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Eastern Arc Mountains Forests of Tanzania
capacity and raise awareness causes much damage. Mechanisms are needed to
solve conflicts between miners and foresters.
Illegal hunting and Promote hunting control with PFM is a major conservation management strategy in
poaching
PFM Agreements
the Eastern Arc mountains. If the prevention of illegal
hunting could be included in the PFM agreements, it
might be possible to better control hunting of rare
animals.
Invasive Alien Reduce expansion of Non-native plants are invading Eastern Arc forests and
species
invasive species
grasslands, especially where there is a lot of human
disturbance. Knowing the scale of the problem and
starting to address it is increasingly important.
Unsustainable Situation Analysis and Endemic animals are collected from the Eastern Arc
collection for pet Education and Awareness forest and sold to Europe, USA and the Far East as
trade
household pets. There are export quotas, but these
are not well enforced. Knowing if the pet trade has an
impact on key species is becoming and important issue
Reducing water Water flow and quality The Eastern Arc has national importance for providing
quality and quantity
water. Information on water flows and water quality is
often old and unreliable. Refurbishing and maintaining
the hydrological monitoring network, and gathering
monitoring data is critical.
Insufficient
Information, education and Conservation awareness is low in the Eastern Arc. It is
awareness awareness
important that people can make conservation decisions
based on improved awareness of the values of the
Eastern Arc and available management options
Insufficient finance Sustainable finance Funding provided for management of the Eastern Arc
is small and often comes from time-limited projects. A
source of sustainable funding for management is
critical if long-term forest conservation is to be
improved.
Adverse climate Climate change mitigation Climate changes are predicted to impact on Eastern
change
Africa and may have dramatic negative consequences
for the region. Most of the solutions lie beyond
Tanzania’s borders, but Tanzania needs to undertake
conservation activities with due consideration of the
potential climate change impacts.
Management Plans for Individual Sites
At the operational level of implementation, the work to be done to achieve conservation of the World Heritage is
outlined in detailed management plans. These plans are developed according to national guidelines and define the
management required at each site. They are outlined below.
National Parks. The Udzungwa Mountains National Park has an approved management plan from 2001. This is in
the process of being revised and is expected to be finished by June 2010. A copy of the current plan is provided with
this nomination dossier.
Nature Reserves.
As per existing laws and guidelines the management of protected forests should be done in participatory manner. For
that aspect, preparation and implementation of the management plans use participatory approaches. The custodian
of the reserves are conservators, Regional Catchment Managers, District Catchment Managers, District Natural
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