Towards a Strategy for the Conservation of Coastal Biological Diversity in Mainland Tanzania
Author: M. J. Mwandosya
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 124
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiodiversity is the sum total of a country's plant, animal, microbial resources and the raw ecological systems that they form and occupy. It is an important raw material for national economic activities; and its conservation depends on how human activities are carried out and how resources such as land, water and forests are allocated and managed. The Rio Summit in 1992 underscored the importance of biodiversity, and Tanzania has ratified the International Convention on the Conservation of Biological Diversity. This study identifies and analyses some of the implications of specific diversity objections in relation to sectoral programmes and interests in forest and agriculture, industry, and tourism in coastal Tanzania.