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Eastern Arc Mountains Forests of Tanzania
5.g Sources of expertise and training in conservation and
management techniques
Tanzania has a number of higher education institutions that provide training in conservation and management
techniques. There are three Universities and a number of technical training colleges:
Sokoine University of Agriculture. This University is located in Morogoro and provides training at BSc, MSc and PhD
levels. The faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation has courses on natural and plantation forest management,
and also on nature conservation and the management of natural resources within parks and reserves.
University of Dar es Salaam. The University of Dar es Salaam provides teaching across a wide range of disciplines.
This includes botany and zoology, hydrology and GIS and natural resource management.
Mweka Wildlife College. This college is located on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro near Moshi. It teaches students all
aspects of wildlife and park management.
Olmotonyi forestry training institute. This college is located near Arusha and teaches students all aspects of forestry
and forest management.
There are also a number of technical level institutions that undertake research on behalf of the government or other
clients.
Within the forestry sector there is the Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI). This has its base in Morogoro
and there is a sub-station in Lushoto in the West Usambara Mountains. It undertakes targeted research on natural
and plantation forests across Tanzania, including in the Eastern Arc Mountains. The Tanzania National Tree Seed
Centre (TTSC) is also based in Morogoro and hosts a professional botanist and experts in the cultivation and storage
of seeds from native and exotic tree species. It also holds seeds from the Eastern Arc Mountains.
Within the wildlife sector there is the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute. This is located in Arusha and is
undertakes targeted research in the field of wildlife conservation in Tanzania. It does not work in the Eastern Arc
region.
5.h Visitor facilities and statistics
Visitor facilities. The Eastern Arc Mountains contain a number of hotels that are established for visiting tourists.
Hotels dedicated to ecotourists are few in number and are found in the West Usambara (2), East Usambara (2),
Uluguru (2) and Udzungwa (2). The total number of beds available in all these ecotourism locations is under 500
beds, so the total number of tourists can never be that large.
Visitor statistics. A detailed study in 2007 worked across the entire Eastern Arc Mountains and gathered information
on the number of tourists visiting different mountain blocks. A summary of the information gathered by that study is
presented below:
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism