Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Undulating green hills stretch out against a blue sky. — Njombe forests landscape.

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Map the Remaining Unprotected Natural Forests and Assess Their Resources and Threats as a Roadmap to Conserve the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot in Ludewa, Tanzania

Grantee Name: Sokoine University of Agriculture

Hotspot: Eastern Afromontane
Location: Tanzania, United Republic of
Amount: $79,033
Dates: May 2015 – Mar 2017
Keywords: Agroforestry, Community-based conservation, Forestry, Habitat conservation and management

Assess the Njombe Forest Region of southern Tanzania, mapping all remaining unprotected natural forests in Ludewa District, conducting a biodiversity survey of mapped forests to update information from existing baselines, assessing main threats and defining priority actions, and prioritizing surveyed forests to start a process for their protection.

Strategic Direction :

2 Improve the protection and management of the KBA network throughout the hotspot.