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Kenya Times Newspaperfile://D:\Eastern%20Arc\Kenya%20Times%20Newspaper.htmPage 1 of 24/18/2005NewsEditorialsSportsBusinessSchool TimesMagazineInsightLettersCartoonsArchivesBy Anne KagoFund gets Sh553m. to conserve ecosystemTHE Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and four Eastorganisations yesterday announced a Sh553 million investmenstrategy.This was done during the launch of the new CEPF coordinationoccasioned by signing of memorandum of understanding by thBirdlife International, the Tanzania forest conservation group aICIPE.This strategy is aimed at conserving the rich natural resourcesEastern Arc Mountains and the coastal forests of Tanzania andCEPF Investment will enable the civil society to take action tosafeguard the region, recognised as the worlds’s important biohotspots and to bring urgently needed resources to help in ensthat these biodiversirty hotspots are properly managed in stepsustainable development.This strategy includes a special focus on the important linkagesbetween people and conservation, with support for projects tolocal population to both directly participate in and benefit fromconservation efforts.The forest bill that had been shot down in Parliament had incorthese initiatives.According to The Bird life Africa partnership head of secretariatHazell Thompson there was a need to establish a fund that invlocal community who don’t have the access to present proposainitiate this strategies for their communities.It is therefore in this light that the CEPF was formed, It is jointinitiative of the conservation international, the Global Environmfacility, the Japanese government, the John D. and Catherine TMacAuthur foundation and the world bank.“Placing Locally based leaders at the heart of our strategy is ke
Kenya Times Newspaperfile://D:\Eastern%20Arc\Kenya%20Times%20Newspaper.htmPage 2 of 24/18/2005approach in this hotspot” said Mr John Watkin, CEPF grant manAfrica. “Our New new partnership will focus on people and sciehelping ensure CEPF investments involve communities and a wof organizations for success.”The CEPF investments will be guided by an ‘ecosystem profile tcompiled in 2003 by ICIPE with input from more than seventyincluding scientist, government staff and non governmentalorganizations from the two countries.Other BusinessCopyright © 2003 Kenya Times Media Trus
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Eastern Arc Mountainsand Coastal Fo
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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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Kaya Muhaka KE 4.33 39.53Vitellario
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Anthus sokokensis EN BAoranthe pend
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Gigasiphon macrosiphon EN PGuibourt
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Coffeapseudozanguebariae VU PRhynch
Page 103 and 104: Nguru Mountains TZ 6.09 37.51 32908
Page 105 and 106: (Pande game reserve, DondweFR)Coffe
Page 107 and 108: Tarenna drummondii VU PTessmannia d
Page 109 and 110: Shimoni Forests KE 4.65 39.38Paraxe
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Page 113 and 114: Canthium siebenlistii VU PCephaloph
Page 115 and 116: longipedunculatumDiospyros amaniens
Page 117 and 118: (Uluguru North FR, UluguruSouth FR,
Page 119 and 120: Scolecomorphus vittatus VU ASuregad
Page 121 and 122: Neohemsleyausambarensis VU POcotea
Page 123 and 124: An Overview of CEPF’s Portfolio i
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Page 129 and 130: Reviewers look at:• the relevance
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Page 136: Eastern Arc Mountains Portfolio Pro
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Page 141 and 142: Conservation Ecology of the Endange
Page 143 and 144: Stakeholders Identify Priorities fo
Page 145 and 146: Tanzania Seizes 157 Containers of T
Page 147 and 148: CEPF Set for Expansionhttp://www.ce
Page 150 and 151: Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal F
Page 152 and 153: T H E A R C J O U R N A L I S S U E
Page 156 and 157: La Tanzanie et le Kenya reçoivent
Page 158: The Dominion: Tiomin Given Final Ap
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