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Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya ...

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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................................................5THE ECOSYSTEM PROFILE............................................................................................................................................5BACKGROUND......................................................................................................................................................................6Geography <strong>of</strong> the Hotspot.........................................................................................7The <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Arc</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong> ......................................................................................8The East African <strong>Coastal</strong> Forest Mosaic ................................................................10BIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE........................................................................................................................................11Biodiversity in the <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Arc</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong> ..............................................................11Biodiversity in the <strong>Coastal</strong> <strong>Forests</strong> .........................................................................12Levels <strong>of</strong> Protection ................................................................................................13CONSERVATION OUTCOMES ...................................................................................................................................16Overview <strong>of</strong> Conservation Outcomes .....................................................................17Species Outcomes..................................................................................................18Site Outcomes ........................................................................................................19SOCIOECONOMIC FEATURES ..................................................................................................................................25Institutional Framework...........................................................................................25Policy <strong>and</strong> Legislation.............................................................................................29Economic Situation.................................................................................................34Infrastructure <strong>and</strong> Regional Development ..............................................................36Demography <strong>and</strong> Social Trends .............................................................................37SYNOPSIS OF CURRENT THREATS.......................................................................................................................38Levels <strong>of</strong> Threat......................................................................................................39Main Threats...........................................................................................................39Agriculture...............................................................................................................40Commercial Timber Extraction ...............................................................................42Mining .....................................................................................................................43Fires........................................................................................................................43Ranking <strong>of</strong> Threats in <strong>Tanzania</strong>..............................................................................44Analysis <strong>of</strong> Root Causes.........................................................................................45SYNOPSIS OF CURRENT INVESTMENT...............................................................................................................48Levels <strong>of</strong> Funding ...................................................................................................48Types <strong>of</strong> Project Interventions ................................................................................49Numbers <strong>of</strong> IBAs with Project Interventions ...........................................................49Spread <strong>of</strong> Conservation Attention Across Different IBAs........................................50Funding Allocation Against Biological Priority.........................................................50CEPF NICHE FOR INVESTMENT................................................................................................................................52CEPF INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND PRIORITIES..........................................................................................54Program Focus .......................................................................................................54Strategic Directions.................................................................................................54SUSTAINABILITY ...............................................................................................................................................................62CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................................................................63ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT....................................................................................................................64REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................................................66APPENDICES.......................................................................................................................................................................71iv

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