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Eastern Arc Mountains Forests of Tanzania
Other provisions: There are no corridors to connect Mkingu to other reserves because the Nature
Reserve is surrounded by villages, Turiani town and commercial sugar cane and
rice plantations.
Integrity with respect to OUV
The proposed Mkingu Nature Reserve is the fourth large protected area within the Eastern Arc Mountains and by
far the largest block of forest remaining within the Nguru Mountains Block.
Kilombero Nature Reserve
Outstanding universal value
The Udzungwa Mountains hold 221 (40%) of the 554 plant taxa endemic to the Eastern Arc Mountains. Thus,
they are the most important block with respect to Eastern Arc Mountain endemic plants. A total of 144 taxa (14%
of Eastern Arc Mountain endemics) are restricted to the Udzungwa Mountains, of which 1 species is recorded
only from Kilombero Nature Reserve.
Endemic species restricted in their distribution (unique) to this site:
Family Species Authority
Rubiaceae Pavetta roseostellata Bridson
The Udzungwa Mountains hold 44 (37%) of the 118 vertebrate species endemic to the Eastern Arc Mountains,
which is more than any other mountain block. A total of 19 endemic vertebrate species (16%) are restricted to the
Udzungwa Mountains, of which the critically endangered shrew Congosorex phillipsorum is recorded only from
Ndundulu Forest in Kilombero Nature Reserve.
Endemic species restricted in their distribution (unique) to this site:
Group Species Threat status
Mammals Congosorex phillipsorum CR
Threatened species within the Udzungwa Mountains include 50 vertebrates, of which 29 species are found in
Kilombero, including 12 endemic to the Eastern Arc Mountains.
Protection and management of OUV
Legal provisions for protection:
Buffer zones: There is natural forest and/or exotic woodlots on village lands surrounding the
Nature Reserve which are available to meet community needs for firewood and
non-timber forest products. Such areas require demarcation as buffer zones.
However, a number of villages are too close to the Nature Reserve to establish
an intervening buffer zone. Thus, in the eastern part of Kilombero, a 60 m buffer
zone will be demarcated inside the Nature Reserve for regulated use by village
communities, while in the western part forests and woodlots within village lands
will provide the buffer to the Nature Reserve.
Other provisions:
Integrity with respect to OUV
Kilombero is the second largest protected area within the Eastern Arc Mountains, after Udzungwa Mountains
National Park. It is largest forested mountain block of the Udzungwa Mountains and abuts Udzungwa National
Park to the north-east, with which it is integral. Plans are underway to establish a corridor to link the Nature
Reserve with Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve to the south-west. Currently, the Mngeta Corridor is used for
farming activities by Mhanga, Uluti, Itonya, Mngeta, Mchombe and Mkangawalo villages (MNRT 2009a).
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