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University of Dar es Salaam, Botany Department Plant Species

mtuliarb@gmail.com — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:06:47 +0300

University of Dar es Salaam, Botany Department Plant Species Resource Logo EML

Birds of Lindi Forests Plantation

floravick@yahoo.com — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:01:44 +0300

The survey was conducted around Lindi Forests plantation mainly to identify birds of the area fo better management and conservation of the forest. Resource Logo EML

Inventory of Fish Species in the Wami River Basin

mtuliarb@gmail.com — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:52:11 +0300

Inventory of fish fauna for use in assessing the environmental flow of the Wami River Sub-Basin i.e. how much water is needed for human uses and sustaining ecological integrity of the river? Resource Logo EML

Specie List of Mammals in Tanzania

mtuliarb@gmail.com — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:43:28 +0300

With respect to mammals, Tanzania stands out as a megadiversity country. The country lies within the tropics thus exhibiting warm temperatures which favour existence of this taxon of warm blooded biota. The country has a wide range of habitat and geomorphological types including lowlands, highlands, undulating landscapes, dry lands, wetlands, forests, bush lands, open grasslands, inland wetlands and a long stretch of an oceanic environment. Each of these characteristics favours a unique guild of mammalian populations. Many studies have been conducted on these mammals relating to their distribution, population sizes, behavior and taxonomy. Although a lot more studies are needed to unravel the tremendous knowledge that is potentially contained in this high assemblage of mammals in the country, the present study was undertaken as an initial attempt to collate what is already known about the mammals in terms of taxonomy, distribution, major sources of information and common names. The starting point for this compilation was the list prepared by the TanBIF Country node which was then updated mostly during a three days retread organized by the node. The book by Wilson and Reader (Wilson and Reader 2005) was our main reference in making the updates in corroboration with data bases available at the department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation (University of Dar es Salaam), Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre (nee Serengeti Research Institute), Kingdon (2005) and Stanley (2005). The present compilation contains 454 species distributed into 12 Orders, 50 Families, and 180 genera. 97 species still need further verifications. Resource Logo EML

Birds of Tanzania

cmlingwa@hotmail.com — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:12:01 +0300

Tanzania has the richest bird life which now stands at 1,148 known species. However, this information is currently not freely available for public use. A checklist presented here is the first reading online for anyone interested in understanding of the birds of Tanzania. The nomenclature is based on Britton, P.E. (Ed.) (1980) Birds of East Africa (EANHS) with update versions provided in Tanzania Bird Atlas. Endemic species are marked by a letter E. Although this list is subject to changes due to usual taxonomic revisions and/or new records provided it is a useful guidance especially to those without access to recent literature. Kiswahili names are from Mlingwa, C.O.F. (2000) Checklist of Kiswahili names of the Birds of Tanzania, Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania. We are privileged to have the opportunity to compile the checklist for Tanzania Biodiversity Information Facility (TanBIF) under COSTECH. We commend this initiative meant to reach a wider audience. Resource Logo EML

Tanzania Plant Sepecimens

mtuliarb@gmail.com — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:24 +0300

Plants are a vital part of the world’s biodiversity, yet they are endangered by a combination of factors: over-exploitation, agricultural activities and forestry practices, urbanization, land use changes and spread of invasive species. Therefore, the need for data basing and digitizing the rich flora of Tanzania is equally important in order to catch up with an alarming rate of natural habitats degradation. Also The available data is not easily accessible to the public and other institutions for use. Resource Logo EML

Kihansi Gorge Amphibian Species Checklist

mutaseve@yahoo.com — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:38:47 +0300

This is a checklist of Amphibian Species in the Kihansi Gorge in the Udzungwa Tanzania. It is an important information on Biodiversity status of the Udzungwa Mountains as a Mega Biodiverse Hotspot of the Eastern Arc Mountains. It contains endemic and species with the risk of extinction (endangered, critically endangered, extinct in the wild). The studies on amphibian species commenced with the discovery of the Kihansi Spray Toad (KST) (Nectophrynoides asperginis) in December 1996 and its description in 1998 (Poynton et al., 1998). To date several species of amphibians in the Order Anura in Five different Families have been identified to exist in the Kihansi Gorge. Unfortunately Nectophrynoides asperginis went extinct in the wild mainly due to habitat alteration by the Kihansi River water abstraction where water is used for Hydro power project. Further studies are underway to establish the exact cause of the population crash of KST in the Kihansi Gorge as one of the effort to bring back the KST population in the wild. These include the studies on Chytrid fungus, sediments flush from the reservoir,agricultural pesticide residue and water quality changes. Thanks to the Captive breeding programs that the species is under control for reintroduction back to its original habitat. This description therefore intends to report the amphibians occurring in the Kihansi Gorge i.e. amphibians occurring in the Spray Wetlands, at the edges of the spray wetlands as well as those appearing in other areas of the gorge. These are important for testing different scientific scenarios related to KSTs disappearance in the Kihansi Gorge since 2003. Resource Logo EML

Medicinal Plant Records of Tanzania

mtuliarb@gmail.com — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:51:26 +0300

The Institute of Traditional Medicine in collaboration with traditional healers has so far documented and collected about 4500 specimens records of medicinal plants species in Tanzania. About 10000 voucher specimens of these are deposited at the herbarium of the Institute of Traditional Medicine (ITM). This useful ethnobotanical information at the institute is in the form of voucher files and old, hand written field notes. This makes it difficult to locate and select plants for research, teaching and information dissemination. Inability to retrieve data from the herbarium can be solved by creation of a digital medicinal plants data base. Specimen images were captured by a digital camera while GPS were used for determination of spatial references for areas around Dar es Salaam and Coast region. Resource Logo EML

Sua Forest reserve tree species diversity

shabanmnyonga@yahoo.co.uk — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:02:49 +0300

In-order to conserve and add value on tree species one must know them. Resource Logo EML

Fish fauna of the Great Ruaha River Catchment, Tanzania

radhia@udsm.ac.tz — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:52:43 +0300

Fish fauna assessment was conducted in March 2010 as part of the hydrological and ecological assessment of the Usangu Wetland. The assessment covered three broadly defined sampling areas in the Usangu Wetland, located in the Great Ruaha River Catchment. Resource Logo EML

Zanzibar Fruit Plant Species Checklist

hashamza2001@yahoo.co.uk — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:46:52 +0300

The most Zanzibar fruit plant species propagated and distributed to the farmers by Institute of Agricultural Research nurseries of the Ministry of Agriculture Zanzibar - Tanzania Resource Logo EML

GIBEX (Tanzania) list of plants collected from Sangasanga and Mgeta in Morogoro March 2010

mgina@chem.udsm.ac.tz — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:46:01 +0300

The Global Institute for BioExploration (GIBEX) is a global research and development network that promotes ethical, natural product-based pharmacological bioexploration to benefit human health and the environment in developing countries. GIBEX was established by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The plants listed here are ones collected in one of the trips in order to do screening for various bioactivities such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, protease inhibition etc. Resource Logo EML

Herbarium Specimen of the Institute of Traditional Medicine, Tanzania

onicolao@yahoo.co.uk — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:45:28 +0300

The data set provided is a record of Herbarium collections mostly medicinal plant species recorded from local healers in various parts of Tanzania. The voucher specimen are deposited at the Institute of Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania. The Institute of Traditional Medicine is charged with the responsibility to research into traditional healing systems, in Tanzania, and identify materia medica which can be modernized and developed into drugs and useful traditional healing practices which can be adopted for improvement of the health of the people. The generation of safety and efficacy data on these plants and remedies is a pre-requisite before these remedies can be streamlined into the health care system. It is estimated that there are about 10,000 records of plant specimen at the institute. The digitization work was initiated by INASP by supporting training on digitization, the work was implemented by the university under the financial support of GBIF. A total of 4500 records are uploaded to the GBIF Tanzania node known as Tanzania Biological Information Facility (TanBIF) and can be viewed through GBIF web. Resource Logo EML

EDIBLE WILD FOODS AVAILABLE IN RURAL TANZANIA: A CASE OF RUBEHO VILLAGE

julyfather@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:41:58 +0300

Tanzania is endowed with a wild range of foods that occurs naturally.Wild foods serves a very important role in buffering against food shortage and nutritional deficiencies. Recently, biodiversity issue have arisen as one of the major concerns in food and nutritional interventions programmes. The current emphasis on the use of biodiversity in nutrition improvement emphasizes a need for a more detailed understanding of the role of biodiversity in improving nutritional status and well well being. Biodiversity has a link to dietary diversity. Adequate diversity of diet leads to improved growth and development. This study therefore aimed at informing the general population that there are a wide range of wild foods that are available in our communities for which detailed studies are needed to establish a linkage of their availability, their nutritional values and how they contribute to food and nutritional security. Resource Logo EML

Fish species in Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria

mkishe@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:41:16 +0300

Fish species were collected in 2006 and 2008 in Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria. The aim of this collection was on investigating the fish species in the lake after the ecological changes. To known the existence diversity is important for sustainable utilization of the lake Resource Logo EML

The Rufiji Fish Checklist

hlamtan@yahoo.co.uk — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:41:15 +0300

Fish biodiversity of Rufiji flood plain lakes was described to find out potential candidates for aquaculture enterprise. The project was supported by EC and implemented by three East African countries in collaboration with three European countries Resource Logo EML

Tree/shrub species under community based forest management at Mgori Forest Reserve

emanuel.chingonikaya@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:40:19 +0300

After human destruction of Mgori forest reserve, which formerly was under the central government of Tanzania. The government officials took the opportunioty of wer which was being made by external business people whom were havrsting timber, villagers sought the need of controlling the revenue collected through timber business men. with this the villagers took over in maging the forest reserve. In managing the forest reserve which, formerly was under the central government by the villagers has improved species diversity and richness. The data presented are collected in the year 2006 observing, the contribution of community based forest management ot biodiversity conservation. Resource Logo EML

Update of the Family Asparagalaceae, Tanzania

mwechaga05@yahoo.co.uk — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:39:18 +0300

This species is restricted to Tanzania and the information should be restricted to scientific use only and not commercial. The up date of Floral of Tropical Africa is very crucial in improving conservation strategies in East Africa. Resource Logo EML

Botanical Survey & Taxonomical Classification on the Natural Vegetation of Hingawali, Navanga & Simana in Lindi District

floravick@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:37:14 +0300

Lindi district is in southern part of Tanzania, the place is in coastal region,the area is in isolated as patches which have exceptional levels of localized endemism within many major taxa. most of the forests differ in their community structur4 and species. the area has both savanna, wood woodland and miombo vegetation s, having a mixture of vegetation s its species diversity is high. for this case the company has decide to make the data on the species in the area available to the global for conservation purposes.the data provided are taxonomical classification. Resource Logo EML

Catch Assessment Survey Data from Bagamoyo Tanzania

glokavia@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:36:24 +0300

The Catch Assessment Data were collected by Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)at Bagamoyo in 2008 in order to know the status of marine fish in that area. Resource Logo EML