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Local people protect nature in Tanzania’s biodiversity hotspot 10 Local people protect nature in Tanzania’s biodiversity hotspot In 2001, German biologist Viola Clausnitzer was working in the Amani-SigiForest in Tanzania’s East Usambara Mountains when she spotted something special. Amani flatwing (Amanipodagrion gilliesi)/credit. german biologist viola clausnitzer. At a small, boulder-strewn stream in the dense forest, she had found a kind of dragonfly that had not been seen since 1962, when it was first described for science. “It was exciting,” says Clausnitzer. “Virtually nothing was known about its ecology, behaviour and habitat.” The dragonfly was anAmaniflatwing ( Amanipodagriongilliesi). It is today known from just one location and is considered to be critically-endangered. But it is just one of many rare and threatened species that are found nowhere else on Earth than in the East Usambara Mountains. They include birds and snakes and ....
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Hope for rare species as villagers remove invasive umbrella trees 12 Hope for rare species as villagers remove invasive umbrella trees Walk in the forests of Tanzania’s East Usumbara Mountains and you may be lucky enough to hear the metallic call – peedoopeedoo – of one of the world’s rarest birds, the Long-billed forest warbler (Artisornismoreaui). The Long-billed forest warbler (Artisornismoreaui) found in Amani Nature Reserve feeding chicks photo: Markus Lilje, Amani Nature Reserve This species lives nowhere else on Earth and, according the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, there are fewer than 250 mature individuals. Conservationists fear the bird will be silenced forever by the steady march into its territory of invasive umbrella trees. These trees also threaten other local species of endangered birds, reptiles, insects and plants. But now there are glimmers of hope, thanks to a project that has supported local villagers to re ....
Union provides 5,250 clove seedlings to farmers in Muheza and Korogwe 05 Union provides 5,250 clove seedlings to farmers in Muheza and Korogwe THE Union for conservation farmers of Kihuhwa Zigi Rivers (Uwamakizi) has dished out 5,250 seedlings of cloves to 100 farmers from seven villages in Muheza and Korogwe districts in Tanga Region. clove seedlings Union chairman Twaha Mbarouk revealed this when speaking in Amani area, Muheza District at the function to hand over the seedlings to farmers. He said the clove seedlings are meant to provide more rooms for farmers to venture into the crop which if well managed it s a key tool to address poverty in the area. ....
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