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Tanzanian coastal forests – new information on status and biological importance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Neil D. Burgess ,
Alex Dickinson  and
Nicholas H. Payne
Neil D. Burgess
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK.
Alex Dickinson
Affiliation:
Coastal Forest Research Programme, Frontier-Tanzania, c/o The Society for Environmental Exploration, 77 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS, UK.
Nicholas H. Payne
Affiliation:
East Bursea Farm, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, York YO4 4DB, UK.
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This paper presents the current results of a continuing survey of the distribution, status and biological importance of Tanzanian coastal forests. The Frontier-Tanzania Coastal Forest Research Programme has shown that at least 34 locations, and possibly another eight, support important coastal forests. There are probably 350–500 sq km of forest remaining, with most sites smaller than 20 sq km. Most sites, and 75–85 per cent of the total area, are located in Forest Reserves. Coastal forest supports many endemic taxa and many individual forests support species and subspecies known from nowhere else. All these forests are severely threatened and effective conservation action is a priority. The Frontier-Tanzania project findings are contributing to conservation programmes co-ordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania and the World Wide Fund for Nature (Tanzania).

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 169 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1993

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