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Tree Species Occurrence in Miombo Woodland of Tanzania.

Citation

Lyimo P, Munishi P (2018). Tree Species Occurrence in Miombo Woodland of Tanzania.. Version 1.6. Sokoine University of Agriculture, Department of Ecosystems and Conservation. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ypcgtg accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-24.

Description

The goal of the project was to compile metadata of biodiversity data generated from REDD+ Pilot Projects in Tanzania. Specifically, to develop data collection tool to capture the required data, inventory of REDD+ data holders and the type of data they hold, convene IPT-training workshop for holders of biodiversity data from REDD+ project to enhance publishing. A total of 13 tree datasets in major vegetation types were mobilized and developed into Darwin Core Archives ready for publishing. The species richness in the different vegetation types were miombo woodlands (149), mangrove forests (4), Acacia-Commiphora woodlands (156), Costal forests (33), evergreen forests on Volcanic mountains (142), evergreen forests on crystalline mountains (56). The tree species richness in these biomes is appreciably high with potential for economic development through sustainable management.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Tanzania is bordered on the south by Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia; on the west by Zaire, Burundi, and Rwanda; on the north by Uganda and Kenya; and on the east by the Indian Ocean. Tanzania is the largest of the East African nations, and it possesses a geography as mythic as it is spectacular. In the northeast of Tanzania is a mountainous region that includes Mt. Meru (14,979 ft/4,566 m) and Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 ft./5,895 m), the latter of which is the highest point in Africa and possibly the most breathtaking mountain imaginable. To the west of these peaks is Serengeti National Park, which has the greatest concentration of migratory game animals in the world (200,000 zebra, for example). Within the Serengeti is Olduvai Gorge, the site of the famous discoveries by the Leakeys of fossil fragments of the very earliest ancestors of Homo sapiens. The Serengeti also contains the marvelous Eden of Ngorongoro, a 20-mile-wide volcanic crater that is home to an extraordinary concentration and diversity of wildlife.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Paulo Lyimo
originator
position: Assistant Lecturer
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
3010
TZ
Telephone: +255754216031
email: paulolyimo@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BID-AF2015-0069-SMA
Pantaleo Munishi
originator
position: Professor
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
3010
TZ
email: pmunishi2001@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BID-AF2015-0069-SMA
Paulo Lyimo
metadata author
position: Assistant Lecturer
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
3010
TZ
Telephone: +255754216031
email: paulolyimo@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BID-AF2015-0069-SMA
Pantaleo Munishi
metadata author
position: Professor
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
3010
TZ
Telephone: +255754591849
email: pmunishi2001@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BID-AF2015-0069-SMA
Paulo Lyimo
author
position: Assistant Lecturer
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
TZ
Telephone: +255754216031
email: paulolyimo@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
Hulda Gideon
author
position: Node Manager
TanBIF
email: hgideon@hotmail.com
homepage: http://www.costech.or.tz/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
Pantaleo Munishi
author
position: Professor
SUA
3010
Morogoro
TZ
Telephone: +255754591849
email: pmunishi2001@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
Paulo Lyimo
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant Lecturer
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
3010
TZ
Telephone: +255754216031
email: paulolyimo@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BID-AF2015-0069-SMA
Pantaleo Munishi
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
SUA
3010
Morogoro
email: pmunishi2001@yahoo.com
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BID-AF2015-0069-SMA
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