Udzangwa Moutains National Park
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 25-01-15 15:22
View mindmap
- Udzungwa mountains national park
- Location
- eastern Tanzania
- covers 20% of the mountain range
- Includes the ancient group of mountain called the Eastern Arc mountains
- Ecosystem
- endemic species
- red colobus
- 400 species of birds
- 1/4 of the plant species are endemic to Tanzania
- eg African violet
- biodiversity remains pristine
- endemic species
- economy
- used to have an excellent healthcare system and educational system
- 1970's thriving cotton industry
- western world encouraged lots of countries to produce cotton
- 1980's global over production led to decrease in prices
- loss of cotton industry
- farmers have a low income
- cotton prices remain low
- biodiversity threat
- wild fires
- extensive destruction to grassland
- destroy habitats
- can be caused by humans eg farm land or waste disposal
- extensive destruction to grassland
- logging
- low gdp so population desperate for money
- logging is very profitable
- price of timber increasing
- decreasing the total area of forest for habitats
- increases competiton for food
- can decrease species population
- increases competiton for food
- illegal pet trade
- ploughshare tortoise
- becoming threatened species
- affects food chains
- reduces predators food source
- prey may expand and over power the environment
- unbalance the ecosystem
- reduces predators food source
- ploughshare tortoise
- over grazing
- ground becomes exposed to soil erosion
- greatly reduces ability for vegetation to grow
- ground becomes exposed to soil erosion
- wild fires
- Management
- agricultural diversification
- bee keeping, poultry and vegetable farming
- provide employment
- reduce dependency on cotton
- bee keeping, poultry and vegetable farming
- reduce logging with strict fire control measures
- increase biomass
- NGOS such as WWF educate locals
- bottom up strategy
- locals can see they have a more reliable source of water and the sol is more fertile for farming
- help to raise awareness of conservation so strategies will be continued in the future
- more likely to act in a sustainable way
- balancing social, cultural and environmental needs
- mara river exploited
- agriculture. hydro electricity production drinking water
- locals have priority
- increase threatened species
- more forest fires
- small proportion is protected
- 25% of locals use fire wood from trees they've planted, reducing deforestation
- agricultural diversification
- Location
Comments
No comments have yet been made