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 Collaboration with several institutions and bodies has been necessary, especially to ensure that such data and information (and other outputs) are accessible to as many stakeholders as possible. The primary collaborators of this ongoing project are The Field Museum and the University of Dar es Salaam (Botany Department).
The Field Museum
The Museum has worked for more than a decade in East Africa to train professionals and students to conduct plant, small mammal, and bird inventories, building local capacity to support conservation action using models developed during its extensive involvement in training numerous South American nationals who are now experts in botany, landscape restoration and forestry. One of the conservation tools developed by The Field Museum for use in this training, capacity building and community participatory conservation effort are rapid field-guides. This project benefits greatly from the staff expertise, developing a rapid identification guide to the forest seedlings of East Usambara Mountains, their experiences, and their research and conservation outputs.
University of Dar es Salaam (Department of Botany)
The University of Dar es Salaam, established in 1970, is the oldest university in the country. Among its mandate is to carry out research pertinent to the social, cultural, environmental and economic development of Tanzania, and to develop research capacities in these fields. It is also responsible for teaching as well as conducting consultancies. A staff member from the Department of Botany in the Faculty of Science is directly involved in this project.
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Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG)
A non-governmental organization that blends forest conservation with the livelihoods of local human communities. Together with World Wide Fund for Nature (Tanzania), TFCG is involved with establishing restoration corridors of vegetation to facilitate dispersal of plants and animals between fragmented forests in the Eastern Arc Mountains, including the East Usambaras.
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Amani Nature Reserve (ANR)
Established in 1997, ANR is responsible for day-to-day running and the management of a large extent of forest in the southern part of the East Usambara Mountains.
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Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI)
The Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) is a parastal institution under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT). TAWIRI was established in 1980 by Act No. 4 of the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania. The national mandate of TAWIRI is to conduct and supervise wildlife research and related work in the United Republic of Tanzania. The overall objective of TAWIRI is to provide quality and timely scientific information and advice to the government, management authorities and the general public for sustainable conservation and utilisation of wildlife resources in the country. The head office of TAWIRI is in Arusha, Tanzania. The institute has four Research Centres namely Serengeti (in Serengeti National Park), Mahale-Gombe (in Mahale and Gombe National Parks), Kingupira (in Selous Game Reserve) and Njiro (in Arusha Municipality). The institute also has four research stations. Major research areas currently in the agenda are human-wildlife interaction, ecological interactions, ecosystem history and databases of wildlife.
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AMANI PARISH
A religious institution in Amani that neighbors the project site and is responsible for enhancing the community spiritually as well as introducing environmentally friendly education to the people.
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