Human Activities Threatening the Biodiversity of the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve—Tanzania

Zilihona, Innocent; Shangali, C.F.; Mabula, C. K.; Hamisy, C.

doi:10.2982/0012-8317(1998)87[319:hattbo]2.0.co;2

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“…About 368 traditionally protected forests have been degraded partly because of charcoal production in north Pare Mountains and Handeni district [73]. On the other hand tree felling accounted for 40% of the human activities that threatening the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve's biodiversity; whereby 26% of the tree felled were used for wood fuel [74].…”

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Future prospect and sustainability of wood fuel resources in Tanzania

Felix

2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

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Future prospect and sustainability of wood fuel resources in Tanzania

Felix

2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…To begin to discern habitat differences, tree species lists were compiled from various sources (including unverified identifications [29,30,33 and Pedersen and Topp-Jørgensen unpublished data). Given that many of these identifications have not been verified by expert botanists, results should be treated with caution and regarded only as indicative of potential differences.…”

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Relative Densities of Mammals in Response to Different Levels of Bushmeat Hunting in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

Topp-Jørgensen

Nielsen

Marshall

et al. 2009

Tropical Conservation Science

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Bushmeat hunting constitutes the most immediate threat to wildlife populations in the Udzungwa Mountains of the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. This study assesses the impact of hunting by comparing densities of mammalian species between the little hunted West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve (WKSFR), the medium-hunted Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (USFR) and the intensively hunted New Dabaga Ulongambi Forest Reserve (NDUFR). Of the 22 species recorded, 20 were present in WKSFR, 17 in USFR and 12 in NDUFR. Most large species (>40 kg.) were absent from hunted areas, while medium-sized species were reduced more than smaller species. Few traces of Abbott's duiker were observed in hunted areas and bush pig was reduced by more than 85% in hunted areas. Hunting appears to have little effect on relative abundance of primates, blue duiker, Harvey's duiker, aardvark, eastern tree hyrax, and giant pouched rat in USFR, at least for those areas surveyed. In NDUFR relative abundance of most mammals are reduced compared to the less hunted reserves. The exception is red colobus which were no less abundant than USFR. However in NDUFR, transects were placed in the best quality habitat for these habitat-sensitive monkeys, thus emphasising the additional role of habitat degradation. The effect of hunting appears to be proportional to the size of the species and the intensity of hunting, although effects of life history strategy, forest fragment size, isolation, and previous logging cannot be excluded. Reduction of hunting levels are paramount to the survival of large bodied species in USFR and for the continued presence of most species in NDUFR. This study furthermore constitutes an important baseline for monitoring the effect of current efforts to implement joint forest management in the Udzungwa Mountains.

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“…The mountain chain is a series of isolated mountains, which were once heavily covered by forests. Much of the original forest has however, been converted to agricultural crop production (Mrema & Nummelin, 1998; Zilihona et al. , 1998).…”

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Monitoring the health of selected eastern arc forests in Tanzania

Madoffe

Hertel

Rodgers

et al. 2006

African Journal of Ecology

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The eastern arc mountains (EAMs) are a chain of isolated mountains (534,000 ha) in Kenya and Tanzania surrounded by arid woodlands and influenced by the Indian Ocean. In 1900 there was three times the amount of forest cover there is today. Much of the original forests have been converted into agricultural crops. These mountains are recognized as a globally important 'hot spot' by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and World Conservation of Union (IUCN) for forest biodiversity and are major national, regional and local sources of hydropower, water and wide array of forest-based benefits and agricultural production. In February 2000 we began a 3-year evaluation of forest health, land-use change and information sharing in the EAMs. Permanent sample plots were used to evaluate forest health. This paper summarizes the baseline data from eighteen permanent sample plots in the east Usambara's and nine in Ulugurus. The eastern arc web site (http://www.easternarc.org) was established, continues to expand and contains some detailed information on the project. Information gathered will assist land managers, planners, policy makers, interested communities (villages) and individuals in decision-making. These data can also provide an early warning system of stresses on forest catchments.

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Human Activities Threatening the Biodiversity of the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve—Tanzania

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Future prospect and sustainability of wood fuel resources in Tanzania

Future prospect and sustainability of wood fuel resources in Tanzania

Relative Densities of Mammals in Response to Different Levels of Bushmeat Hunting in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

Monitoring the health of selected eastern arc forests in Tanzania

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