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Basic Birdwatching Training for Amateurs in Morogoro, Tanzania 



Tanzania is among Africa's richest country in birds with over 1115 species, about 700 of which occur in 

 Morogoro region. Ten Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are recognized in Morogoro (Wambura, et al, 2007). 



From 25 to 26 July 2007 a basic Birdwatching training course for Amateurs was organized in Morogoro, 



Tanzania by Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania, Morogoro Branch (WCST-MB) and Uluguru 



Mountains Biodiversity Conservation Project (UMBCP). Financial support was provided by DANIDA and 



administered by local partners of BirdLife International. The training course drew 30 participants all of 



whom were amateurs. Four trainers were in attendant - two Danish naturalists Messrs Thor Hjersen and 



John Frikke; and two local naturalists Mr. John M. Wambura and Dr. Mokiti, T.C Tarimo both from Sokoine 



University of Agriculture. 



For more information contact: 



John Mugaboh Wambura and Mokiti C.T. Tarimo, 



Department of Wildlife Management, 



Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation 



Sokoine University of Agriculture, 



P.O. Box 3073, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania 



E-mail: mugaboh@giant.suanet.ac.tz; wamburaj (giyahoo.com 



Visit: http://www.birdlife.org.za 



Bushmeat crisis: also a food security crisis for many forest-dependent people. 



A CBD Technical Series publication "Conservation and Use of Wildlife Based Resources: The Bushmeat 

 Crisis" (Nasi at al., 2008), published by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the 

 Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and the Secretariat of the 

 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2008. http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-33-en.pdf 

 The full document is available at electronically at www.cbd.int . and can be ordered free of charge in hard 

 copy at: , or CBD Secretariat, 413 rue St. Jacques W, Suite 800, Montreal, QC, H2Y 1N9, Quebec, Canada. 



A photographic series of bushmeat images from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea 



Conservation International (CI) published in July 2008 a photographic series of bushmeat images from 

 Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Please see: 

 http://www.conservation.org/FMG/Articles/Pages/bushmeant_bioko_equatorial_guinea_part_l.aspx 



Seed dispersal, especially by fruit bat Eidolon helvum, may be essential to the long-term viability of 

 Iroko Milicia excelsa (formerly Chlorophora excelsa) 



Milicia excelsa, commonly known as Iroko or Odum is a West African valuable fropical hardwood, 

 threatened by over-harvesting and poor natural regeneration. To understand the role of seed dispersal in 

 Milicia excelsa regeneration, focal trees were observed, seed rain was measured, and germination and 

 prédation trials were conducted on both dispersal and non-dispersal Milicia seed. Preliminary results 

 suggested that seeds dispersed by Eidolon and seeds with the pulp removed had higher percent germination, 

 and also escaped prédation longer than reject seeds and seeds with fruit attached. 

 For the full paper refer to the publication: 



Taylor, D.A.R., Kankam, B.O. and Wagner, M.R. 2000 The role of the fruit bat. Eidolon helvum, in seed 

 dispersal, survival, and germination in Milicia excelsa, a threatened West African hardwood In Research 

 Advances in Restoration of Iroko as a commercial species in West Africa. Edited by J.R. Cobbinah 

 and M.R. Wagner 2000 



Contact authors: 



D.A.R. Taylor, B.O. Kankam M.R. Wagner 



Northern Arizona Forestry Research Institute of Northern Arizona 



University Ghana University 



Box 15018 Flagstaff, University Box 63 Kumasi Box 15018 Flagstaff, 



Arizona GHANA Arizona 



USA USA 



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