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Approved GrantsEastern Arc Mountains(Through March 2005)Strategic Direction 1: Increase the ability of local populations to benefit from and contribute to biodiversityEvaluation of Tanzania Forest Conservation Group's Participatory Forest Management Initiatives in theIdentify the best practises and lessons learnt from communities engaged in participatory forest management withinTanzania. These findings will be shared with all stakeholders through a variety of media describing impacts andbenefits of participatory forest management on biodiversity conservation and local livelihoods.Funding: $33,910Grant Term: 3/05-12/05Grantee: Tanzania Forest Conservation GroupConserving Coastal and Eastern Arc Forests Through Community Access to Retail Markets for Good WoodWood Carvings on the South Coast of KenyaAlert both tourists and artisans in this popular tourist destination about the threats to indigenous trees favored by craftsmen inmeeting the demand for woodcarvings as safari souvenirs, and promote the use of alternative and abundant timber includingneem and jacaranda timber as “good woods.”Funding: $19,999Grant Term: 1/05-12/05Grantee: Wakuluzu: Friends of the Colobus Trust Ltd.Baseline Carbon Storage Assessment of Kenya’s Coastal ForestsAssess the carbon storage potential of East Africa's coastal forests as a prelude to establishing compensation schemes tocommunity-managed forests from greenhouse gas emitting industries under the Kyoto Protocol.Funding: $19,500Grant Term: 10/04-3/05Grantee: International Centre of Insect Physiology and EcologyDo Payments For Environmental Services Offer the Potential For Long Term Sustainable Financing?Knowing the value of watershed services provided by forests is vital in defining the link between urban populations thatrely on these ecological functions, this study will assess the contribution made by the forests of the Uluguru Mountains.These forests are the source of the Ruvu River that supplies Morogoro and Dar es Salaam with water and generateshydroelectric power.Funding: $19,800Grant Term: 10/04-9/06Grantee: World Wide Fund for Nature - Tanzania Programme OfficeCapacity Building to Empower Community ConservationCreate environmental conservation awareness among the village members and promote ecotourism in the region.Funding: $11,285Grant Term: 10/04-9/05Grantee: Kasigau Conservation TrustKaya Kinondo Community Ecotourism ProjectDemonstrate the positive influence of ecotourism by connecting conservation management in the Kinondo region withtangible social and economic benefits to the local people.Funding: $19,915Grant Term: 10/04-3/06Grantee: Kaya Kinondo Conservation and Development Group and Coastal Forest Conservation Unit1
CEPF Investment Coordination and Sustainability in the Eastern Arc / Coastal Forests HotspotCoordinate CEPF's investments in this hotspot to ensure they are complementary with on-going activities, engage a widearray of nongovernmental organizations and achieve the greatest impact. The International Centre of Insect Physiologyand Ecology will lead a consortium of the WWF Eastern Africa Regional Programme Office, the Tanzania ForestConservation Group and BirdLife Africa as the eyes and ears of CEPF in the region to promote the conservation ofbiological diversity at all levels of civil society.Funding: $700,000Grant Term: 2/04-12/08Grantee: International Centre of Insect Physiology and EcologyStrategic Direction 2: Restore and increase connectivity among fragmented forest patches in the hotspotFacilitating a Process of Stakeholders Consultations on the Interventions Required to Restore and Increasethe Connectivity of Forest Patches in Taita HillsEnsure that the findings from research undertaken within the hotspot are made available to all relevant institutions andindividuals to raise awareness and conservation of these vital habitats. The grantee will perform this role and assistnon-Tanzanian researchers with securing the relevant research permits.Funding: $17,905Grant Term: 2/05-2/05Grantee: East African Wild Life SocietyStandardizing Forest Change Methodologies Between Sokoine University and CABS to Assist in IdentifyingConnectivity Priorities Across the Eastern Arc and Coastal ForestsDemonstrate the methodology developed to detect forest change and assess how similar this is to methodologies being usedto detect forest change by Sokoine University and the WWF approach, and ideally develop a standardized method for thisanalysis so that the individual parts can be compiled as a region-wide forest cover change map. The project will alsoenable the grant recipient to assess the ability of other organizations to assist in compiling relevant data.Funding: $7,153Grant Term: 2/05-2/05Grantee: Conservation InternationalFacilitating the Process of Designing CEPF/GCF Connectivity Interventions in the Udzungwa MountainsDetermine, through a stakeholders' workshop, a cohesive set of conservation priorities in the areas surrounding UdzungwaNational Park that face demands from the local communities and commercial enterprise, as well as the need to protect theecological services of the catchment forests that provide habitat for several endemic species.Funding: $20,000Grant Term: 12/04-12/05Grantee: World Wide Fund for Nature - Tanzania Programme OfficeRapid Environmental Impact Assessment of the Rehabilitation of theTana Delta Irrigation Project withDesign of Critical Primate Habitat Improvement, Increased Indigenous Forest Connectivity and CommunityReview previous research and documentation of the Lower Tana River Forest area, update both the biological andsocioeconomic baseline and use this information to design an environmental component of a planned rehabilitation withthe focus of enhancing conservation management while also engaging local residents in discussion and action regarding thelong-term benefits of forest connectivity.Funding: $19,500Grant Term: 10/04-12/04Grantee: National Museums of Kenya2
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CEPF FACT SHEETEastern Arc Mountain
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ECOSYSTEM PROFILEEASTERN ARC MOUNTA
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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...............
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BACKGROUNDInternational interest in
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In terms of plant biogeography, the
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Mountains are all taken from Newmar
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The degree of faunal endemism in th
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The largest of the Kenyan forest re
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percent) of the Kenyan coastal fore
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corridor outcomes are being defined
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nine globally threatened species an
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Table 3. Numbers of sites with Crit
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Figure 1 (continued)*Site # Site Na
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Government Institutional Framework
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Nongovernmental OrganizationsEast A
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4. Support the government policy of
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Box 1 National Forest Policy goal a
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(d) Forestry Based Industries and P
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Other coastal mineral resources of
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The major social trend in both coun
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Table 3. Major threats in the Easte
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Commercial Timber ExtractionThere h
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Ranking of Threats in TanzaniaBecau
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• Decision-makers inadequately in
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long-term funding and institutional
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years due to a lack of funding. Oth
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GEF-UNDP or GTZ support, as did the
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During the group and plenary discus
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concentrate on synergistic and dire
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2. Restore and increase connectivit
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compiling lists of species and asse
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CEPF will support efforts to raise
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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXTACCAW
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REFERENCESAxelrod, D.I. & P.H. Rave
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Kesley, M. G. & T. E. S. Langton. 1
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patterns, diversity and endemism. B
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Taphozous hildegardeae + x xBirds 3
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Baphia macrocalyx +Baphia pauloi +B
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Kotschya platyphylla +Kraussia spec
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Sibangea pleioneura +Sorindeia cala
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Kaya Jibana KE 1 7 8 8Kaya Rabai KE
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Pangani (Hale-Makinjumbe) TZ 1 1 1P
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