THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOURISM CATEGORIZATION OF HUNTING BLOCKS IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS IN TANZANIA VERSION 1.0 Prepared by TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (TAWIRI) APRIL 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES iv LIST OF FIGURES vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ix CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2: GEO-REFERENCED MAPS OF WMA HUNTING BLOCKS 3 2.1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3 2.2 SOURCES OF DATA FOR CATEGORIZING WMA HUNTING BLOCK BOUNDARIES .....................3 2.3 MAP OF WMAs AND HUNTING BLOCK BOUNDARIES ................................................................3 CHAPTER 3: QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF WMA HUNTING BLOCKS AND CATEGORIZATION 5 3.1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................5 3.2 METHODOLOGY: DEVELOPING CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING QUALITY OF WMAs ......................6 3.2.1 Wildlife species presence 6 3.2.2 Natural vegetation 6 3.2.3 Hydrology 6 3.2.4 Airstrips 7 3.2.5 Roads network 8 3.2.6 Adjacency to wildlife protected areas 8 3.2.7 Cultivation 8 3.2.8 Value of species based on safari packages 8 3.2.9 Diversity of huntable species based on safari day value 9 3.3 CLASSIFYING HUNTING BLOCKS IN WMAs ...............................................................................9 3.3.1 WEIGHING IMPORTANCE OF CRITERIA USED IN CATEGORIZATION OF WMA BLOCKS 10 3.3.2 ANALYSIS OF WMA HUNTING BLOCKS QUALITY (GRADE POINT AVERAGE APPROACH) 10 3.3.3 CATEGORIZATION OF WMA HUNTING BLOCKS 11 ii CHAPTER 4: INDIVIDUAL WMA REPORTS 13 PART I: BURUNGE WMA 13 PART II: ENDUIMET WMA 22 PART III: IKONA WMA 31 PART IV: IPOLE 39 PART V: LIWALE WMA 47 PART VI: MAKAME WMA 55 PART VII: MBARANG’ANDU WMA 63 PART VIII: NGARAMBE TAPIKA WMA 72 PART IX: PAWAGA-IDODI WMA 80 PART X: TUNDURU WMA 88 PART XI: UKUTU WMA 97 PART XII: UYUMBU WMA 104 CHAPTER 4: GENERAL CONCLUDING REMARKS & RECOMMENDATION 112 6. REFERENCES 113 7. ANNEXES 115 iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1: Map of Tanzania showing WMA……………………………………………………………………….. 2 BURUNGE WMA Figure 4.1.1: Location of Burunge WMA......................................................................................................14 Figure 4.1.2: Resource Use Management Zone in Burunge WMA..............................................................15 Figure 4.1.3: Vegetation types in Burunge WMA.........................................................................................16 Figure 4.1.4: Map of Burunge WMA showing Adjacency.............................................................................18 Figure 4.1.5: Map of Burunge WMA showing extent of Agriculture..............................................................19 Figure 4.1.6: Map of Burunge WMA Hunting block......................................................................................20 ENDUIMET WMA Figure 4.2.1: Location of Enduimet WMA ....................................................................................................22 Figure 4.2.2: Resource Use Management Zone in Enduimet WMA ............................................................23 Figure 4.2.3: Vegetation types in Enduimet WMA .......................................................................................24 Figure 4.2.4: Map of Enduimet showing infrastructure.................................................................................25 Figure 4.2.5: Map of Enduimet WMA showing Adjacency ...........................................................................27 Figure 4.2.6: Map of Enduimet showing extent of Agriculture......................................................................28 Figure 4.2.7: Map of Enduimet WMA Hunting block....................................................................................29 IKONA WMA Figure 4.1.1: Location of Burunge WMA......................................................................................................14 Figure 4.1.2: Resource Use Management Zone in Burunge WMA..............................................................15 Figure 4.1.3: Vegetation types in Burunge WMA.........................................................................................16 Figure 4.1.4: Map of Burunge WMA showing Adjacency.............................................................................18 Figure 4.1.5: Map of Burunge WMA showing extent of Agriculture..............................................................19 Figure 4.1.6: Map of Burunge WMA Hunting block......................................................................................20 IPOLE WMA Figure 4.4.1: Location of Ipole WMA............................................................................................................39 Figure 4.4.2: Resource Use Management Zone in Ipole WMA....................................................................40 Figure 4.4.3: Vegetation types in Ipole WMA...............................................................................................41 Figure 4.4.4: Map of Ipole WMA showing Adjacency...................................................................................43 Figure 4.4.5: Map of Ipole showing extent of Agriculture.............................................................................44 Figure 4.4.6: Map of Ipole WMA Hunting block............................................................................................45 LIWALE WMA Figure 4.5.1: Location of Liwale WMA .........................................................................................................47 Figure 4.5.2: Resource Use Management Zone in Liwale WMA .................................................................48 Figure 4.5.3: Vegetation types in Liwale WMA ............................................................................................49 iv Figure 4.5.4: Map of Liwale WMA showing Adjacency ................................................................................51 Figure 4.5.5: Map of Liwale WMA showing extent of Agriculture.................................................................52 Figure 4.5.6: Map of Ipole WMA Hunting blocks..........................................................................................53 MAKAME WMA Figure 4.6.1: Location of Makame WMA......................................................................................................55 Figure 4.6.2: Resource Use Management Zone in Makame WMA..............................................................56 Figure 4.6.3: Vegetation types in Makame WMA.........................................................................................57 Figure 4.6.4: Map of Makame WMA showing Adjacency.............................................................................59 Figure 4.6.5: Map of Makame showing extent of Agriculture.......................................................................60 Figure 4.6.6: Map of Makame WMA Hunting blocks....................................................................................61 MBARANG'ANDU WMA Figure 4.7.1: Location of Mbarang'andu WMA.............................................................................................64 Figure 4.7.2: Resource Use Management Zone in Mbarang'andu WMA.....................................................65 Figure 4.7.3: Vegetation types in Mbarang'andu WMA................................................................................66 Figure 4.7.4: Map of Mbarang'andu WMA showing Adjacency....................................................................68 Figure 4.7.5: Map of Mbarang'andu showing extent of Agriculture..............................................................69 Figure 4.7.6: Map of Mbarang’andu WMA Hunting blocks...........................................................................70 NGARAMBE-TAPIKA WMA Figure 4.8.1: Location of Ngarambe-Tapika WMA......................................... 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Bookmark not defined. TUNDURU WMA Figure 4.10.1: Location of Tunduru WMA....................................................................................................89 Figure 4.10.2: Resource Use Management Zone in Tunduru WMA ............................................................90 Figure 4.10.3: Vegetation types in Tunduru WMA.......................................................................................91 Figure 4.10.4: Map of Tunduru showing Adjacency.....................................................................................93