Frontier Tanzania Environmental Research REPORT 110 ...

The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)
The University of Dar es Salaam was established in July 1970 as a centre for learning and research in the
arts and the physical, natural, earth, marine, medical and human sciences. The University is surveying and
mapping the flora and fauna of Tanzania and is conducting research into the maintenance and improvement
of the environment and the sustainable exploitation of Tanzania’s natural resources.
The Society for Environmental Exploration (SEE)
The Society is a non-profit making company limited by guarantee and was formed in 1989. The Society’s
objectives are to advance field research into environmental issues and implement practical projects
contributing to the conservation of natural resources. Projects organised by The Society are joint initiatives
developed in collaboration with national research agencies in co-operating countries.
Frontier Tanzania Forest Research Programme and Coastal Forest Research Programme
The Society for Environmental Exploration and the University of Dar es Salaam have been conducting
collaborative research into environmental issues since July 1989 under the title of Frontier Tanzania, of
which one component is the Frontier Tanzania Forest Research Programme (FT FRP). Between 1989 and
1994 short term survey work was carried out in 27 Coastal Forests. The main objectives were to assess the
extent and condition of the forests. The data collected during this research has contributed significantly to
the publication of Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa, IUCN. Since July 1994, the FT FRP has been working
in the forests of the East Usambara mountains in collaboration with the East Usambara Conservation Area
Management Programme (EUCAMP) and Udzungwa Mountains in collaboration with Matumizi Endelevu
ya Mistu ya Asili (MEMA). These surveys of selected forests reserves have collected baseline biodiversity
data and assisted in the management of these mountain forests. During 2001, two Coastal Forest Reserves
were revisited. Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve and Ruvu Forest Reserve were surveyed more intensively to
investigate biodiversity and forest-use.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dept. of Zoology & Marine Biology
University of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 35064, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: 255-22-2410462
E-mail: zoology@udsm.ac.tz
Society for Environmental Exploration
50-52 Rivington Street, London, U.K.
Tel: +44 20 76 13 30 61
Fax: +44 20 76 13 29 92
E-mail: development@frontier.ac.uk
Frontier-Tanzania
Project Co-ordinator
Forest Research Programme
P.O. Box 9473
Dar es Salaam
E-mail: frontier@africaonline.co.tz