A Long-Term Strategy for the Conservation of a Globally Important Protected Area Complex in Southern Tanzania
Description
Eastern Arc Mountains are several isolated forested mountain ranges situated like pearls on a string down through eastern Tanzania’s dry savannah landscape. The largest and biologically most diverse area in the Eastern Arc Mountains is the Udzungwa Mountains. The diversity of species and the many unique organisms are the reason why the Eastern Arc Mountains have been designated as one of the world’s 24 ‘Biodiversity Hotspots’.
The project is a collaboration between a.o. The Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre, co-managed by the Natural History Museum of Denmark, MUSE – Science Museum of Trento, the University of Florence, and TANAPA (Tanzania National Parks)
Goals
This is the first landscape strategy for the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania.
- Ensuring the long-term persistence of the globally exceptional biodiversity of the Udzungwa Mountains.
- Large landscape conservation for sustaining and recovering biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Identifying geographical areas of priority and develops interventions and activities with public authorities and key stakeholders, primarily protected area (PA) managers and PA-adjacent communities.
- Improved well-being, livelihoods and participation of communities
TANAPA