe

n th

e Ta

nner

s le

ft Ta

nzan

ia in

the

earl

y 19

80s.

TFC

G

man

aged

th

e ho

use

until

th

eU

nive

rsity

of

D

ar

es

Sal

aam

w

as

able

to

ta

ke

over

.S

ubse

que

ntly

th

e fo

rest

ha

s b

een

man

aged

as

a

univ

ersi

ty p

roje

ct,

orig

inal

ly f

rom

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f D

ar e

sS

alaa

m a

nd m

ore

rece

ntly

by

the

Sok

oine

Uni

vers

ity o

fA

gric

ultu

re.

In

2002

, TF

CG

rev

ived

its

invo

lvem

ent

in t

hear

ea b

y es

tab

lishi

ng a

pro

ject

to

wor

k w

ith t

he S

agar

aC

oop

erat

ive

who

ow

n an

imp

orta

nt a

rea

of fo

rest

ad

jace

ntto

the

mai

n M

azum

bai

For

est.

With

TFC

G's

hel

p t

heS

agar

a C

oop

erat

ive

has

now

d

evel

oped

an

d

isim

ple

men

ting

a m

anag

emen

t pla

n fo

r th

eir

fore

st.

Pro

mo

tin

g p

art

icip

ato

ry f

ore

stm

an

ag

em

en

t fo

r M

ufi

nd

i's f

ore

sts

Nes

tled

in a

val

ley

on th

e ed

ge

of th

e M

ufin

di e

scar

pm

ent

lies

Lula

nda

villa

ge

and

for

est.

Sin

ce t

he e

arly

199

0s,

TFC

G s

taff

have

bee

n w

orki

ng w

ith t

he c

omm

unity

to

ensu

re

the

cons

erva

tion

of

this

spec

ial

fore

st w

hich

has

its o

wn

end

emic

tree

an

d

but

terf

ly.

TFC

G h

ave

pro

vid

edtr

aini

ng a

nd s

upp

ort

to t

he c

omm

unity

to

dev

elop

a

man

agem

ent

pla

nan

d b

y-la

ws

for

the

fore

st.

Thes

e p

lans

and

b

y-la

ws

have

bee

n ag

reed

b

y th

e vi

llag

e as

sem

bly

an

d

now

aw

ait

sig

ning

by

the

Dis

tric

t C

ounc

il.

The

Afr

ican

Rai

nfor

est

Con

serv

ancy

(fo

rmer

ly t

he T

anza

nia

Wild

life

Fund

) ha

ve

Villa

ger

s fro

m M

aska

t dis

cuss

thei

r vi

sion

for

natu

ral r

esou

rce

man

agem

ent i

n th

e S

outh

Ng

uru

Mou

ntai

ns.

Mem

ber

s of

the

Sag

ara

Env

ironm

enta

lC

omm

ittee

vis

it th

eS

agar

a fo

rest

with

TFC

G P

roje

ct O

ffice

rS

imon

Mos

ha,

Ass

ista

nt P

roje

ctO

ffice

r S

imon

Mg

onja

and

Sen

ior

Driv

er D

anie

lM

wai

fung

a.

Ham

adie

l Mg

alla

, TFC

G P

roje

ct O

ffice

r,d

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sses

par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent

with

wom

en a

nd m

en in

Lul

and

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E

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NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

sup

por

ted

this

pro

ject

sin

ce 1

993.

In N

ovem

ber

200

5 w

ith f

inan

cial

sup

por

t fro

m t

he C

ritic

alE

cosy

stem

P

artn

ersh

ip

Fund

, TF

CG

p

rod

uced

th

ete

levi

sion

d

ocum

enta

ry

'Lul

and

a:

lear

ning

ab

out

par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent'.

The

film

sho

ws

how

the

peo

ple

of L

ulan

da

have

str

ugg

led

to c

onse

rve

thei

r for

ests

and

pro

vid

es g

uid

ance

to

othe

r co

mm

uniti

es e

mb

arki

ngon

the

pro

cess

of

par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent.

The

film

will

be

bro

adca

st o

n na

tiona

l tel

evis

ion

and

cop

ies

ofth

e vi

deo

are

ava

ilab

le fr

om T

FCG

up

on r

eque

st

Jo

int

fore

st m

an

ag

em

en

t u

nd

erw

ay

for

Ru

vu S

ou

th F

ore

st R

ese

rve

Thro

ugh

the

Mis

itu Y

etu

Pro

ject

with

fund

ing

from

NO

RA

D,

TFC

G h

ave

bee

n w

orki

ng w

ith t

he c

omm

uniti

es a

roun

dR

uvu

Sou

th F

ores

t R

eser

ve.

Ruv

u S

outh

cov

ers

35,0

00he

ctar

es ju

st to

the

wes

t of D

ar e

s S

alaa

m.

The

fore

st h

asco

me

und

er h

eavy

pre

ssur

e fro

m c

harc

oal p

rod

uctio

n an

dtim

ber

an

d

pol

e cu

tting

.

S

ince

20

00,

TFC

G

have

sup

por

ted

the

eig

ht v

illag

es a

nd t

wo

sub

-vill

ages

aro

und

the

rese

rve

to e

stab

lish

villa

ge

envi

ronm

ent

com

mitt

ees

and

a t

eam

of

fore

st g

uard

s;

to a

gre

e an

d m

ark

villa

ge

fore

st m

anag

emen

t are

as;

to c

ond

uct p

artic

ipat

ory

fore

stre

sour

ce a

sses

smen

ts a

nd to

pre

par

e m

anag

emen

t pla

nsan

d b

y-la

ws.

Th

ese

pla

ns a

nd b

y-la

ws

have

now

bee

nap

pro

ved

b

y th

e K

ibah

a D

istr

ict

Cou

ncils

an

d

awai

tap

pro

val

by

the

Kis

araw

e D

istr

ict

Cou

ncil.

The

com

mun

ities

are

now

wai

ting

for

the

Joi

nt M

anag

emen

tA

gre

emen

ts to

be

sig

ned

by

the

Dire

ctor

of F

ores

try.

Pa

nd

e G

am

e R

ese

rve

: a

fo

rest

on

Da

r's

do

ors

tep

Pan

de

Gam

e R

eser

ve is

the

clo

sest

gam

e re

serv

e to

Dar

es S

alaa

m.

The

rese

rve

is ju

st 1

2 km

2an

d is

an

imp

orta

ntco

asta

l fo

rest

with

pop

ulat

ions

of

Ron

do

gal

ago,

Litt

leye

llow

fly

cat

cher

and

Ulu

gur

u vi

olet

-bac

ked

sun

bird

as

wel

l as

thr

ee s

tric

tly e

ndem

ic p

lant

s.

In t

he 1

980s

and

1990

s, o

ver

half

of th

e fo

rest

was

cle

ared

for

char

coal

and

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

. In

200

0, T

FCG

, thr

oug

h th

e M

isitu

Yet

uP

roje

ct

beg

an

wor

king

w

ith

the

com

mun

ities

an

d

the

Wild

life

Div

isio

n to

try

to

pre

vent

the

com

ple

te lo

ss o

f th

efo

rest

.

Thro

ugh

netw

orki

ng a

nd f

acili

tatin

g d

ialo

gue

and

joi

ntp

lann

ing

bet

wee

n th

e ke

y st

akeh

old

ers,

the

pro

cess

of

fore

st c

lear

ance

was

hal

ted

; th

e b

ound

arie

s w

ere

clea

red

and

pla

nted

with

exo

tic tr

ee s

pec

ies;

and

the

com

mun

ities

and

the

Wild

life

Div

isio

n ar

e no

w w

orki

ng m

ore

clos

ely

tog

ethe

r to

man

age

the

area

. T

he f

ores

t of

fers

ter

rific

pot

entia

l as

a re

crea

tiona

l sp

ace

for

the

peo

ple

of

Dar

es

Sal

aam

. Th

e ne

xt s

tep

is to

per

suad

e th

e W

ildlif

e D

ivis

ion

to o

pen

it u

p fo

r p

eop

le to

enj

oy.

Fo

rest

la

nd

sca

pe

re

sto

rati

on

: a

ne

wa

pp

roa

ch

to

fo

rest

co

nse

rva

tio

n i

nth

e E

ast

Usa

mb

ara

s.Th

e E

ast

Usa

mb

aras

are

one

of

the

mos

t im

por

tant

are

asfo

r b

iod

iver

sity

con

serv

atio

n in

Tan

zani

a.

If no

t th

e m

ost

imp

orta

nt.

Th

ey

have

an

ex

cep

tiona

lly

hig

h le

vel

ofen

dem

ic s

pec

ies

(36

vert

ebra

tes

and

40

trees

) in

a v

ery

smal

l are

a of

for

est

(ca

400

km2 )

. T

he f

ores

ts a

re a

lso

avi

tal s

ourc

e of

fuel

, bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

, foo

d a

nd m

edic

ines

for

the

peo

ple

livi

ng a

roun

d th

em.

Sin

ce 1

993,

TFC

G h

asw

orke

d c

lose

ly w

ith f

our

villa

ges

in

this

are

a.

This

has

incl

uded

en

cour

agin

g

peo

ple

to

p

lant

tr

ees

as

anal

tern

ativ

e to

d

epen

din

g

on

the

fore

st;

p

rom

otin

gp

artic

ipat

ory

fore

st m

anag

emen

t; d

evel

opin

g a

ltern

ativ

eso

urce

s of

inc

ome

and

env

ironm

enta

l ed

ucat

ion.

S

ince

2004

, in

par

tner

ship

with

WW

F an

d w

ith f

und

ing

fro

m t

heG

over

nmen

t of

Fin

land

, TF

CG

has

exp

and

ed t

he p

roje

ctto

w

ork

with

tw

elve

vi

llag

es

to

pilo

t fo

rest

la

ndsc

ape

rest

orat

ion

acro

ss th

e E

ast U

sam

bar

a la

ndsc

ape.

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rkin

g w

ith

co

mm

un

itie

s, p

riva

tese

cto

r a

nd

lo

ca

l g

ove

rnm

en

t in

th

eW

est

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mb

ara

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un

tain

sIn

the

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t Usa

mb

aras

of K

orog

we

and

Lus

hoto

Dis

tric

ts,

TFC

G i

s w

orki

ng w

ith 3

3 co

mm

uniti

es,

loca

l g

over

nmen

tan

d t

he t

ea e

stat

es i

n K

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we

and

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hoto

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tric

ts t

oes

tab

lish

par

ticip

ator

y fo

rest

man

agem

ent f

or n

ine

fore

sts.

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st l

oss

has

bee

n hi

gh

in t

he W

est

Usa

mb

aras

with

over

70%

of t

he o

rigin

al fo

rest

cov

er lo

st.

The

pro

ject

has

succ

eed

ed in

dev

elop

ing

man

agem

ent p

lans

and

by-

law

sfo

r th

ese

nine

fore

sts.

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he p

roje

ct h

as a

lso

bee

n ac

tivel

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mp

aig

ning

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rove

d f

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emen

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d a

hal

t to

com

mer

cial

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.

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ith

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par

ticip

atio

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th

eco

mm

uniti

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ocal

gov

ernm

ent,

com

mer

cial

log

gin

gha

s b

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halte

d

in

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t U

sam

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as

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and

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e in

cid

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ve

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viro

nmen

tal a

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inin

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roug

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the

area

in 2

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rob

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gni

fican

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educ

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erve

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ject

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men

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mb

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faci

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ernm

ent

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oth

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ara

Mou

ntai

ns.

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TF

CG

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mu

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s w

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orke

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ver

70 p

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hool

sin

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tern

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and

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stal

fore

sts.

Fo

r th

ese

scho

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TFC

G h

as p

rovi

ded

teac

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mat

eria

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rain

ing

in n

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bou

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rest

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d

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anza

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rest

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pro

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, p

roje

cts

and

oth

ers

wor

king

in

the

Eas

tern

Arc

are

enc

oura

ged

to

pos

t th

eir

rep

orts

and

tech

nica

l pap

ers

on th

e si

te. T

he w

ebsi

te w

asla

unch

ed in

Jul

y 20

05.

Fin

d o

ut

mo

re a

bo

ut

TF

CG

on

th

eIn

tern

et

To fi

nd o

ut m

ore

abou

t TFC

G, y

ou c

an v

isit

our

web

site

at

ww

w.tf

cg.o

rg S

et u

p in

200

3, w

e ha

ve h

ad a

n av

erag

e of

8000

vis

its p

er y

ear.

Chi

ldre

n at

Gom

vu V

illag

e, c

lose

to th

e N

gar

amia

Coa

stal

fore

st p

rep

arin

gto

pla

nt s

ome

of th

e tre

e se

edlin

gs

gro

wn

in th

e sc

hool

tree

nur

sery

'The

Gom

vu V

illag

e E

nviro

nmen

tal C

omm

ittee

with

cop

ies

of th

e A

rcJo

urna

l. T

FCG

, with

sup

por

t fro

m th

e R

as K

utan

i Hot

el h

ave

bee

nsu

pp

ortin

g e

nviro

nmen

tal e

duc

atio

n, p

artic

ipat

ory

fore

st m

anag

emen

t and

tree

pla

ntin

g fo

r th

is v

illag

e cl

ose

to D

ar e

s S

alaa

m'.

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11

TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

Wh

ere

ne

xt

for

TF

CG

?O

ver

the

last

yea

r, TF

CG

's s

taff,

com

mitt

ee a

nd p

artn

ers

have

bee

n as

sess

ing

'whe

re T

FCG

is' a

s an

org

anis

atio

nan

d

pla

nnin

g

stra

teg

ical

ly

for

its

futu

re.

Th

eor

gan

isat

iona

l ca

pac

ity

asse

ssm

ent

and

st

rate

gic

pla

nnin

g,

finan

ced

b

y th

e A

fric

an

Rai

nfor

est

Con

serv

ancy

, P

EM

A

and

th

e M

isitu

Ye

tu

Pro

ject

,p

rovi

ded

a v

alua

ble

mea

ns t

o d

irect

TFC

G t

owar

ds

the

area

's w

here

it c

an b

e m

ost e

ffect

ive.

TF

CG

's v

isio

n:

“We

envi

sag

e a

wor

ld i

n w

hich

Tan

zani

ans

and

the

rest

of

hum

anity

are

enj

oyin

g t

he d

iver

se b

enef

itsfro

m w

ell c

onse

rved

, hig

h b

iod

iver

sity

fore

sts.

The

pla

nnin

g te

am a

gre

ed o

n a

num

ber

of p

riorit

y is

sues

that

TFC

G n

eed

s to

ad

dre

ss.

The

se in

clud

e ad

dre

ssin

gso

me

of th

e d

irect

thre

ats

to th

e E

aste

rn A

rc a

nd C

oast

alfo

rest

s in

clud

ing

un

sust

aina

ble

tim

ber

ha

rves

ting

,ch

arco

al

pro

duc

tion,

fir

e,

min

ing

an

d

encr

oach

men

t;p

rom

otin

g

mor

e eq

uita

ble

an

d

effe

ctiv

e p

artic

ipat

ory

fore

st m

anag

emen

t;

imp

rovi

ng a

war

enes

s of

the

val

ues

of a

nd th

reat

s to

Tan

zani

a's

fore

sts

and

bui

ldin

g c

apac

ityto

im

ple

men

t en

viro

nmen

tal

educ

atio

n;

and

sup

por

ting

the

com

mun

ities

liv

ing

cl

ose

to

the

Eas

tern

A

rc

and

Coa

stal

fore

sts

to a

dop

t mor

e su

stai

nab

le li

velih

ood

s.

Thes

e ar

e b

ig is

sues

. W

e ca

n no

t tac

kle

them

alo

ne.

We

rely

on

our s

upp

orte

rs a

nd p

artn

ers

to w

ork

with

us

to fi

ndso

lutio

ns to

thes

e p

rob

lem

s.

TF

CG

Sta

ffCh

arle

s M

esha

ckEx

ecut

ive

Offic

erNi

ke D

ogga

rtSe

nior

Tec

hnic

al A

dvis

or

Ther

on B

rown

Tech

nica

l Adv

isor

- A

man

i But

terfl

y Pr

ojec

tTh

eopi

sta

A. B

yekw

aso

Fina

nce

Offic

erVa

leria

n Le

ma

Acco

unta

nt/A

dmin

istra

tor

Adria

n Ka

hem

ela

Com

mun

ity N

etwo

rk C

oord

inat

orCh

arle

s Le

onar

dRe

sear

ch O

ffice

rSh

ukur

u Ny

agaw

aEd

ucat

ion

and

Com

mun

icat

ion

Offic

erBe

ttie

Luwu

geAs

sist

ant N

etwo

rk O

ffice

rDa

ines

Mgi

dang

eCo

mm

unity

Lia

ison

Offi

cer

Sece

lela

Bal

isid

ya

Info

rmat

ion

Offic

erAb

raha

man

Mnd

eme

Land

scap

e Co

ordi

nato

r PEM

AAl

oyce

Kile

mwa

Proj

ect O

ffice

r - N

gara

mia

Amiri

Sai

dPr

ojec

t offi

cer -

Am

ani B

utte

rfly

Proj

ect

Davi

d Lo

seria

nPr

ojec

t Offi

cer -

PEM

AEu

stac

k M

. Bon

ifasi

Proj

ect O

ffice

r - E

ast U

sam

bara

sHa

mad

iel M

galla

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ect O

ffice

r - M

ufin

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illip

o M

baga

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ect O

ffice

r - E

ast U

sam

bara

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ymon

d D.

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lwa

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ect O

ffice

r - R

uvu

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voca

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jau

Proj

ect A

ssis

tant

- W

est U

sam

bara

sSa

nfor

d Kw

ayPr

ojec

t Offi

cer -

Mis

itu Y

etu

Proj

ect

Sim

on M

osha

Proj

ect O

ffice

r - W

est U

sam

bara

sM

oses

Mwa

ngok

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tani

cal c

olle

ctor

Chris

tina

Ntam

biAc

coun

t Ass

ista

ntAd

am M

gova

noPr

ojec

t Ass

ista

nt -

Muf

indi

Edin

a Yo

hana

Proj

ect A

ssis

tant

- W

est U

sam

bara

sEl

izabe

th J

ohn

Proj

ect A

ssis

tant

- R

uvu

Sout

hEr

nest

Ben

son

Proj

ect A

ssis

tant

- P

EMA

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es G

. Msu

yaPr

ojec

t Ass

ista

nt -

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ani B

utte

rfly

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ect

Mos

es Z

ulum

ano

Proj

ect A

ssis

tant

- E

ast U

sam

bara

sNi

cola

s Ki

song

aPr

ojec

t Ass

ista

nt -

Muf

indi

Pete

r Cos

mas

Proj

ect A

ssis

tant

- E

ast U

sam

bara

sPe

ter O

. Mgo

nja

Proj

ect A

ssis

tant

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est U

sam

bara

sW

ilfre

d Te

ddy

Proj

ect A

ssis

tant

- E

ast U

sam

bara

sYa

haya

.M.M

tond

aPr

ojec

t Ass

ista

nt -

Ruv

u So

uth

Dani

el M

waifu

nga

Seni

or D

river

Abid

Moh

amed

Driv

erAl

ly S

aid

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erSi

mon

Siw

ale

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erJo

seph

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anka

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erM

aria

m M

asan

jaOf

fice

atte

ndan

t

TF

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mm

itte

eP

atric

k Q

orro

, Ch

airm

anA

lan

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ger

s, V

ice

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airm

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eter

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bi,

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sure

rW

alte

r B

goy

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m B

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ley

Nei

l Bur

ges

sC

arte

r C

olem

anA

lex

Hip

kiss

Dav

id H

owle

ttP

anta

lee

Kap

ichi

Felic

ian

Kila

ham

aG

ertr

ude

Lyat

uuTh

omas

McG

rath

Ruz

ika

Muh

eto

Pau

l Nny

itiJo

hn S

aleh

eH

on M

P, H

.D. S

heki

ffu

Pro

file

: C

ha

rle

s M

esh

ac

k,

Ex

ec

uti

veO

ffic

er

TF

CG

In

Ap

ril

2005

, C

harle

sM

esha

ck

was

app

oint

ed

as

the

Exe

cutiv

e O

ffice

r fo

rTF

CG

. C

harle

s jo

ined

TFC

G

in

1996

, as

a

rece

nt fo

rest

ry g

rad

uate

from

Sok

oine

Uni

vers

ity,

to

wor

k in

Lu

land

a in

Muf

ind

i D

istr

ict.

In19

97,

he w

as p

rom

oted

to b

ecom

e P

rog

ram

mes

Offi

cer,

resp

onsi

ble

fo

rov

erse

eing

TFC

G's

fiel

dp

roje

cts,

a

pos

ition

he

he

ld

until

hi

s ap

poi

ntm

ent

asE

xecu

tive

Offi

cer.

In

20

03,

with

su

pp

ort

from

TF

CG

thro

ugh

the

Mis

itu Y

etu

Pro

ject

, C

harle

s w

ent

to s

tud

y at

York

Uni

vers

ity i

n th

e U

K a

nd w

as a

war

ded

a M

aste

rsd

egre

e in

Eco

log

y an

d E

nviro

nmen

tal M

anag

emen

t.

'I ha

ve s

ince

ser

ved

with

dili

gen

ce a

nd h

ave

bee

n p

roud

to b

e a

par

t of

a n

etw

ork

of l

ike

min

ded

ins

titut

ions

and

ind

ivid

uals

who

are

tru

ly c

omm

itted

to

mak

ing

a p

ositi

veim

pac

t on

th

e m

anag

emen

t of

th

e w

orld

's

fore

stb

iod

iver

sity

. A

s TF

CG

cel

ebra

tes

its 2

0th

anni

vers

ary

Iam

ver

y p

roud

of

its a

chie

vem

ents

and

I lo

ok f

orw

ard

to

wor

king

har

d to

fulfi

l our

mis

sion

for

man

y ye

ars

to c

ome!

'

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12

TH

E

AR

C

JO

UR

NA

L

IS

SU

E

18

TF

CG

's p

art

ne

rsW

orki

ng

in

par

tner

ship

an

d

coop

erat

ion

with

ot

her

org

anis

atio

ns o

ver

the

last

tw

enty

yea

rs h

as h

elp

ed t

ost

reng

then

our

effo

rts

to c

onse

rve

Tanz

ania

's fo

rest

s.

We

wou

ld li

ke to

than

k al

l our

par

tner

s in

clud

ing

:

The

Afr

ican

R

ainf

ores

t C

onse

rvan

cy

(for

mer

ly

the

Tanz

ania

Wild

life

Fund

), C

AR

E-T

anza

nia,

CA

RE

-Den

mar

k,In

tern

atio

nal

Cen

tre f

or I

nsec

t P

hysi

olog

y an

d E

colo

gy

(IC

IPE

),

ICR

AF,

M

inis

try

of

Nat

ural

R

esou

rces

an

dTo

uris

m, M

isso

uri B

otan

ical

Gar

den

s, M

useo

Trid

entin

o d

iS

cien

ze N

atur

ali,

Ras

Kut

ani H

otel

, TR

AFF

IC E

aste

rn a

ndS

outh

ern

Afr

ica,

WW

F-Ta

nzan

ia P

rog

ram

me

Offi

ce,

the

Wild

life

Con

serv

atio

n S

ocie

ty o

f Tan

zani

a (W

CS

T), D

istr

ict

Gov

ernm

ents

of

K

ibah

a,

Kis

araw

e,

Ilala

, K

inon

don

i,M

uhez

a,

Kor

ogw

e,

Lush

oto,

M

vom

ero,

M

orog

oro

and

Muf

ind

i.

Th

e A

rc J

ou

rna

lN

ewsl

ette

r of

the

Tanz

ania

For

est C

onse

rvat

ion

Gro

up

The

Arc

Jou

rnal

wel

com

es a

rtic

les

on fo

rest

con

serv

atio

n an

d b

iod

iver

sity

in T

anza

nia.

If

you

wou

ld li

ke to

cont

ribut

e, p

leas

e se

nd y

our

artic

le to

the

Ed

itor

by

e-m

ail a

nd a

ccom

pan

ied

by

pho

tog

rap

hs, m

aps

or c

hart

s.O

ur n

ext e

diti

on is

due

out

in D

ecem

ber

200

5.E

dito

r: N

ike

Dog

gar

tFo

und

ing

ed

itor:

Car

ter

Col

eman

TF

CG

's s

up

po

rte

rsTh

ank

you

to t

he m

any

org

anis

atio

ns a

nd i

ndiv

idua

lsw

ho

have

he

lped

us

in

ou

r ef

fort

s to

co

nser

veTa

nzan

ia's

fo

rest

s.

W

ithou

t yo

ur

sup

por

t, ou

r w

ork

wou

ld n

ot h

ave

bee

n p

ossi

ble

. Th

ese

incl

ude:

Afr

ican

Rai

nfor

est

Con

serv

ancy

(fo

rmer

ly t

he T

anza

nia

Wild

life

Fund

)C

AR

E -

Nor

way

CA

RE

- D

enm

ark

CM

C L

and

rove

rC

ritic

al E

cosy

stem

Par

tner

ship

Fun

dE

colo

gic

al F

ound

atio

nE

urop

ean

Uni

onIU

CN

- N

ethe

rland

s C

omm

issi

onE

mb

assy

of I

rela

ndJJ

Cha

ritab

le T

rust

M.A

. Dob

ieM

cKni

ght

Fou

ndat

ion

NO

RA

D th

roug

h C

AR

E N

orw

ayM

.A. D

obie

Min

istr

y of

For

eig

n A

ffairs

, Gov

ernm

ent o

f Fin

land

WW

FIU

CN

Eas

t Afr

ican

Reg

iona

l Offi

ceU

ND

P S

mal

l Gra

nts

Pro

gra

mm

eS

ing

ing

for

Cha

nge

Uni

leve

r

Me

ssa

ge

s fr

om

ou

r P

art

ne

rs“T

FCG

has

bee

n en

cour

aged

us

who

liv

e ar

ound

the

fore

sts

to s

ee a

nd f

eel t

he v

alue

of

our

cont

ribut

ion

to t

heco

nser

vatio

n of

fo

rest

s su

rrou

ndin

g

us.

This

ha

sco

ntrib

uted

to

wha

t w

e se

e to

day

- o

ver

30 c

omm

unity

fore

st n

etw

orks

in th

e co

untr

y.”

Dan

iel

She

gw

and

o,

Sec

reta

riat

M

emb

er,

Com

mun

ityFo

rest

Con

serv

atio

n N

etw

ork

"The

mat

urin

g o

f TFC

G in

rec

ent y

ears

is a

nala

gou

s to

the

very

fore

sts

that

thei

r d

edic

ated

em

plo

yees

are

hel

pin

g to

cons

erve

and

man

age.

A

lmos

t as

fast

as

a co

asta

l for

est

liana

g

row

s,

so

TFC

G's

p

roje

ct

por

tfolio

ha

s he

alth

ilym

ushr

oom

ed.

Lik

e th

e b

uttre

ss t

runk

of

hig

hlan

d t

rees

,TF

CG

is n

ow s

upp

ortin

g a

can

opy

of in

div

idua

ls a

nd lo

cal

org

anis

atio

ns

thro

ugh

thei

r co

mm

unity

fo

rest

ne

twor

k.A

nd li

ke t

he t

ones

of

tura

cos,

the

Arc

Jou

rnal

pro

vid

es a

way

fo

r p

rofe

ssio

nals

w

orki

ng

on

fore

stry

is

sues

to

com

mun

icat

e ef

fect

ivel

y.

Ind

eed

, TF

CG

is n

ow r

evea

ling

the

kind

of b

loss

om th

at a

n in

dig

enou

s tre

e sh

ows

afte

r 20

year

s.

TRA

FFIC

look

s fo

rwar

d t

o co

ntin

ued

eng

agem

ent

with

TFC

G o

n tim

ber

trad

e is

sues

in T

anza

nia.

"

Sim

on M

illed

ge,

Dep

uty

Dire

ctor

, TR

AFF

IC E

ast/S

outh

ern

Afr

ica

“It

has

bee

n ex

trem

ely

rew

ard

ing

to

witn

ess

the

gro

wth

and

dev

elop

men

t of

TFC

G o

ver

thes

e ye

ars

to b

ecom

e a

form

idab

le a

dvo

cate

for

Tan

zani

a's

pre

ciou

s re

sour

ces.

We

as

CA

RE

in

tern

atio

nal

in

Tanz

ania

ha

ve

gre

atly

ben

efite

d f

rom

our

clo

se c

olla

bor

atio

n w

ith T

FCG

and

bel

ieve

that

wor

king

tog

ethe

r w

e ha

ve b

een

able

to m

ake

a m

uch

gre

ater

im

pac

t on

pov

erty

and

nat

ural

res

ourc

em

anag

emen

t. C

ong

ratu

latio

ns o

n yo

ur 2

0th

anni

vers

ary

and

we

are

sure

tha

t TF

CG

will

con

tinue

to

mee

t th

eas

pira

tions

of

Tanz

ania

n co

mm

uniti

es a

nd t

o as

sist

in t

heco

nser

vatio

n an

d e

ffect

ive

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erna

nce

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natu

ral

reso

urce

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t wis

hes

CA

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rnat

iona

l Tan

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a

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ural

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tory

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ed in

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k on

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sity

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nser

vatio

n.

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ania

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nize

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ajor

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ty h

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als

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e sa

id to

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are

sear

ch h

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e m

ore

field

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estig

atio

n is

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is c

ount

ry th

an p

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ps

anyw

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k. T

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g

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nt fo

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o M

ount

ains

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esp

ecie

s w

as n

amed

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e D

ogg

art i

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cog

nitio

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nal

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ribut

ion

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n he

rpet

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on (

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gram

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. . .

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. . .

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. . .

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tal

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ay fo

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r TF

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rtne

rs .

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