| RRC ID |
78417
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| 著者 |
Ract C, Burgess ND, Dinesen L, Sumbi P, Malugu I, Latham J, Anderson L, Gereau RE, Gonçalves de Lima M, Akida A, Nashanda E, Shabani Z, Tango Y, Mteleka S, Santos Silayo D, Mwangi J, Lyatuu G, Platts PJ, Rovero F.
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| タイトル |
Nature Forest Reserves in Tanzania and their importance for conservation.
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| ジャーナル |
PLoS One
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| Abstract |
Since 1997 Tanzania has undertaken a process to identify and declare a network of Nature Forest Reserves (NFRs) with high biodiversity values, from within its existing portfolio of national Forest Reserves, with 16 new NFRs declared since 2015. The current network of 22 gazetted NFRs covered 948,871 hectares in 2023. NFRs now cover a range of Tanzanian habitat types, including all main forest types-wet, seasonal, and dry-as well as wetlands and grasslands. NFRs contain at least 178 of Tanzania's 242 endemic vertebrate species, of which at least 50% are threatened with extinction, and 553 Tanzanian endemic plant taxa (species, subspecies, and varieties), of which at least 50% are threatened. NFRs also support 41 single-site endemic vertebrate species and 76 single-site endemic plant taxa. Time series analysis of management effectiveness tracking tool (METT) data shows that NFR management effectiveness is increasing, especially where donor funds have been available. Improved management and investment have resulted in measurable reductions of some critical threats in NFRs. Still, ongoing challenges remain to fully contain issues of illegal logging, charcoal production, firewood, pole-cutting, illegal hunting and snaring of birds and mammals, fire, wildlife trade, and the unpredictable impacts of climate change. Increased tourism, diversified revenue generation and investment schemes, involving communities in management, and stepping up control measures for remaining threats are all required to create a network of economically self-sustaining NFRs able to conserve critical biodiversity values.
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| 巻・号 |
19(2)
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| ページ |
e0281408
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| 公開日 |
2024-2-5
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| DOI |
10.1371/journal.pone.0281408
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| PII |
PONE-D-23-01905
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| PMID |
38315706
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| PMC |
PMC10843475
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| MeSH |
Animals
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources* / methods
Ecosystem
Forests*
Mammals
Tanzania
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| リソース情報 |
| GBIF |
Flora of Japan Specimen Database
Plant specimens in the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
