“We used to sell our products to tourists; some of us were employed in a tourist company, now days we just stay at home, wildlife doesn’t help us anymore. Things are becoming worse as we don’t have food; most of us have got low harvests as a result of floods and exhausted land”. Community members...
Uluguru Nature Forest Reserve is the forest with an area of 24,115.09 ha that form one of the component blocks of the Eastern Arc Mountains forests. It has vegetation cover that harbor endemic flora and fauna and considered as a globally important ecoregion and an endemic bird area. The forest harbors endemic bird species like Uluguru...
Mikumi national park is the fourth largest park in Tanzania, covering an area of 3230 km2 . The park is located in eastern Tanzania, in the Morogoro region, 283 km west of Dar es Salaam and shares boundary in the south with Selous Game Reserve. Mikumi and Selous constitute one ecosystem where animals migrate. Mikumi...
ECOWICE is working on Rungwecebus kipunji which is the Endangered Species of primate species located in Kitulo National Parks, Ndundulu forest and Mt. Rungwe forest reserves. We do expect to map the land use/cover changes of the species and its associated habitats, provided its population estimate, assess their threats, raise awareness to the communities and...
Saadani national park cover an area of 1100 km2 , located in eastern Tanzania .It offers the unique combination of terrestrial and maritime ecosystems with main vegetation complexes; A heterogeneous forest-savanna-grassland mosaic; The ancient coastal forest on the Zaraninge Plateau; A shoreline with salt flats, coastal fringe forests, herbaceous dune vegetation and mangrove forests; mangrove...
