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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank CARE Tanzania for funding this biodiversity inventory. We are
grateful for the time and commitment of CARE Zanzibar and Pemba staff Thabit Masoud
who worked closely with Mr Amour, the Government CARE coordinator Mr. Mbarouk, and
members of staff from Department of Commercial Crops, Fruits, and Forestry particularly the
Ngezi Project manager Mr. Selemani, his assistant Mr Salim Saidand Ms. Fatma, Mr. Mussa
Bakari, Mr. Salim Khamis and drivers Hamisi, Mohamed and Khalfan who devoted most of
their time to ensure that this exercise becomes a success. The forest staff at Ngezi participated
in the field excursions and the local communities around Ngezi forest were friendly and
cheerfully participated in the fieldwork and during the questionnaire interviews. We sincerely
thank Prof. Kim M. Howell who volunteered to help in the fieldwork and report writing at his
own cost. We thank them all.
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