Conservation Outcomes Machakos SOMALIA Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests The CEPF Niche for Investment 40°E The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) ensures that conservation action focuses on the Although the workshops did not prioritize the sites 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 ecosystem profile and five- year investment species at the greatest risk of extinction and the sites for investment, five sites were selected for greater Lunghi Forest strategy for the Eastern Arc Mountains and and landscapes that are most important for their focus under two of the five strategic directions for Lunghi Forest kilometers Boni Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya was protection. These targets are defined at three levels, CEPF investment. This has been done to avoid scale: 1/1,000,000 Forest projection: Lamberts Equal Area Azmuthial developed based on stakeholder workshops species, sites and landscapes, representing discrete diluting the impacts of crucial investments by 38° east longitude 7° south latitude and analyses by a consortium of locally based units along an ecological continuum, using a data- spreading them across too large an area. Dodori Forest conservation organizations coordinated by the driven process and standardized criteria. Species Biodiversity hotspots are regions International Centre of Insect Physiology and outcomes aim to avoid extinctions, and the primary The five sites receiving more focused attention hotspot boundary that harbor especially high numbers Ecology and Conservation International. set of targets for species outcomes are those species through Strategic Directions 1 and 2 are: Lower of endemic species and, at the that are globally threatened (Critically Endangered, Tana River Forests, Taita Hills, East Usambaras/ Lower Tana 2°S 2°S s same time, have been significantly More than 48 local, national and international Endangered and Vulnerable) according to the IUCN Tanga, Udzungwas, and Jozani Forest. The strategic River Forest experts representing a variety of scientific, Red List. directions that focus on these sites will aim to: Mnazi Bay Key Biodiversity Area* impacted by human activities. Each (extent, geographic extent unavailable) hotspot faces extreme threats and governmental and nongovernmental 1) increase the ability of local populations to benefit t has already lost at least 70 percent organizations participated in the process. Data on In the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests, a from and contribute to biodiversity conservation and of its original natural vegetation. biodiversity, socioeconomic factors, institutional total of 333 species representing five taxonomic 2) restore and increase connectivity among † protected area Over 50 percent of the world’s plant context and conservation efforts from the region's groups (mammals, birds, amphibians, gastropods fragmented forest patches in the hotspot. s species and 42 percent of all two countries were compiled and synthesized to and plants) were defined as targets for achieving See the ecosystem profile for a full listing of the terrestrial vertebrate species are develop CEPF's investment strategy for the Eastern species outcomes. Recognizing that most species strategic directions. Lango ya simba Moshi endemic to the biodiversity Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests. A regional are best conserved through the protection of sites in town (national capitals underlined) hotspots, making them urgent workshop was held to enable broad input from which they occur, "Key Biodiversity Areas" were For more information, visit www.cepf.net. e Witu Forest Reserve priorities for biodiversity stakeholders and to help reach a consensus on defined as targets for achieving site outcomes. Key N conservation at a global scale. conservation priorities for the region. Biodiversity Areas are globally important sites for the country border T conservation of threatened and endemic species, as an r a The Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests well as species that congregate in very large Tana ecosystem profile includes a commitment and numbers at a particular site during their life cycle. The River Delta A river emphasis on using conservation outcomes - targets experts in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal against which the success of investments can be Forests hotspot identified 160 Key Biodiversity Areas, o measured - as the scientific underpinning for targets for achieving site outcomes. Corridor intermittent stream The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of Conservation determining CEPF's geographic and thematic focus outcomes, at the landscape scale, were not International, the Global Environment for investment. Species and site outcomes for the appropriate for this hotspot given the naturally E Facility, the Government of Japan, the F hotspot were defined in cooperation with scientists at fragmented, relatively small size of this region. lake MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank. A fundamental goal of CEPF is to ensure CI's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS). civil society is engaged in biodiversity As a result of the workshops and this prioritization conservation. Conservation outcomes are the full set of process, CEPF investments focus on conserving the quantitative and justifiable conservation targets in a hotspot's 333 globally threatened species, found in C wetland The political and geographic designations hotspot that need to be achieved in order to prevent the 160 Key Biodiversity Areas in the Eastern Arc shown on this map do not imply the biodiversity loss. Having these targets in place Mountains and Coastal Forests hotspot. Baricho near Arabuko Sokoke Dakatcha woodlands *Key Biodiversity Areas are targets for achieving site-level l expression of any opinion on behalf of conservation outcomes. CEPF funding is not available for al ana marine conservation. CEPF or any of its partners concerning the G Marafa † legal status or deliniation of the frontiers of IUCN Categories Ia, Ib, II-VI, and Tanzanian Forest Kisimani wa Ngoa O Reserves. any country, territory or area. Sabaki River Mouth a t Mangea Hill 38°E Arabuko-Sokoke data: this map was produced by the Forest Gede Ruins Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation Mapping Program Taita Hills Moshi National Monument Conservation International, Washington, DC USA M.Denil - Chief Cartographer N Forests s or Voi Digital Chart of the World (DCW) K.Koenig - Cartographer th P Forest and Beekeeping Division Center for Applied Biodiversity Science ar e N Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania Conservation International M Global Shoreline Database, January 2001, Veridian (GDAIS) 1919 M Street, NW ou n MOD12Q1 V004 Land Cover Product Binary, Boston University Washington, DC, 20036 USA ta a Nature Kenya © February 2005 in K E N Y A s 40°E VMap0, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency WDPA Consortium - World Database on Protected Areas 2004 Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania A World Wildlife Fund - Tanzania o World Wildlife Fund - United States Kaya Kauma Mount C Kasigau I t e s Forest Cover (2001) n i Dzitzoni e scale: 1/5,000,000 e image resolution: 1 km s Kaya Kivara Nairobi 4°S 4°S 4°S Machakos Mombasa D 39.75°E 40°E 3.75°S South M k o m a z i & Kaya Chonyi Pare Kaya Mwarakaya G a m e Kaya Fungo Mountains N R e s e r v e Kaya Jibana Kaya Kambe Kambe Rocks Voi Arusha Moshi I Pangani s Kaya Ribe Kaya Mtswakara Mombasa Kaya Rabai n Mpanga Village Forest Reserve 39.5°E i see inset 4°S Mwache Forest Reserve Tanga Kaya Gandini We s t U s a mb a r a a Tanga North-Kibo Salt Pans Tanga Mombasa s (Sigi River) n i a Mo u n t a i n s t Verani South West t Semdoe n Dodoma u Nzovuni River Stonetown o m Korogwe (Kwashemshi Sisal Estate) Tanga (Gombero Forest Reserve) a r a Kaya Lunguma Bungu b m n Kaya Bombo Morogoro Dar es Salaam a Tanga Kaya Puma s Tanga (Duga) U Kaya Teleza t Pangani (Mauri) s a E Tanga (Morongo) Kaya Waa Tanga (Nyamaku) Pemba Island u Sangerawe Iringa Muheza District Tanga South Cha Simba Kaya Tiwi Pangani (Hale-Makinjumbe) Coastal Forests Pangani Makongwe o g ani (Bushiri) Island Pan Shimba Tanga (Pangani) Hills Pangani (Mwera) Kaya Panza Island Ukunda Pangani District Ukunda Diani Forest Ng uu Coastal Forests M Pangani Dam Kaya Muhaka Mou nt ai ns Handeni District Coastal Forests Z A N Z I B A R Kaya Kinondo Kaya Dzombo near Buda Forest Reserve Gongoni Tumbatu Island Forest Reserve c Songea Dzombo Hill Forest Chale Island Mrima Hill forest Buda Msambweni Tunduru 39°E Forest Reserve r Mocimboa da Praia 4.5°S 4.5°S 6°S ja 6°S g u Ng u r u n Kaya Gonja Marenji Forest 39.5°E Bagamoyo Mo u n t a i n s River Wami U Zanzibar Kaya Sega A District Coastal Forests (Kituani) Zanzibar Island-East Coast Chuna Forest Dodoma Stonetown W am i Kaya Miungoni Jozani Bagamoyo Forest Reserve Zanzibar Island- Shimoni forests South Coast Zanzibar (Muyuni) n U k a g u r u Bagamoyo (Kikoka Forest Reserve) M o u n t a i n s r South Kenyan Coast Nairobi Pande and Dodwe 5 0 5 10 15 20 Machakos Coastal Forests e kilometers T A N Z A N I A Dar es Uzaramo (Dar to Morogoro) Salaam Coast scale: 1/400,000 t Uzaramo (Msua) Morogoro Daarr eess Saallaaaam projection: Lamberts Equal Area Azmuthial 38° east longitude 7° south latitude Sinza River-near Latham Island s University of Dar es Salaam Kisarawe District U l u g u r u Moshi Voi Coastal Forests Arusha R u b e h o a Shikurufumi M o u n t a i n s Ras Kituani M o u n t a i n s Forest Reserve Mombasa E Tanga M i k u m i 36°E Kisiju Uvidunda N a t i o n a l P a r k • Mountains Dodoma Stonetown Topography