Landscape Scale Community Centered Ecosystem Conservation in Western Tanzania QUARTERLY REPORT January – March 2016 QUARTERLY REPORT NAME OF IMPLEMENTING the Jane Goodall Institute PARTNER ACTIVITY NAME Landscape Scale Community Centered Ecosystem Conservation in Western Tanzania REPORTING PERIOD January - March, 2016 CONTACT DETAILS Emmanuel Mtiti, Program Director, the Jane Goodall Institute-Tanzania (email and telephone Tel: (255) 28 2804446/7 numbers) Mob: (255) 713 492172 & 0754 329920 Email: [email protected] Alice Macharia, Africa Programs, the Jane Goodall Institute-USA Tel: (971) 528-642-432/703-682-9220 Email: [email protected] DATE OF SUBMISSION April 30, 2016 Cover Photo: Image from a Story Map using ArcGIS online showing woodland forest recovery in Kigalye village between 2005 and 2014. This document was produced by the Jane Goodall Institute for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Tanzania). It was prepared by Emmanuel Mtiti, Program Director, Contract Number 621-A-00-10-00009-00 ABBREVIATIONS CAP Conservation Action Plan CBD Coffee Berry Disease CBFM Community Based Forest Management CBO Community Based Organization CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CIP International Potato Centre DC District Commissioner DED District Executive Director DI Development Impact DLNRO District Land and Natural Resource Officer DLUF District Land Use Framework DQA Data Quality Assessment EE Environmental Education FM Forest Monitor FZS Frankfurt Zoological Society GIS Geographical Information System GMU Gombe Masito Ugalla iAGRI Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative IGA Income generating activities JFM Joint Forest Management JGI the Jane Goodall Institute JUEMMA Jumuiya ya Uhifadhi wa Eneo la Mto Malagarasi JUMMATU Jumuiya ya Uhifadhi wa Misitu ya Masito, Tongwe na Ugalla JUMUNTANGO Jumuiya ya Uhifadhi wa Misitu ya Ntanda na Ngogomi JUWAMMA Jumuiya ya Watunza Misitu ya Masito KG Kigoma LAFR Local Authority Forest Reserve LUP Land Use Plan MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MP Mpanda NLUPC National Land Use Planning Commission NS Nsimbo PFM Participatory Forest Management PLUM Participatory Land Use Management PMP Performance Monitoring Plan R&S Roots and Shoots SACCOS Savings and Credit Cooperative Society TaCRI Tanzania Coffee Research Institute TNC The Nature Conservancy TFS Tanzania Forest Service ToTs Training of Trainers TUMAKATA Tunza Mazingira Kaskazini mwa Tanganyika UV Uvinza USAID United States Agency for International Development VEO Village Executive Officer VFR Village Forest Reserve VINA Village Nursery Attendant VLUM Village Land Use Management VNRM Village Natural Resource Management (committee) WC Ward Councilor WCS Wildlife Conservation Society WDC Ward Development Committee WEO Ward Executive Officer 1.0 PROGRAM OVERVIEW/SUMMARY TABLE Name of the Implementing Agency: Reporting Period: the Jane Goodall Institute January-March, 2016 Report Prepared by: Home Office Address: Emmanuel Mtiti, Program Director Old Bagamoyo Road, Lucy Lamecky Str. Plot # 375, Mikocheni B Elikana Manumbu, M&E Officer P.O. Box 70728, Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania Project Title: Target Areas (Geographic) Landscape Scale Community-Centered Kigoma Rural, Uvinza, Nsimbo and Mpanda Ecosystem Conservation in Western Districts Councils covering 52 villages Tanzania Cooperative Agreement #: Sub-contract/sub-grantees: AID-621-A-00-10-00009-00 NA Period of Project: (Start and End Related Program Area & Elements of Dates): Operations Plan: January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2018 EG/NRM Planned Life of the Project: Amount Obligated Pipeline: 8 years to Date: $ 7,999,202 $ 235,267.02 Principal Target Beneficiaries: Major Counterpart Organizations: Communities in 52 villages within Kigoma, Kigoma, Uvinza, Mpanda and Nsimbo Uvinza Mpanda and Nsimbo district Districts Councils councils 1. Executive summary This report provides highlights on the implementation of the Landscape Scale Community Centered Ecosystem Conservation Program in Western Tanzania for the second quarter of seventh year of program operation. The program focuses on community engagement and participation in natural resource management in 52 target villages and general land and utilizes land use planning, community based forest management, community economic empowerment, sustainable farming and good governance to achieve sustainable natural resources management in the landscape. One of the highlights of this quarter was the official introduction and launch of the Western Tanzania Forest Monitoring Dashboard that is based on Forest Watcher platform and incorporates ground data regularly collected by the Forest Monitors (FM). These activities were part of the programs emphasis on developing tools that could be used to enhance the understanding of forest cover changes as a result of human activities, monitoring climate change impacts and ultimately support decision making and the management of forests and wildlife. A one day review of the Greater Gombe-Mahale Ecosystem Conservation Action Plan (CAP) developed in 2015 was reviewed by JGI, partners from the four districts and NGO's. The CAP review was enhanced by biological data generated from recent chimpanzee surveys conducted by different stakeholders working in the area including Ugalla Primate Research Project, Tanzania Forest Research Institute, The Nature Conservancy and Frankfurt Zoological Society. This document identifies priority strategies for improved chimpanzee conservation in western Tanzania, as well as other conservation targets - elephants, forests, woodlands, mountain ecosystems and Lake Tanganyika. Both the Dashboard and the Conservation Action Plan for Greater Gombe and Mahale Ecosystems were launched by Kigoma and Katavi Regional Commissioners. Dr Jane Goodall attended both inauguration ceremonies. JGI has continued to deepen its collaboration with Esri and Digital Globe to develop practical approaches that can be used to quantify forest regeneration in the village forest reserves. Forest loss is relatively easy to detect and map, but reforestation has been difficult to map. To map the health of the vegetation, JGI with partners are testing new tools including Esri's new Drone2Map tool to streamline the creation of high resolution imagery products from drone-captured still imagery to monitor reforestation and illegal human activities in village forest reserve. We are also exploring the potential use of Esri’s GeoPlanner web app evaluation dashboard tools to visualize and compare the forest change statistics for decision-makers. Esri’s GeoPlanner app could be used to compare two maps side by side and visualize forest change statistics using easy to read dashboards. For example, in 1972 the current area of Kigalye Forest Reserve had 370 ha of forests and woodlands (70% of the reserve total area). This figure shows that by 2005 that area was reduced to 156 hectares or 42% of the 1972 forest cover baseline. As a result of the village land use planning and community forest monitoring and conservation efforts, that woodland cover started to recover and reached 302 hectares by 2014 or 82% of the baseline. More details and images can be found in section 5.4. The program facilitated the development of village land use plans (LUP) in two villages, Pamila and Matendo, leading to the designation of 2,156ha as village land forest reserves and contributes to the indicator area under improved natural resource management. The two new LUPs brings the total number of VLUPs developed by the program to 54. The 1 LUP process was facilitated by Kigoma District Council Participatory Land Use Management (PLUM) team. Fifteen villages have shown improvements in the management of their village forest reserves as a result of program support to them in enforcing bylaws, guidelines, and agreements that guide their management. Each VFR is patrolled to discover and prevent encroachment and to ensure effective implementation of the land use plans. Forest monitors (FMs), Firefighting teams, CBOs and Village land use management (VLUM) teams conduct monthly joint patrols for at least 8 days in a month. Experience has proven that regular patrols reduce or even eliminate deforestation and illegal activities in the area. The Uvinza District team conducted forest patrols that covered 156,493.6ha within Masito and Ugalla Local Authority Forest Reserves. Both district and community patrols identified a number of violations of the natural resources laws and bylaws that include cattle grazing, lumbering, farming and establishment of new settlements. Immediate actions were taken to relocate new settlements into formal village settlements while some violators were fined and others taken to court for further legal action. Construction of two CBO offices at Mwamila and Kalalangabo villages for JUMUNTAGO and TUMAKATA CBOs was completed. The offices are intended to enhance good natural resources governance by the CBO's and villages governments by supporting management and coordination of village level conservation initiatives by making it easier for them to keep records, conduct meetings and training. District councils are providing technical supervision and transportation of construction materials contributed by the communities (sand, burnt bricks and stones). Communities do also contribute unskilled labor. The program continues to support economic productivity and diversification through 27 micro-credit groups operated by 2,479 members. Supervision was provided to three