6 
Bulletin of the EANHS 29(3) 
to develop a more comprehensive ecological monitoring 
program in the East Usambaras which will include 
additional functional groups and organizational scales 
Acknowledgements 
Support has been provided by the John D and Catherine 
T. MacAnhur Foundation (095-33728A). 
William D. Ncwmark 
Department of Zoology. The University of Dar es 
Salaam. P O Box 35064. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 
& 
Utah Museum of Natural History. The University of 
Utah. Salt Lake City. Utah 84112. U.S.A 
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A NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY DATA 
BANK FOR UGANDA 
Good quality data about living resources arc essential 
lor elfeclive conservation planning, for example In 
mitigate the effects of industrial and agricultural 
development, and to rationalise the protection offered 
to endangered species by protected areas Here wc 
describe the National Biodiversity Data Bank (NBDB) 
in Makcrcrc University, Kampala, which was set up to 
address the need lor high-quality and accessible data 
on biodiversity Although still in development, the data 
managed by the NBDB arc already in use widely 
INTRODUCTION 
Effective conservation planning depends on the 
existence of reliable data being available on the siaius 
and distribution of living resources. Such data enable 
rational systems ol proiccled areas to be designed and 
lor imci ventions to be planned cost-effectively in areas 
ol high biodiversity or oilier conservation value The 
two agencies in Uganda with primary responsibility 
for protecting living resources are boih undergoing 
extensive reform and. in the process, a significant 
opportunity exists to employ biodiversity data in their 
strategic planning processes. These are the Ugauda 
Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Forest Department 
Likewise, although not always sufficient, ecological 
audits and environmental assessments are now huili in 
to many industrial and agricultural development projects 
from their outset, measuring potential impacts on 
vulnerable species or those with restricted range Such 
assessments can lead to substantial changes in project 
design 
