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New Investment Gives Hope for Threatened Species in Tanzania and KenyaCEPF and four East African organizations recently announced a $7million investment strategy to conserve the rich natural resources ofthe Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania andKenya.The announcement activities included consultative meetings inMombasa, Tanga, Dar es Salaam and Morogoro with more than 140representatives from community-based groups, nongovernmentalorganizations and the private sector to discuss how they can helpimplement and benefit from the strategy.The $7 million will be awarded as grants to civil society groups to helpsafeguard the biodiversity hotspot, which is home to at least 1,500species of plants, Kirk’s red colobus (also known as Zanzibar redcolobus) and other wildlife unique to the area.In Tanzania, water flowing from the Eastern Arc forests is the source of 90 percent of thecountry's hydroelectric power. The forests are also the source of water for major cities, includingDar es Salaam, Tanga and Morogoro.However, while the Eastern Arc forests once covered more than 23,000 square kilometers in thetwo countries, more recent estimates place the remaining forest cover as low as 2,000 squarekilometers."The investment brings urgently needed resources to help us ensure that these preciousresources are properly managed in step with sustainable development," said Nike Doggart of theTanzania Forest Conservation Group.The group will coordinate CEPF investments in the region together with BirdLife International, theInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology and the WWF-Eastern Africa ProgrammeOffice. The local BirdLife Partners are NatureKenya and the Wildlife Conservation Society ofTanzania.The investment strategy, known as an ecosystem profile, includes a special focus on the linkagesbetween people and conservation, with support to enable local populations to directly participatein conservation efforts.Many of the meeting participants, who included representatives from more than 70 communitybasedgroups, will also receive training in how to develop sound proposals and apply for funding.The first of these special training sessions will take place July 15 in Mombasa and others will beheld in Tanga, Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.Learn more about this hotspot and the CEPF ecosystem profile.© Patricio Robles Gil/SierraMadreThe Eastern Arc Mountainshotspot is home to 333 globallythreatened species, includingKirk's red colobus (above).
CEPF Set for Expansionhttp://www.cepf.net/xp/cepf/news/newsletter/2003/august_topstory.xmlPage 1 of 24/18/2005TEXT ONLY CONTACT FAQ SEARCHABOUT CEPFOUR STRATEGYCEPF NEWSPress ReleasesE-News Top StoriesIn Focus FeaturesWHERE WE WORKRECENT GRANTSAPPLY FOR GRANTSCEPF Set for ExpansionAugust 2003The CEPF Donor Council approved new ecosystem profilesand investment strategies on July 31 for the partnership toexpand to two new biodiversity hotspots: Caucasus and theEastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania andKenya.Final endorsement of the strategies is expected from theofficial Global Environment Facility focal points within eachof the countries within these two hotspots in the next fewweeks. CEPF grants can be disbursed once this requiredendorsement is formalized. The expansion will bring thenumber of hotspots to 13 where CEPF grants are availableto civil society, such as nongovernmental organizations,community groups and academic institutions.The Caucasus hotspot spans 500,000 square kilometers ofmountains in Eurasia between the Black Sea and theCaspian Sea. The area includes parts of Georgia, Armeniaand Azerbaijan, and small portions of Russia, Iran andTurkey. The deserts, savannas, swamp forests and aridwoodlands that comprise the Caucasus hotspot containmore than twice the animal diversity found in adjacentregions of Europe and Asia, yet its biodiversity is being lostat an alarming rate.© Nina MarshallBorjomi-Kharagauli NWest Lesser CaucasYou can learn mspecial sectionsnew hotspots: CEastern Arc MoRelated story: WDevelop FramewCEPF InvestmeCaucasusThe CEPF strategy for this hotspot is based on the results ofstakeholder workshops and background reports coordinatedby WWF Caucasus. More than 130 experts representingscientific, governmental and nongovernmental groups fromthe six countries participated in these preparations.The strategy is underpinned by conservation outcomes—targets against which the success of investments can bemeasured. These targets are defined at three levels:species (extinctions avoided), sites (areas protected) andlandscapes (corridors created). As a result, CEPFinvestment in the Caucasus is focused on conserving thehotspot's 51 globally threatened species, the majority ofwhich are found in specific sites in five target conservationcorridors: Greater Caucasus, Caspian, West LesserCaucasus, East Lesser Caucasus and Hyrcan.The Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests hotspotstretches along most of the eastern coast of Tanzania andinto extreme southeastern Kenya. The region is notablyfragmented with endemic species being found in small sites.
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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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Buxus obtusifolia VU PCroton jatrop
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Kraussia speciosa VU PMkilua fragra
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Mesogyne insignis VU PMildbraedia c
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Synsepalumsubverticillatum VU PTare
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