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TANZANIA - DAR ES SALAAM REGION
Districts in Dar es Salaam Region
 
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Kinondoni
Ilala & Kinondoni
Temeke
Kindondoni Municipality
In the Kindondoni Municipality there is one coastal forested area profiled. This is:
There is one Important Bird Areas found in Pande Game Reserve (TZ IBA 49).
Conservation Initiatives were supported around the Reserve by the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group as part of the Misitu Yetu Project between 2000 – 2005.
Key Economic and hydrological values:
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Kinondoni - Pande Game Reserve
 Reserve name: Pande Game Reserve
Description: Forest, woodland, thicket and grassland on a ridge between 80 - 126 m asl.
Location: 6° 40’ 32”S - 6° 44’ 10”S; 39° 04’ 10”E - 39° 05’ 40”E
Closest settlements: 25 km NW of the centre of Dar es Salaam. Neighbouring villages: Msumi, Msakuzi, Mabwe Pande, Mpiji Magoe and Mbopo.
Area: 1226 ha
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Threats: Timber harvesting and charcoal production.
Conservation initiatives: Managed by Wildlife Division. Conservation initiatives were supported around the Reserve by the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group as part of the Misitu Yetu Project between 2000 – 2005
Conservation designations: Part of Pande and Dondwe Coastal Forests IBA 49
References: Baker, N.E. and Baker, E. M. (2002). Important Bird Areas in Tanzania: A first inventory. Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) (2005). Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya. Ecosystem Profile (updated in March 2005). (pdf)
Doggart, N. (ed.) (2003). Pande Game Reserve: A Biodiversity Survey. TFCG Technical Paper No 7, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 1-100 pp.
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Ilala / Kindondoni Districts
In the Ilala Dsitrict there is one coastal forested area. This is:
There is one Important Bird Area found in Dondwe Forest Reserve (TZ IBA 49).
Conservation Initiatives supported around the Reserve:
Key Economic and hydrological values:
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Ilala / Kinondoni - Dondwe Forest Reserve
Reserve name: Dondwe Forest Reserve
Description: Forest and woodland between 100 - 200 m asl
Location: 7° 00’ S; 39° 10’E
Closest settlements: Private farm and open prison within forest
Area: 380 ha
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Threats: General encroachment
Conservation initiatives:
Conservation designations: Part of Pande and Dondwe Coastal Forests IBA 49
References: Baker, N.E. and Baker, E. M. (2002). Important Bird Areas in Tanzania: A first inventory. Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) (2005). Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya. Ecosystem Profile (updated in March 2005). (pdf)
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Temeke District
In the Temeke District there is one coastal forested area profiled. This is:
There is no Important Bird Area
Conservation Initiatives have been supported around the Reserve by the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group since 2000.
Key Economic and hydrological values:
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Temeke - Ngaramia Riverine Forest
Reserve name: Ngaramia Riverine Forest
Description: Riverine coastal forest between 0 – 50 m asl
Location:
Closest settlements: Gomvu and Mbutu villages
Area: 3000 ha
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Threats: Timber harvesting, pole cutting, agricultural encroachment
Conservation initiatives: Tanzania Forest Conservation Group initiated the Ngaramia Riverine Forest Conservation Project 2000, working with local communities to management the forest with support from M.A. Dobie.
Conservation designations:
References: Doggart , N.H. , Loader, S. and Perkin, A. (2002). Ras Kutani: a biodiversity survey. Working paper of the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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