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Kilombero Valley Teak Company (KVTC)KVTC was set up in 1992 by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) with the aim of creating a viablehardwood reforestation project with teak plantations arranged in a mosaic between natural forests and other naturalvegetation. An area of 28,159 ha was leased by KVTC for this purpose. The company is presently undergoingcertification from the Forestry Stewardship Scheme (FSC) and ISO 14001. As part of the criteria for this certificationthey have been and will continue to contract professionals to undertake scientific surveys of the area.The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)The University of Dar es Salaam was established in July 1970 as a centre for learning and research in the arts and thephysical, natural, earth, marine, medical and human sciences. The University is surveying and mapping the flora andfauna of Tanzania and is conducting research into the maintenance and improvement of the environment and thesustainable exploitation of Tanzania’s natural resources.The Society for Environmental Exploration (SEE)The Society is a non-profit making company limited by guarantee and was formed in 1989. The Society’s objectives areto advance field research into environmental issues and implement practical projects contributing to the conservation ofnatural resources. Projects organised by The Society are joint initiatives developed in collaboration with nationalresearch agencies in co-operating countries.Frontier Tanzania Savanna Research Programme (FT SRP)The Society for Environmental Exploration and the University of Dar es Salaam have been conducting collaborativeresearch into environmental issues since July 1989 under the title of Frontier Tanzania, of which one comp onent is theFrontier Tanzania Savanna Research Programme (FT SRP). Since July 1998, the FT SRP has been working in theKilombero Valley undertaking conservation research and development activities including baseline studies of theKilombero river birds and fisheries, the puku antelope, the biodiversity of miombo areas, land use planning of IteteWard, facilitation of the establishment of a Community Based Organisation, and the development of an environmentaleducation programme.For more informationFrontier-Tanzania. PO Box 9473, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Tel/Fax: 255-22-2700729. Email: frontier@africaonline.comKilombero Valley Teak Company (KVTC)P.O. Box 655, Ifakara, TanzaniaTel: 255-23-2625215Fax: 255-23-2625214E-mail: rmartyn@africaonline.co.tzWildlife DivisionP.O. Box 1994, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaTel: 255-51-866418Fax: 255-51-865836 / 863496E-mail: wildlife-division@twiga.comDept. of Zoology & Marine BiologyUniversity of Dar es SalaamP.O. Box 35064, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaTel: 255-22-2410462E-mail: zoology@udsm.ac.tzSociety for Environmental Exploration50-52 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3QP. U.K.Tel: +44 20 76 13 24 22Fax: +44 20 76 13 29 92E-mail: devlopment@frontier.ac.ukInternet: www.frontier.ac.ukiv