
	Site Details
	Location: Coastal, Temeke Municipality, Dar es Salaam Region. Area: 3km of coastal riverine forest. Biodiversity: One Eastern Arc/Coastal forest vertebrates species; several coastal forest endemic plants. Status: Threatened by timber harvesting, pole cutting, and agricultural encroachment.

	Indigenous tree species.
	Village Environmental Committee Chairman planting a tree.
	School children with seedlings.
	Village Environmental Committee.

Ngaramia Riverine Forest Conservation Project

Participatory Forest Management

Summary

The Ngaramia Riverine Forest Conservation Project was initiated in August 2000 with the aim of developing community based forest management for the forest at Gomvu. It is an example of East African Coastal Forest.

Introduction

Ngaramia Riverine Forest extends for 3km along the Ngaramia River in Temeke district 30km south of Dar es Salaam. It is an example of East African coastal forest although only small areas of closed canopy forest remain. The forest has been heavily exploited for charcoal and parts of the forest have been cleared for agriculture. However, the forest continues to play a crucial contribution in protecting the water source and provides habitat for many species of fauna and flora typical of East African coastal forests.

Since 2000, the Tanzania forest Conservation Group (TFCG) has been supporting the development of community based forest management in an initiative aimed at conserving the Ngaramia forest.

Biological Importance

Ngaramia is an example of East African Coastal Riverine Forest.

The forest has a number of species with ranges restricted to the Coastal and Eastern Arc forests including the bush babies Galagoides zanzibaricus and Otolemur garnettii.

In 2001 the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group conducted a biodiversity survey of this forest. The survey recorded 14 mammal species, 9 reptile species, 8 amphibians and 90 bird species.

TFCG’s Conservation Activities

Since 2000, the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group has been working with Gomvu and Mbutu Villages. TFCG has encouraged Ngaramia to establish a village environmental committee to plan for the sustainable management of the riverine forest. The Gomvu Village Environmental Committee has prepared a management plan for the village forest reserve, which has been approved by the village government.

References

Doggart, N.H., S. Loader and A. Perkin 2002 Ras Kutani: A biodiversity survey. Working Paper of the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group.

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