serikali ya mapinduzi zanzibar care tanzania and department

useful fuel wood supplies the government should take considerations in
establishing forest plantation in the acquired public land. Ngezi forest reserve
is categorized among the ‘high priority sites’ for conservation along coastal
forests. It is difficult to imagine if some of the endemic species were not
affected by the clearance of forest to pave way for the exotic species. Exotic
species are vigorous invaders of the new habitats and suppress the
regeneration of indigenous species. It is recommended to monitor the impacts
of the introduced trees. The impacts of Maesopsis eminii for the forest in
Eastern Usambara are well documented. Cedrella mexicana in Kimboza forest
is also becoming a nuisance to the neighboring habitats. However some
ecologists argue that some opportunistic weed species may create only places
where most of today’s weeds are most information carriers of the genetic
information for environmental toughness. Nevertheless, the decision to
eliminate exotic species such as Maesopsis eminii which already forms an
important microhabitat, should be done carefully after a scientific stucdy has
been conducted.
6. The foresters entrusted with patrolling and maintaining the forest reserve
should cope up and arrest offenders who illegally harvest forest produce. All
forest routes used to collect forest produce should be blocked. Mr. Seleman
showed us some of the methods the forest department staff apply to block such
road trails and footpaths.
7. A management policy to conserve a maximum number of species or
endangered/rare species should be avoided. Such management policy usually
causes fragmentation of the forest into un-natural mosaic of succession types.
8. Compartment blocks are useful for monitoring species diversity and relocating
where management efforts should be directed. Compartment boundaries are
obliterated. This study could make use of the data by Rodgers et al. and
Beentje. The boundaries of these compartment blocks should be restored. It
was sadly observed to see the assignment of a higher priority to other
disciplines.
9. It is important to know peoples’ basic perception about their environmental
awareness of forest conservation involving natural curiosity of rare plants, the
primary source of commonly used necessities, focal species (flag species) e.g.
save the rhino. Flag species need to be widely known by the target audience.
Decision makers should attempt to have format and means of dispersing
information. Neighboring communities may be very effective in the successful
forest conservation.
10. The knowledge of biological diversity will be meaningless to humanity unless
the motivation to use it exists. There should be economic, cultural, social and
conservation links. The problems of human beings (over population, habitat
destruction, uncertainity of food, medicine and shelter) can partially be solved
by making parts of biological diversity a source of economic wealth.
11 A museum/reference collection should be built to accommodate limited
mounted specimens of both plant and animal and invertebrate specimens
occurring in the reserve, and any other historical and cultural documents.
Permanent staff should be trained to manage such a museum. There is
inadequate number of professionals to support conservation of Ngezi Forest
Reserve. Opportunities should be made available to train enough staff.
Research facilities should be incorporated into the management plan.
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