PRESS RELEASE
16th January 2019.
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania has announced the establishment of the Magombera Nature Forest Reserve, a 26 km2 globally unique forest ecosystem in Kilombero District, on the edge of the Selous Game Reserve.
Since the 1970s, there have been proposals to protect Magombera Forest due to its extraordinary biodiversity values.
Following a decade of consultation, planning and cooperation between the Tanzania Forest Services Agency, the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, local government, communities, the Udzungwa Forest Project (UFP) and the Kilombero Sugar Company, the forest was formally declared as a Nature Forest Reserve on 11th January 2019.
Download with additional information: Magombera Nature Forest Reserve established.
Accompanying photos
View of Magombera Nature Forest Reserve
Black and white colobus monkey in Magombera Nature Forest Reserve