PANGANI BASIN WATER BOARD

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Appendix 1: Smaller basins included in the administrative Pangani Basin........................74
H.1 Introduction...........................................................................................................................74
H.2 The Umba River Catchment.................................................................................................74
H.3 The Zigi River Catchment ....................................................................................................75
H.4 The Msangazi River Catchment...........................................................................................77
H.5 The Coastal River Catchment (Mkulumuzi)..........................................................................80
List of Tables
Table 1: Tanzanian forest types, uses and legal status........................................................................9
Table 2: Eastern Arc Mountain forest cover loss in the Pangani River Basin....................................13
Table 3: Estimated water demand in 1995 and anticipated water demand in 2015...........................17
Table 4: Tanzanian and Kenyan socio-economic basics 2001...........................................................25
Table 5: Livestock population in selected areas of the Pangani River Basin (2002) .........................30
Table 6: Water rights (WR) in the Pangani River Basin (Tanzania), May, 2003.................................47
Table 7: Forest area under Joint Forest Management by region ......................................................52
List of Figures
Figure 1: The Pangani River Basin, spanning Tanzania and Kenya....................................................2
Figure 2: The Pangani River Basin......................................................................................................3
Figure 3: Forestry Administration in Tanzania....................................................................................49
Figure 4: The Administrative Pangani River Basin.............................................................................81
List of Plates
Plate 1: The Pangani River Basin map..............................................................................................33
Plate 2: The Administrative Pangani River Basin map.......................................................................34
Plate 3: Kilimanjaro’s famous snowcap in 1993 and 2000.................................................................35
Plate 4: The River Karanga at Moshi.................................................................................................36
Plate 5: Mount Kilimanjaro.................................................................................................................36
Plate 6: An Irrigation furrow in Moshi District.....................................................................................37
Plate 7: The capped spring at Shiri - Njoro........................................................................................38
Plate 8: Forested slopes on Mt. Meru................................................................................................38
List of Boxes
Box 1: Water Demand Management....................................................................................................6
Box 2: Pangani River Basin forest basics..........................................................................................10
Box 3: The Taita Hills.........................................................................................................................11
Box 4: Threats to the PRB’s forests...................................................................................................14
Box 5: Pangani River Basin water and wetland basics......................................................................15
Box 6: Threats to the PRB’s water and wetland resources................................................................16
Box 7: Pangani River Basin Protected Area threats..........................................................................19
Box 8: Biodiversity hotspots...............................................................................................................20
Box 9: Category 1 Globally threatened bird species of the Usambara Mountains.............................21
Box 10: Traditional furrow design flaws.............................................................................................27
Box 11: Sodicity and salinity...............................................................................................................29
Box 12: Kenyan Water Administration................................................................................................48
Box 13: The development of community-based management in Duru - Haitemba Forest,
Arusha Region.....................................................................................................................50
Box 14: An example of a Water User’s Association...........................................................................53
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