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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
2
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.
3
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
Arc
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.
Intr
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.
The
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
.
The
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%.
In
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.
Ove
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
.
Fu
el
eff
icie
nt
sto
ves:
a w
in,
win
sce
na
rio
Alm
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.
With
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.
Pla
nti
ng
fo
ur
millio
n t
ree
s O
ver
the
last
20
year
s, th
roug
h th
e su
pp
ort o
f TFC
G, o
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
.
Wo
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.
The
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
. Th
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.
If su
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.
4
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
Tan
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.
The
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.
Th
roug
h a
com
bin
atio
n of
na
tiona
l-lev
elm
eetin
gs,
stu
dy
tour
s, p
ublic
atio
ns a
nd l
ocal
net
wor
king
the
netw
ork
has
bro
ught
to
get
her
over
31
co
mm
unity
cons
erva
tion
netw
orks
of a
n av
erag
e of
60
mem
ber
s fro
mse
ven
reg
ions
and
now
has
186
0 m
emb
ers.
Th
e ne
twor
kis
led
by
a st
eerin
g c
omm
ittee
, el
ecte
d e
very
thr
ee y
ears
by
netw
ork
mem
ber
s in
thei
r an
nual
gen
eral
mee
ting
.
Fo
cu
s o
n t
he
HIC
HA
MA
SA
Ne
two
rkH
ICH
AM
AS
A
(Hifa
dhi
C
hanz
o ch
a M
aji
Sak
are)
Lo
cal
Are
a C
onse
rvat
ion
netw
ork
is l
ocat
ed i
n D
ind
ira W
ard
in
Kor
ogw
e D
istr
ict
in t
he W
est
Usa
mb
ara
Mou
ntai
ns.
The
Net
wor
k fo
rmed
in 2
002
to u
nite
the
sur
roun
din
g v
illag
esto
con
serv
e th
e S
akar
e sp
ring
. T
his
wat
er s
ourc
e is
alif
elin
e fo
r th
e co
mm
uniti
es b
ut f
ores
t lo
ss a
nd c
ultiv
atio
ncl
ose
to th
e sp
ring
wer
e af
fect
ing
the
qua
lity
and
qua
ntity
of th
e w
ater
. Th
e N
etw
ork
enco
urag
ed th
e vi
llag
es n
ear t
oth
e sp
ring
to
w
ork
tog
ethe
r to
co
nser
ve
the
fore
stup
stre
am a
nd t
o st
op f
arm
ing
too
clo
se t
o th
e w
ater
sour
ce.
Th
eir
effo
rts
wer
e su
cces
sful
.
The
villa
ges
man
age
the
upst
ream
for
est
join
tly a
nd c
an n
ow e
njoy
aye
ar-r
ound
sup
ply
of t
app
ed w
ater
from
the
sprin
g.
Ko
mb
a N
ew
sle
tte
r: v
oic
es
fro
m t
he
fore
stFo
llow
ing
pop
ular
dem
and
, TF
CG
lau
nche
d i
ts s
econ
dS
wah
ili n
ewsl
ette
r, 'K
omb
a' in
200
4. N
ow in
its
4th
editi
on,
Kom
ba
incl
udes
artic
les,
poe
ms,
lette
rsan
d
cart
oons
ab
out
fore
st
man
agem
ent
issu
es
that
com
mun
ities
in
volv
edin
p
artic
ipat
ory
fore
stm
anag
emen
t ar
eco
ncer
ned
ab
out.
The
new
slet
ter
isd
istr
ibut
ed
to
all
the
1860
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
ofp
artic
ipat
ory
fore
stm
anag
emen
t in
Tanz
ania
.
Th
e N
etw
ork
An
nu
al
Me
eti
ng
s: a
foru
m f
or
dia
log
ue
on
pa
rtic
ipa
tory
fore
st m
an
ag
em
en
tS
ince
200
1, T
FCG
has
org
anis
ed f
our
annu
al n
etw
ork
wor
ksho
ps
in D
ar e
s S
alaa
m,
Kib
aha,
Irin
ga
and
Tan
ga.
Ove
r 43
0 p
eop
le f
rom
19
reg
ions
hav
e p
artic
ipat
ed i
nth
ese
mee
ting
s.
Eac
h m
eetin
g h
as f
ocus
ed o
n a
them
e.Th
ese
have
bee
n:
“The
nee
d f
or a
Com
mun
ity F
ores
t C
onse
rvat
ion
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”,
“Cha
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”
“Liv
elih
ood
sec
urity
and
sus
tain
able
fore
st m
anag
emen
t in
Tanz
ania
- 2
004”
.
At e
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
een
pre
sent
ed
to
the
Min
istr
y of
Nat
ural
Res
ourc
es a
nd T
ouris
m.
In
2005
, th
eA
nnua
l W
orks
hop
will
be
held
in
Dec
emb
er i
n M
orog
oro
and
will
loo
k at
“N
atur
al r
esou
rces
and
com
mun
ities
in
par
ticip
ator
y fo
rest
man
agem
ent
in T
anza
nia
with
a f
ocus
on
the
inte
rrel
atio
nshi
p
bet
wee
n le
gal
in
stru
men
ts
ind
iffer
ent
natu
ral
reso
urce
s se
ctor
s in
th
e co
ntex
t of
par
ticip
ator
y fo
rest
m
anag
emen
t (la
nd,
wild
life,
w
ater
,fo
rest
, min
eral
s, a
gric
ultu
re e
tc.)
.”
La
un
ch
ing
th
e E
MPA
FO
RM
Pro
gra
mm
e i
n 2
00
5G
iven
the
pos
itive
exp
erie
nces
of
com
mun
ity n
etw
orki
ngin
Ta
nzan
ia,
ther
e ha
s b
een
inte
rest
fro
m
Ken
ya
and
Ug
and
a to
dev
elop
sim
ilar
netw
orks
. W
ith s
upp
ort
from
the
Eur
opea
n U
nion
, ci
vil
soci
ety
org
anis
atio
ns e
ngag
edin
par
ticip
ator
y fo
rest
man
agem
ent
from
Tan
zani
a, K
enya
and
U
gan
da
have
fo
rmed
a
par
tner
ship
p
rog
ram
me
'Str
eng
then
ing
an
d
Em
pow
erin
g
Civ
il S
ocie
ty
for
Par
ticip
ator
y Fo
rest
M
anag
emen
t in
E
ast
Afr
ica'
(EM
PAFO
RM
).
The
four
yea
r p
rog
ram
me
beg
an i
n A
pril
2005
and
will
sup
por
t co
mm
unity
net
wor
king
acr
oss
the
Kom
ba
new
slet
ter
is p
rod
uced
by
TFC
G's
Com
mun
ity F
ores
t Con
serv
atio
n N
etw
ork.
Par
ticip
ants
at t
he fi
rst a
nnua
l net
wor
k w
orks
hop
in 2
001
dis
cuss
the
ben
efits
of i
mp
rove
d n
etw
orki
ng b
etw
een
com
mun
ities
.
5
TH
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
Kilo
mb
ero
Dis
tric
t si
nce
the
early
199
0s.
The
fore
st
has
an
imp
orta
nt
pop
ulat
ion
of
Irin
ga
red
colo
bus
as
wel
l as
two
stric
tly e
ndem
ic p
lant
s.
Effo
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.
In
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.
F
ollo
win
g e
ffort
s b
y TF
CG
and
oth
er c
ivil
soci
ety
org
anis
atio
ns, t
hese
pla
ns h
ave
bee
n ha
lted
and
,w
ith
sup
por
t fro
m
the
Crit
ical
E
cosy
stem
P
artn
ersh
ipFu
nd,
the
Wild
life
Div
isio
n ha
ve n
ow r
eviv
ed e
ffort
s to
secu
re th
e fu
ture
of t
his
fore
st.
Ne
two
rkin
g t
o s
tre
ng
the
n p
olic
ies
an
d p
rac
tic
es
tha
t im
pa
ct
on
fo
rest
ma
na
ge
me
nt
Dur
ing
20
05,
with
su
pp
ort
from
th
e Ta
nzan
ia
Nat
ural
Res
ourc
es F
orum
, TF
CG
has
bee
n ho
stin
g a
ser
ies
ofst
akeh
old
er m
eetin
gs
that
aim
to
enha
nce
coop
erat
ion
inta
cklin
g s
ome
of t
he m
ost
pre
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
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
7
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.
8
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
iscu
sses
par
ticip
ator
y fo
rest
man
agem
ent
with
wom
en a
nd m
en in
Lul
and
a
9
TH
E
AR
C
JO
UR
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.
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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.
Wo
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
Usa
mb
ara
Mo
un
tain
sIn
the
Wes
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
orog
we
and
Lus
hoto
Dis
tric
ts t
oes
tab
lish
par
ticip
ator
y fo
rest
man
agem
ent f
or n
ine
fore
sts.
Fore
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.
T
he p
roje
ct h
as a
lso
bee
n ac
tivel
yca
mp
aig
ning
for
imp
rove
d f
ire m
anag
emen
t an
d a
hal
t to
com
mer
cial
lo
gg
ing
.
W
ith
the
par
ticip
atio
n of
th
eco
mm
uniti
es a
nd l
ocal
gov
ernm
ent,
com
mer
cial
log
gin
gha
s b
een
halte
d
in
the
Wes
t U
sam
bar
as
of
Kor
ogw
eD
istr
ict
and
fir
e in
cid
ence
s ap
pea
r to
ha
ve
dec
lined
.TF
CG
has
als
o w
orke
d c
lose
ly w
ith th
e D
istr
ict A
utho
ritie
sto
ad
dre
ss t
he u
rgen
t en
viro
nmen
tal a
nd s
ocia
l pro
ble
ms
that
gol
d m
inin
g b
roug
ht to
the
area
in 2
004.
Alth
oug
h th
isp
rob
lem
con
tinue
s, it
has
bee
n si
gni
fican
tly r
educ
ed.
Villa
ger
s fro
mR
uvu
Sou
thFo
rest
Res
erve
dis
cuss
the
resu
lts o
f the
par
ticip
ator
yfo
rest
reso
urce
asse
ssm
ent.
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er S
umb
ifro
m W
WF
(and
TFC
GTr
easu
rer)
and
Phi
llip
po
Mb
agg
a, T
FCG
Pro
ject
Offi
cer
mee
t with
men
and
wom
enfro
m K
izer
uiVi
llag
e in
the
Eas
t Usa
mb
ara
Mou
ntai
ns.
Sim
on M
osha
,TF
CG
Fie
ldO
ffice
r (s
tand
ing
cent
re)
faci
litat
ing
dis
cuss
ions
bet
wee
nco
mm
uniti
es,
loca
l gov
ernm
ent
and
oth
erst
akeh
old
ers
inth
e W
est
Usa
mb
ara
Mou
ntai
ns.
10
TH
E
AR
C
JO
UR
NA
L
IS
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E
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TF
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om
mu
nic
ati
on
an
d E
nvi
ron
me
nta
lE
du
ca
tio
n P
rog
ram
me
Le
arn
ing
wit
h t
he
fo
rest
ma
na
ge
rs o
fth
e f
utu
reTh
e fu
ture
of
Tanz
ania
's p
reci
ous
fore
sts
rest
s w
ith i
tsch
ildre
n.
TFC
G h
as w
orke
d w
ith o
ver
70 p
rimar
y sc
hool
sin
the
Eas
tern
Arc
and
Coa
stal
fore
sts.
Fo
r th
ese
scho
ols
TFC
G h
as p
rovi
ded
teac
hing
mat
eria
ls, t
rain
ing
in n
urse
ryte
chni
que
s an
d le
ctur
es a
bou
t the
nat
ion'
s fo
rest
s.
Ab
ou
t th
e A
rc J
ou
rna
lTh
e A
rc J
ourn
al i
s no
w o
n its
18t
h ed
ition
. F
ound
ed b
yC
arte
r C
olem
an, i
t was
orig
inal
ly a
bro
adsh
eet j
ourn
al th
atso
ught
to
gen
erat
e su
pp
ort
for
the
cons
erva
tion
of t
heE
aste
rn A
rc M
ount
ain
fore
sts.
In
199
4 A
lex
Hip
kiss
too
kov
er
as
edito
r an
d
over
th
e ye
ars,
it
has
incl
uded
hund
red
s of
art
icle
s ab
out
the
fore
st c
onse
rvat
ion
issu
esin
Tan
zani
a. I
t is
dis
trib
uted
to a
ll d
istr
ict n
atur
al re
sour
ces
offic
e in
Tan
zani
a as
wel
l as
civ
il so
ciet
y or
gan
isat
ions
,ce
ntra
l g
over
nmen
t d
epar
tmen
ts,
stud
ents
an
d
othe
rsin
tere
sted
in T
anza
nia'
s fo
rest
s as
wel
l as
bei
ng a
vaila
ble
on th
e TF
CG
web
site
.
Pro
vid
ing
in
form
ati
on
to
co
mm
un
itie
s a
nd
lo
ca
l g
ove
rnm
en
ta
bo
ut
fore
st v
alu
es
an
dc
on
serv
ati
on
Visi
t mos
t dis
tric
t offi
ces
and
man
y vi
llag
es in
the
Eas
tern
Arc
and
Coa
stal
for
ests
and
you
are
like
ly t
o se
e TF
CG
's
pos
ters
an
d
leaf
lets
.
Som
e of
TF
CG
's
mos
t p
opul
arp
oste
rs h
ave
bee
n th
ose
hig
hlig
htin
g t
he i
mp
orta
nce
ofth
e E
aste
rn
Arc
M
ount
ains
an
d
the
Coa
stal
Fo
rest
s.Th
ese
are
avai
lab
le a
t: w
ww
.tfcg
.org
. T
FCG
has
als
ow
orke
d c
lose
ly w
ith t
he b
road
cast
and
prin
t m
edia
and
has
bee
n in
volv
ed
in
pro
duc
ing
ov
er
30
rad
iop
rog
ram
mes
, te
n te
levi
sion
p
rog
ram
mes
an
d
60ne
wsp
aper
art
icle
s.
In a
dd
ition
thr
oug
h its
fie
ld p
roje
cts,
TFC
G's
st
aff
have
b
roug
ht
tog
ethe
r th
ousa
nds
ofst
akeh
old
ers
thro
ugh
mee
ting
s an
d w
orks
hop
s to
ad
dre
ssfo
rest
man
agem
ent i
ssue
s.
Ge
ttin
g s
tra
teg
ic a
bo
ut
ou
rc
om
mu
nic
ati
on
s C
omm
unic
atio
n ne
eds
to b
e st
rate
gic
. W
orki
ng w
ith t
heFo
rest
ry
and
B
eeke
epin
g
Div
isio
n,
TFC
G
has
bee
nin
volv
ed i
n d
evel
opin
g a
com
mun
icat
ion
stra
teg
y fo
r th
ena
tiona
l fo
rest
pro
gra
mm
e an
d f
or t
he C
onse
rvat
ion
and
Man
agem
ent o
f the
Eas
tern
Arc
Mou
ntai
n Fo
rest
s p
roje
ct.
Thes
e st
rate
gie
s id
entif
y w
ho t
he k
ey s
take
hold
ers
are,
wha
t th
ey w
ant
(and
nee
d)
to c
omm
unic
ate
abou
t, an
dho
w t
hey
pre
fer
to c
omm
unic
ate
it. I
n ot
her
wor
ds,
the
yid
entif
y th
e m
ost
effe
ctiv
e w
ays
of e
nsur
ing
tha
t th
e rig
htp
eop
le
are
com
mun
icat
ing
ab
out
the
mos
t im
por
tant
issu
es.
For
the
Eas
tern
Arc
, p
eop
le t
old
us
that
wha
t th
ey m
ost
wan
ted
to
co
mm
unic
ate
abou
t ar
e th
e va
lues
of
an
dth
reat
s to
the
Eas
tern
Arc
Mou
ntai
n fo
rest
s an
d t
he r
oles
that
they
can
pla
y in
man
agin
g th
em.
Wor
king
clo
sely
with
the
Fore
stry
an
d
Bee
keep
ing
D
ivis
ion,
TF
CG
is
no
wg
uid
ing
the
pilo
ting
of
the
Eas
tern
Arc
Mou
ntai
n Fo
rest
sco
mm
unic
atio
n st
rate
gy.
Th
is w
ill i
nclu
de
wor
k w
ith t
hem
edia
, p
artic
ular
ly
rad
io,
pro
duc
ing
m
ater
ials
, an
dfa
cilit
atin
g p
eop
le t
o m
eet
and
com
mun
icat
e d
irect
ly.
By
mak
ing
st
akeh
old
ers
mor
e aw
are
of
why
th
ey
shou
ldco
nser
ve T
anza
nia'
s fo
rest
s an
d h
ow t
hey
can
achi
eve
this
, w
e b
elie
ve t
hat
we
can
help
oth
ers
to m
ake
a b
igd
iffer
ence
to th
e m
anag
emen
t of T
anza
nia'
s fo
rest
s.
La
un
ch
ing
th
e E
ast
ern
Arc
we
b s
ite
ww
w.e
ast
ern
arc
.or.
tzM
uch
valu
able
in
form
atio
n ab
out
the
Eas
tern
A
rc
ishi
dd
en
in
the
'gre
y'
liter
atur
e of
p
roje
ct
rep
orts
an
dte
chni
cal
pap
ers.
Wor
king
w
ith
the
Eas
tern
A
rcC
onse
rvat
ion
and
M
anag
emen
t E
ndow
men
t Fu
nd
and
with
the
Con
serv
atio
n an
d M
anag
emen
t of t
he E
aste
rn A
rcM
ount
ain
Fore
sts
pro
ject
, TF
CG
dev
elop
ed a
n E
aste
rnA
rc
web
site
to
m
ake
read
ily
avai
lab
le
som
e of
th
isim
por
tant
inf
orm
atio
n.
Res
earc
hers
, 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'.
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.
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CG
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ffCh
arle
s M
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ckEx
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ive
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ke D
ogga
rtSe
nior
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hnic
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dvis
or
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on B
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nica
l Adv
isor
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i But
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y Pr
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eopi
sta
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nce
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leria
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ma
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dmin
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tor
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n Ka
hem
ela
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mun
ity N
etwo
rk C
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inat
orCh
arle
s Le
onar
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sear
ch O
ffice
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ukur
u Ny
agaw
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ucat
ion
and
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mun
icat
ion
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erBe
ttie
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sist
ant N
etwo
rk O
ffice
rDa
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Mgi
dang
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unity
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ison
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cer
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lela
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rmat
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scap
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r PEM
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mwa
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ect O
ffice
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gara
mia
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cer -
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ani B
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cer -
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son
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ect A
ssis
tant
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ani B
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ect A
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sam
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r Cos
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ect A
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r C
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rath
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l Nny
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aleh
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on M
P, H
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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!
'
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
gov
erna
nce
of t
heir
natu
ral
reso
urce
s.”
Very
bes
t wis
hes
CA
RE
Inte
rnat
iona
l Tan
zani
a
“The
Nat
ural
His
tory
Mus
eum
in
Lond
on h
as h
ad t
hep
rivile
ge
to b
e in
volv
ed in
wor
k on
Tan
zani
an b
iod
iver
sity
and
co
nser
vatio
n.
Tanz
ania
is
re
cog
nize
d
as
a m
ajor
glo
bal
bio
div
ersi
ty h
otsp
ot, a
nd it
can
als
o b
e sa
id to
be
are
sear
ch h
otsp
ot,
sinc
e m
ore
field
inv
estig
atio
n is
bei
ngd
one
in th
is c
ount
ry th
an p
erha
ps
anyw
here
els
e in
Afr
ica.
TFC
G h
as p
laye
d a
n im
por
tant
rol
e in
this
wor
k. T
he N
HM
has
rece
ived
muc
h va
luab
le m
ater
ial f
or s
tud
y fro
m T
FCG
,ac
com
pan
ied
b
y ex
tens
ive
field
d
ata.
A
mon
g
the
spec
imen
s is
at l
east
one
new
sp
ecie
s, a
gia
nt fo
rest
frog
,A
rthr
olep
tis
nike
ae,
from
th
e R
ubeh
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003,
52:
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