Project Mount Nilo '95, Tanzania

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Project Leader: Nathalie Seddon, Cambridge University, UK
Project Dates: 26/06/95 - 30/09/95

This project surveyed forest birds and mammals in northern Tanzania. The team assessed the ecological requirements and threats to the survival of restricted-range and globally threatened birds in remnant patches of submontane forest in the East Usambara and Nguru Mountains. In both ranges, much submontane forest remains unprotected, and even that within reserves suffers degradation. The team identified the urgent need for an effective long-term conservation programme in the area to help preserve forests for both threatened species and local people. The team recommended that Mt Nilo and Nguru North Catchment Forest Reserves should be designated as Important Bird Areas by BirdLife International. Site-specific management recommendations were also presented. The team included three Tanzanian biologists and worked with the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania, the East Usambara and Tanga Catchment Forest Projects.

Project Mount Nilo Team Photo: Jonathan Ekstrom