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Underlying Threats on Forest Reserves in Tabora Region, Western Tanzania

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dc.creator Majule, Amos
dc.creator Yanda, Pius Z.
dc.creator Shishira, E.K
dc.creator Mwakaje, Agnes G.
dc.date 2016-02-22T11:46:46Z
dc.date 2016-02-22T11:46:46Z
dc.date 2009
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:49:48Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:49:48Z
dc.identifier Majule, A.E., Yanda, P.Z., Shishira, E.K and Mwakaje, A.G (2009). Underlying Threats on Forest Reserves in Tabora Region, Western Tanzania: The Case of Igombe River and Simbo Forestry Reserves. Research Paper Accepted for publication in the journal Studia Universtatis Babes-Bolyai, series Geographia, LV, 1,2010.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/483
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10207
dc.description Underlying Threats on Forest Reserves in Tabora Region, Western Tanzania: The Case of Igomb River and Simbo Forestry Reserves. This study has examined the driving forces behind forest encroachment in Tabora region, Tanzania. The study focused on two Forest Reserves (FRs), namely Igombe River and Simbo. While both FRs are undergoing degradation, the later FR is more severely encroached upon than the later. The information gathered covered both socio economic and biophysical aspects. The study observed that the major reasons contributing to forestry degradation through encroachment were mainly three: (i) socio-economic factors including migration, scarcity of arable land, fuel wood extraction for tobacco drying, livestock keeping and charcoal and timber business (ii) policy related factors such as unclear and conflicting laws on natural resource utilisation and (iii) biophysical factors such as soil fertility gradients within or near forestry reserves, vegetation types and distribution and micro climatic variations.
dc.language en
dc.subject Encroachment
dc.subject forestry
dc.subject livestock keeping
dc.subject tobacco farming
dc.title Underlying Threats on Forest Reserves in Tabora Region, Western Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article


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