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Table 35.
Monitoring indicators including baseline data
DESCRIPTION OF INDICATOR BASELINE DATA TIME FUTURE DATA COLLECTION PRIORITY
1. Volumes of Timber in Trade
1.1 Official total volume of round wood harvested in
study area
1.2 Official ratio of round wood harvested from
different districts
1.3 Official total log and timber shipments from three
ports
1.4 Ratio of shipments from three ports
10 163 m3 2001 High
85% Rufiji (8505 m3)
10% Kilwa (976 m3)
2% Nachingwea (163 m3)
2% Lindi (172 m3)
1% Ruangwa (123 m3)
1% Liwale (119 m3)
2001
Data readily available – District forest offices compile harvest
licences monthly and annually
7,357 m3 High
2000- Data readily available – Tanzania Harbours Authority compile data
56% Kilwa: 31% Mtwara: 2001 annually
Low
13% Lindi
1.5 Estimated total volume leaving study area by sea
Not recorded -
unofficially
Data would only become available from appropriate field research
Medium
1.6 Estimated ratio of official shipments to unrecorded
(currently being researched by TRAFFIC)
Not recorded -
sea shipments
Medium
1.7 Estimated volume crossing Rufiji River from south 40 400 m3 2001
Data was collected during field research, and only available in future
if vehicles can be stopped near river for adequate covert inspection
High
1.8 Estimated total volume entering sawmills in Ikwiriri 4112 m3 2001 Data available from sawmill records, interviews and observations Medium
1.9 Official volume passing north through Kibiti
Data not currently analysed but are available from Kibiti checkpoint
8608 m3 2001
checkpoint
records
Medium
1.10 Percentage volume round wood passing north of
Data calculated from above indicators (see section on Total Volume
Rufiji River recorded at Kibiti checkpoint (degree of 23% 2001
of Timber Moving North of Rufiji River)
accuracy)
High
2. Timber Harvest Areas
High
2.1 Main harvest areas in Rufiji District
Ngumburuni, Ruhoi,
Ikwiriri, Nyamwage; see also
map
2001
Data not currently analysed by district authorities but are available
from Kibiti checkpoint records
Ruhoi; see also map 2001 Data available from mapping of logging roads in study area High
High
2.2 Main harvest areas in Lindi Region
Nainokwe-Zinga-Likawage-
Liwiti; see also map
2001
Data not currently analysed but are available from district forest
offices which compile harvest licences monthly and annually
High
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