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Major harvest areas in Lindi Region Data from licences issued for major miombo woodland and coastal forest areas in Lindi Region (i.e. not including Rufiji District, Coast Region) were maped to determine harvest areas. Licensed harvest areas were spread throughout Kilwa, Lindi, Ruangwa, Nachingwea and Liwale Districts. Figure 23 highlights the relative harvest pressures over the entire area based upon harvest licences. Each contour represents a difference of 10 m 3 round wood. The contour map highlights more graphically the relatively high harvest pressure throughout Kilwa District, particularly in the north and spreading into Liwale District. Areas of particularly high harvest pressure include Nainokwe-Zinga-Likawage-Liwiti. Other timber harvest foci include Hoteli Tatu, Njinjo and Mavuji in Kilwa District; Chimbendenga- Kipara in Nachingwea District; Rondo and Namichiga-Nambilanje in Ruangwa District; Ng’apa-Milola and Mipingo in Lindi District; and Mkutano-Kikulyungu and Nangando-Kipule-Kichonda in Liwale District (Figure 23). The map closely matches reports from the Kilwa District forest officer who claimed areas of highest harvest in Kilwa are Njinjo, Likawage and Narnjirinji. Figure 23 Timber harvest pressure in Lindi Region in relation to protected areas and major vegetation types Sources: District timber harvest licences, 2000. Note: Number of neighbours = 20; power = 2; contour interval = 10 m 3 round wood. 57
This harvest pattern is supported by mapping of logging vehicle routes in Lindi Region, where higher densities of roads were observed adjacent to areas where high numbers of harvest licences were issued (Figure 24). Figure 24 Distribution of off-road logging routes (represented by flags) in Lindi Region, October 2001 Mapping of information from harvest licences issued in Lindi region indicated that there is significant harvest pressure inside the Selous Game Reserve (Figure 23). Indeed, this matched field observations, and was further supported by reports of harvesting inside the Reserve (Hamerlynck, 2003). As mentioned above, some caution should be made when interpreting these results due to inaccuracies in information recorded on harvest licences. The general absence of woodland and forest inventory data means that no comparative analysis can be undertaken to calculate relative harvest pressures and sustainability. Changes in harvest areas A number of traders and government officials reported that stocks of certain species had declined in abundance locally, particularly Pterocarpus angolensis, resulting in traders traveling much further to find harvestable trees. De Waal (2001) reported increasing scarcity of P. angolensis and Dalbergia melanoxylon in Liwale District. These reports are supported by information presented earlier whereby increases in the harvesting of lower value species was evident from Rufiji District and Kilwa District from 1995 and 1998 onwards, respectively. For example, overharvesting of D. melanoxylon in the study area has pushed harvesting progressively southwards. Jenkins et al. (2001) reported that D. melanoxylon had effectively been harvested out from Rufiji District, with a southerly shift in harvesting. Harvest 58
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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3 ABBREVI
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study was mad
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The close relatio
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Page 12 and 13: The National Forest Policy (1998) s
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Page 16 and 17: METHODOLOGY This study was conducte
Page 18 and 19: Field Research Research assistants
Page 20 and 21: Table 2 Types of analyses made amon
Page 22 and 23: south bank (1270 m 3 ). Therefore,
Page 24 and 25: commenced in 1986 have converted th
Page 26 and 27: The majority of reserved forests an
Page 28 and 29: Degradation of forests and deforest
Page 30 and 31: medicinal plants for curing illness
Page 32 and 33: STUDY AREA OVERVIEW The study area
Page 34 and 35: The coastal forests found in the st
Page 36 and 37: Data on harvest licences covering a
Page 38 and 39: Figure 8 Sawn wood and logs shipped
Page 40 and 41: eported to be very low, with most s
Page 42 and 43: ound wood from the study area. Over
Page 44 and 45: Species harvested in 2001, but not
Page 46 and 47: checkpoint records from Kibiti, stu
Page 48 and 49: Figure 13 Main species processed by
Page 50 and 51: Two species, Swartzia madagascarens
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Page 56 and 57: The frequency distributions of leng
Page 58 and 59: HARVEST AREAS, DESTINATIONS, MARKET
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Page 64 and 65: Figure 26 Off-road logging truck ro
Page 66 and 67: Table 25 Total number of vehicles r
Page 68 and 69: Seasonal variations in timber trade
Page 70 and 71: Figure 35 Total timber shipments fr
Page 72 and 73: Figure 37 Volumes (m 3 ) of Pteroca
Page 74 and 75: Hymenaea verrucosa (Gum copal tree,
Page 76 and 77: Figure 43 Volumes (m 3 ) of Dalberg
Page 78 and 79: Charcoal shipments Official data on
Page 80 and 81: Figure 47 Quantities of charcoal (b
Page 82 and 83: Table 32 Proportion of selected woo
Page 84 and 85: DISCUSSION Evidence of linkages bet
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Page 92 and 93: RECOMMENDATIONS Costs of not taking
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Page 96 and 97: DESCRIPTION OF INDICATOR BASELINE D
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Page 100 and 101: (Figure 51). Regulatory options to
Page 102 and 103: Alternative energy sources Accounti
Page 104 and 105: Anon. (1999g). Tanzania Country Str
Page 106 and 107: De Waal, D. (2001). Setting Precend
Page 108 and 109: Milliken, J. (1999). Youth migrants
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ANNEXES Annex 1 Tanzania industrial
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However, forests outside Forest Res
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arks at TZS 2000 (USD 1.95) per kg
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mm and relatively unreliable. The h
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Coast Region has a total forest are
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Table 43 Sectoral contribution to L
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Annex 5. Sample checkpoint form for
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