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ACKNOWLEDMENTSThis report is the culmination of the advice, co-operation, hard work and expertise of manypeople. In particular acknowledgments are due to the following:ULANGA DISTRICT COUNCIL:District Natural Resources Officer:Technical Advisor, Irish Aid:the late Mr. MkombachepaDr. Philomena TuiteMINISTRY OF NATUIRAL RESOURCES AND TOURISMWILDLIFE DIVISIONGame Guards:Mr. Edward Mlaponi, Mr. Salum Musa, Mr. PeterMsangameno and Mr. Jacob Ndimbo.FORESTRY AND BEEKEEPING DIVISONCatchment Forestry Officers:Ulanga District:Mr. Faya & Mr. Octavian NgawambaMorogoro Region:Mr. MayumaDar es Salaam:Mr. DalluIragua Ward:Mr. HamisUNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAMFT Co-ordinators:Prof. K.M. Howell & Dr. M. MurukeBotanical Technician: Mr. H.O. SuleimanSOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATIONManaging Director:Ms. Eibleis FanningDevelopment Manager: Ms. Elizabeth HumphriesResearch Manager:Dr. Damon Stanwell-SmithOperations Manager: Mr. Matthew WillsonFRONTIER TANZANIA:Savanna Research Programme StaffProject Co-ordinator: Mr. John. ChettleboroughResearch Co-ordinator: Dr. Richard JenkinsAss. Research Co-ordinators: Mr. Graham Corti, Ms. Sarah Gordon,Ms. Kirsten Roettcher & Mr. Roy HindeLiaison Officer:Mr. Simon MagesaLogistics Managers: Mr. Paul Martin, Mr. James SawyerMechanic/ Driver:Mr. Francis MhaikiField Assistants:Ms. Hadija Kilamiti, Ms. Anselimina Laso.Research Assistants: Ms. Sarah Alkenbrack, Ms. Laura Andrews, Mr. Michael Annison, Mr.Anthony Buchan, Ms. Rosie Coane, Ms. Juliet Field, Ashish Ghadiali, Mr. Alexander Groom,Ms. Joanna Knox, Ms. Fiona Lockhart, Ms. Helen Marks, Mr. Andrew Meneziea, Ms. HelenPercival, Mr. Daniel Richards, Ms. Emma Thomas, Mr. Matthew Thornton, Ms. PenelopeWhitehorn, Mr. Peter Yard, Mr. Polly Anderson, Mr. Elliot Body, Ms. Gemma Carr-Jones,Ms. Rebecca D’Amone, Ms. Amrita Das, Ms. Annabel Evans, Ms. Catherine Eyre, Ms.Rebecca Green, Ms. Karen Guy, Mr. Thomas Milani, Mr. John Rance, Ms. Kelly RoseSpecial thanks to the taxonomists detailed in Appendix 1and to the people of Iragua andMadabadaba for their co-operation during the socio-economic study..
SUMMARY1. Nambiga Forest Reserve is important as a low altitude example of evergreenforest. It is important for wildlife, water management and forest products.2. Here we report on a biodiversity survey and resource use assessment of NambigaF. R. undertaken by Frontier-Tanzania. Zoological trapping, forest disturbanceassessments and vegetation surveys were conducted from February to May 1999.Interviews with local people were used to assess the perceptions and use of NambigaF. R. by the surrounding communities.3. Use of Nambiga F. R. by local people was generally low and natural resourceswere available in large enough quantities outside the reserve to meet demand.Villagers considered people outside of the local area to be responsible for theextraction of large timber trees.4. The forest was composed mainly of small trees and shrubs, with only a few largetimber trees remaining. Tree extraction was concentrated in the north-east of thereserve near the village of Iragua. This was because of accessibility to the reserve andwas not related to availability of tree products.5. The biodiversity surveys found 10 species of small mammals, 26 large mammalspecies, 17 amphibian species, 26 reptile species, 62 butterfly species and 6 batspecies.6. Further research on other animal groups (e.g. birds, nocturnal frogs) are requiredto complete the biological inventory of the site.7. Other forest reserves in Ulanga District now need to be surveyed as matter of apriority.
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