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Chameleon on branch, lit up amid darkness.
Usambara giant three-horned chameleon.
© Victor Mkongewa

Sustainable Forest Edge Management for Biodiversity Conservation of the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Grantee Name: Nature Tanzania

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Tanzania, United Republic of
Amount
$49,268
Dates
Jul 2018 – Sep 2019
Keywords
Agroforestry, Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Research, Species Conservation, Invasive alien species
Forest edge conservation to protect globally threatened biodiversity (including the Critically Endangered Long-billed forest warbler / tailorbird). This includes the removal of invasive exotic species, training in bird-friendly agroforestry, and the signing of conservation agreements that will allow forest regeneration on farm plots.
Strategic Direction : 2 Improve the protection and management of the KBA network throughout the hotspot.

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