Research:

Darwin project on invasive species

Combating Invasive Alien Plants threatening the East Usambara Mountains was a collaborative project between BioProtection (New Zealand), Amani Nature Reserve (Tanzania) and the Tropical Biology Assocation (UK and Kenya). It focussed on investigating the ecology and distribution of alien invasive plants in the Amani Nature Reserve, Tanzania. It was funded by Defra via the Darwin Initiative.

 

For a full project description and species descriptions go to the Usambaras invasive plants webpage.


Three training workshops have taken place.

Invasive plants in tropical forest ecosystems
Amani Nature Reserve, 12-16 June 2006

 

Invasion risk assessment in tropical ecosystems
Amani Nature Reserve, 14-18 May 2007

 

The growing threat of alien plants in Tanzania: Lessons from the Eastern Arc and beyond
Dar es Salaam, 31 January-1 February 2008

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