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By Chris Dickens

May 2011

Pangani Basin Management Project

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Copyright: © 2011 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and Institute of Natural Resources

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Citation: Dickens, C. 2011. !"#$%&'$$ Africa: INR. viii+104pp.

ISBN: 978-2-8317-1363-2

Design and layout: Anthony Mwangi - Anto Dezigns

Photography: IUCN

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Institute of Natural Resources P O Box 100396 Scottsville 3209 Fax +27 (0)33 346 0895 Tel +27 (0)33 3460796 Email [email protected] Web page www.inr.org.za Table of Contents

Summary v

Introduction vii

Structure of this report ix

Chapter 1. The Tanzanian Situation 1

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Section H: Monitoring issues. 20

Section I: Successes, limitations and gaps. 20

Section J: Lessons learned and the way forward. 22

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Chapter 8. Bibliography 99

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