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BID Africa 1 – Small Grant Template
Final narrative report
Remember that all project activities should be completed within the implementation period of your project. The evaluation
period must focus on final reporting and evaluation of your project.
InstructionsFill the template below with relevant information. If no result has been achieved on a specific point, pleaseindicate the reason of the delay and expected date of completion. Use the information included in your project
Full proposal (reproduced in annex III.a. of your BID contract) as a baseline from which to complete this templateThe information provided below must correspond to the financial information that appears in the financial reportSources of verification are for example links to relevant digital documents, news/newsletters, brochures, copies ofagreements with data holding institutions, workshop related documents, pictures, etc. Please provide access to
all mentioned sources of verification by either providing the link or sending a copy of the documents.

This report must first be sent as a Word document to BID@GBIF.org and be pre-approved by GBIFSOnce this report is pre-approved in writing by GBIFS, it must be signed by the BID project coordinator and sent by
post to:
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat (GBIFS)
Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark

Template
1.Table of Contents
1.

Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

2.

Project Information ..................................................................................................................................................... 2

3.

Overview of results ..................................................................................................................................................... 2

4.

Implementation of BID project activities ................................................................................................................... 10

5.

Updated calendar for the BID project implementation and evaluation period .......................................................... 13

6.

Sustainability plans ................................................................................................................................................... 15

7.

Beneficiaries/affiliated entities and other cooperation .............................................................................................. 15

8.

Visibility ...................................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

2.Project Information
2.1. Principal investigator and grant coordinator: Institution/network/agency name: FORCONSULT, Faculty ofForestry, Wildlife and Tourism
2.2. Principal investigator name and role:
Prof Pantaleo K Munishi – Coordinates the proejct Implementation and reporting
Ms Hulda Gideon – Participates in Project Implementation and Reporting

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2.3. BID proposal identifier: BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
2.4. Project title: Establishing metadata of Biodiversity Data generated from REDD+ Projects in Tanzania
2.5. Start date and end date of the reporting period:

August 2016 to December 2016

2.6. Country(ies) in which the activities take place:

Tanzania

3.Overview of results
3.1. Executive summary
Give a short summary of the activities implemented and the outcomes of the project for the whole implementation
period (no more than 500 words maximum).
The Goal of the project was to compile metadata of biodiversity data generated from REDD+ national projects in
Tanzania. The Specific Objectives are to:(1) Develop data collection tool to capture the required data
(2) Inventory of REDD+ data holders and the type of data they hold(3) Convene IPT-training workshop for holders of biodiversity data from REDD+ project to enhance publishing
Deliverable 1: Increase Available Biodiversity data within and beyond the project period
1.

Metadata of biodiversity data generated from REDD+ projects through Inventory of REDD+ data holdings

2.

Data sets of occurrence, check list, and sample data generated through data mobilization and publishing3.

Datasets of biodiversity data generated from REDD+ project accessible in TanBIF and GBIF Portals through IPT
training workshop and data publishing

Deliverable 2: Apply Biodiversity Data in Response to Conservation Priorities
1.

Increased awareness on data sharing through awareness creation on generated biodiversity data

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Achievements
Based on our inventory of REDD+ data holders, only 4 out of the 7 REDD+ projects hold relevant data for this project.
Others collected data on socio-economic and institutional aspects of REDD+. Most of the projects were cantered around
REDD+ thus consideration was on trees and carbon storage in forest/woodland ecosystems. The data compiled
therefore include mainly information on tree species. In this respect data on tree species, location (GPS coordinates)
was focused on the 5 REDD+ projects which have data relevant to species occurrences. The 7 projects are described
below including those 5 projects considered to have relevant data for the project. It has been difficult to obtain data fromone relevant project though plans to get the data are still viable. In this case we therefore on Projects 1, 2 3 and 4 forwhich we already compiled the information into Darwin Core Standards pending publication into IPT. The publication into
IPT has been constrained by the fact that our portal is down and non functional at the moment. Our plan is to request
the use of other portals where relevant.
We have compiled two types of data into Darwin Core Archive Standards depending on the type of data we collected.
These include
Occurrence Data
The project prepared 8 Darwin Core Achieves of Occurrence data from 3 different data holders and vegetation types(Table 1). The occurrence data composed of recommended Darwin Core terms and option terms to facilitate reusabilityof this biodiversity data ready for publication. The data has been published on the GBIF Portal
Checklist Data
We prepared one complete Darwin Core Achieves of checklist data from Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) for 5 combined
vegetation types (Table 2). Similarly, the data compose of all recommended and optional Darwin Core terms and thedata has been published on the GBIF Portal(1) Enhancing capacity to deliver short and long term Data on Forest Carbon Stocks in Tanzania (WWF-TPO
SUA and University of York)This project replaced the TATEDO Project which focused mainly on energy and did not generate relevant data for our
project. The purpose of this project was to contribute core data to the Tanzanian national monitoring, reporting andverification (MRV) system that forms a part of the comprehensive forest carbon monitoring system for the country andbuild capacity for sustainability in the future. Its activities therefore included establishment and assessment of baseline
carbon plots in different vegetation types, hemispherical photographic survey of the plots to determine the Leaf Area
Index (LAI) for the different vegetation, testing of LiDar technology in Tanzanian forest habitats, soil carbon survey
across Tanzanian vegetation types and production of a range of future scenarios for changes in carbon stocks.
The following has been done with respect to our projectData on tree species and their location (GPS coordinates) collated for 5 vegetation types in Tanzania – Miombo
woodlands, Acacia woodlands, Volcanic mountains, Crystalline Mountains and Coastal Forests

The data has been compiled into Darwin Core Archive Standards and published on the GBIF Portal

A total of 139 miombo woodland tree species, 82 costal forest species, 95 species from Acacia/Commiphora
woodlands, 56 from evergreen forests on the Eastern Arc crystalline mountains and 120 from Forests on volcanic
mountains have been published from this project (Table 1)(2) Combining REDD, PFM and FSC Certification in South-Eastern Tanzania (Mpingo Conservation andDevelopment Initiative)
This REDD+ project sought to advance forest conservation in Tanzania by generating sustainable income forcommunities, thus providing incentives for them to manage local forests responsibly. The project was undertaken in the
coastal forests of South-Eastern Tanzania. It was designed to complement sustainable, Forest Stewardship Councilcertified timber production under our group certificate, and thus helps to ensure the viability of community forestry as asustainable enterprise in Tanzania. Where sufficient surplus income can be generated from REDD+, this will be used tosupport expansion of the area of forest under community control

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Data on tree species have been collated with the location of each species.



The data has been compiled into Darwin Core Archive Standards and published on GBIF portal.



A total of 73 tree species from this project have been published (Table 1)(3) Piloting REDD+ in the Pugu -Kazimzumbwi Forests Reserves (Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania)
The project aimed at Reducing CO2 emissions through curbing deforestation and forest degradation in the Pugu andKazimzumbwi National Forest Reserves. This was implemented through facilitating the management of the two
Forest Reserves through PFM, maintaining the integrity of the two Forest Reserves by surveying and boundary
demarcation, assisting in settlement of boundary disputes with adjacent village communities, designing andimplementing knowledge management, education and awareness strategy, conducting social-economic study of thearea including potential environmentally friendly IGAs and implementing legal, governance and institutional frameworks
and arrangements for the project under the existing laws. Further and relevant to our project was Monitoring, Reportingand Verification (MRV) of reduction in carbon emissions including monitoring of deforestation and forest degradation in
the two Forest Reserves.
 Data on tree species enumerated during MRV process have been collated
 The collated data has been compiled into Darwin Core Archive Standards and published on the GBIF portal.
 A total of 33 tree species from this project have been published (Table 1)(4) Building REDD readiness in the Masito Ugalla Ecosystem Pilot Area in Support of Tanzania's National
REDD Strategy (Jane Goodall Institute)The project on building REDD+ Readiness in the Masito Ugalla Ecosystem (MUE) Area in Support of Tanzania’s
National REDD Strategy aimed to enable communities and high biodiversity value forests in western Tanzania to benefit
from REDD based global approaches to climate change mitigation. The project was undertaken in western Tanzania,
Kigoma Region.
 The data set from this project has been collated
 The collated data has been compiled into a checklist of tree species using the Darwin Core Standards andpublished on the GBIF Portal
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Table 1: Occurrence Metadata Characteristics of REDD+ Projects in Tanzania
Data Holder
WWF/SUA
WWF/SUA
WWF/SUA
WWF/SUA
WWF/SUAMCDI
WCST /SUA

Vegetation Type
Miombo woodland
Coastal Forests
Acacia/Commiphora woodlands
Forests on crystalline Mountains
Forests on volcanic mountains
Coastal Miombo Woodlands
Coastal Forest

Approx Number of Tree Species
139
81
95
56
120
81
33

Table 2: Checklist Metadata Characteristics of REDD+ Project in Tanzania
Data Holder
JGI

Vegetation Type
Miombo woodland

Number of Tree Species
71(5) REDD Readiness in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania (Wildlife Conservation Society)
The Project sought to develop both the capacity and knowledge for Tanzania to participate actively andcomprehensively in REDD+ activities. The emphasis has been placed in and around the threatened montane forests of
Tanzania’s Southern Highlands (Mt Rungwe Nature Reserve, Livingstone Forest Reserve, Mporoto Forest Reserve andMbizi Forest Reserve). The activities in this REDD+ pilot project encompass carrying out a robust baseline study andprovide methods for estimating deforestation, carbon sequestration and emissions, as well as participatory monitoring in
the four most important Southern Highlands forests. Furthermore, the project has implemented economic incentives thatprovide benefit sharing to local communities, and environmental education and reforestation programs that address thedrivers of local forest degradation. The project also assessed vegetation and forest condition sampling and collected
data on forest resource and carbon usage by the community adjacent the protected areas. The data on vegetationassessment in the forests is pertinent to our project though we were not able to access the data.
(6) Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) pilot project in the Kolo Hills
Forests in Tanzania (African Wildlife Foundation)
The project aims to save 125,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually from avoided deforestation and forest
degradation. The project worked with small-land farmers from 21 different villages to manage some 42,000 hectares ofsemiarid forest in part through land-use planning to ensure agricultural productivity and sustainable, long-term
development. Because the deforestation is caused largely by agriculture, the project provided more than 170 farmers
with improved seed, fertilizer, and training in profitable conservation-farming techniques which resulted in an eightfold
increase in agricultural production from 300 kilograms/acre to 2,400 kilograms/acre of maize output in 2011. Ten (10)villages completed land-use planning and villagers are reporting a stronger understanding of their environment and theneed to protect forests. This project did not generate any species data thus the information generated was not suitableto our projectThis programme is funded by the European Union
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<BID project id><Start and end date of the reporting period>(7) Making REDD Work for Communities and Forest Conservation in Tanzania (Tanzania Forest Conservation
Group -TFCG)
Making REDD work for communities and forest conservation in Tanzania’ aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions
from deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania in ways that provide direct and equitable incentives tocommunities to conserve and manage forests sustainably. The project purpose was to demonstrate, at local, national
and international levels, a pro-poor approach to reducing deforestation and forest degradation by generating equitablefinancial incentives from the global carbon market for communities that are sustainably managing or conserving
Tanzanian forests at community level. The project piloted a mechanism whereby REDD+ finance can bring about
additional reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by channelling tangible incentives to reduce deforestation as directlyas possible to communities with forests on their land. In the absence of a compliance market for REDD or a fund-based
mechanism, the project is assisting communities to access funds from the voluntary carbon market. The model could
also be used to channel different types of REDD+ finance to communities. The project did not generate species datathat are relevant to our project.
3.2. Progress against expected milestones:Completed?
Yes/NoExpected milestones/activities

Completed capacity self-assessment
questionnaire for data holding institutions(http://www.gbif.org/resource/82785)

The instituton that will publish your data isregistered with GBIF.org
For registered data publishers see:
http://www.gbif.org/publisher/search

Explanatory notes

Sources of verification

Yes

Most of the instituions require capacity
enhancement on the whole aspect of
establishing data base suitable for GBIF
and publishing data. Capacity for data
publishing was enhanced through a data
publishing workshop held in Morogoro inAugust 2017.

Capacity Assessment reportsubmitted

Yes

Sokoine University of Agriculture,
Department of Forest Biology (currently –the Department of Ecosystems andConservation) is registered and endosed
by TanBIF

http://www.gbif.org/publisher/
a8864fd2-f4f9-40b1-bd9da8767e12b9ab

Some of the instituions document theirintended use of the data

The data users identified in the full
proposal have documented their intended
use of the mobilized data and provided
early feedback

Yes The Vice Presidents Office (VPO)
Department of Environment will use
the data as a basis to establish thenational Reference for REDD+
activities
The instituions that attended the data
publishing workshop were keen to use theinformation in their work as necessaryWWF-Tanzania Program Office will
use the data in informatingconservation decisions and avocacy



MCDI will use the data to informa
conservation of biodiversity in costal
woodlands and a basis for forest
certification and REDD+ co-benefits

http://www.forestry.suanet.ac.tz/forestrybiology/

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3.3. Project deliverables and activities
Refer to the table in section 2.2 “Deliverables, activities and reporting criteria” of your BID full proposal. Provide updates
on the status of each of planned deliverables. We remind you that all deliverables should be completed at the time ofdrafting this report (end of implementation period). In the event of unexpected delay, please provide detailed explanatory
notes and indicate planned completion date. Add as many rows as needed.

Deliverable

Completed? Yes/No

Related activity
Inventory of REDD+
data holders and thetype of data they holdSources ofverification

Explanatory notes
An Inventory of data holders and data holdings wasundertaken. Available data were compiled andpublished in the GBIF Portal. Five Datasets havebeen published.

Published Data on
GBIF Portal Tree species occurrence Miombo Woodland inWestern Tanzania
Yes
Increase
Available
Biodiversity
data within
and beyond
the project
period The Occurrence Data of Tree species for Coastal
Forest of Tanzania
 Tree Species Occurrence Data of AcaciaCommiphora Woodland of Tanzania Occurrence data of tree species for crystalline
Mountain Forest of Tanzania
 Establishing Metadata of Biodiversity Data
Generated From REDD+ Projects in Tanzania

Convene IPT-training
workshop for holdersof biodiversity datafrom REDD+ project toenhance publishing
Yes

Apply
Biodiversity
Data in
Response toConservation
Priorities Tree species occurrence Miombo Woodland inWestern Tanzania

A two-day data publishing workshop was held in
Morogoro on 14th to 15th August 2017.
This workshop was attended by participants fromdifferent institutions. These included MSc Students
from the Department of Ecosystems andConservation at Sokoine University of Agriculture, a
representative from Miombo Conservation andDevelopment Initiative (MCDI), representative fromCOSTECH – TanBIF, the National Carbon Monitoring
Center (NCMC) and representatives from WWFTanzania Program Office (WWF-TPO).

Increased awarenesson data sharing
through awarenesscreation on generated
biodiversity data

Yes

Data publishing ad training on IPT increased theawareness of the participants on the application of thedata in conservation prioroties. Dtata users haveincewased their knowledge on how to sue the data indecision making

List of participants
and Topics coveredin the training

Published data on
GBIF Portal andparticipants who
attended theworkshop – WWF
Tanzania Program
Office, MCDI,
students at Sokoine
University ofAgriculture,
Department of
Ecosystems amd
cConsevation (DEC)use of the data in
training

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3.4. Datasets published on GBIF.org
If the dataset is not yet published, please indicate detailed explanation about causes of delays”. Add as many rows asneeded.

Dataset title

Publishinginstitution

DOI or URL/Planned
hosting institution

Tree Species
Occurrence in
MiomboWoodland of
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation
Sokoine University of
Agrivulture Morogoro
Tanzania

Tree species
occurrence
MiomboWoodland inWestern
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation
Sokoine University of
Agrivulture Morogoro
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania

The
Occurrence
Data of Treespecies for
Coastal Forestof Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation
Sokoine University of
Agrivulture Morogoro
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania

Tree Species
Occurrence
Data of
AcaciaCommiphora
Woodland of
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation
Sokoine University of
Agrivulture Morogoro
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania

Occurrence
data of tree
species forcrystalline
Mountain
Forest of
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation
Sokoine University of
Agrivulture Morogoro
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania

Establishing
Metadata ofBiodiversity
Data
Generated
From REDD+
Projects in
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation
Sokoine University of
Agrivulture Morogoro
Tanzania

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania
DOI10.15468/ypcgtg

Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania

Date/expected
date ofpublication

April 9, 2018

Explanatory notes
The data has been compiled as
Occurence data into Darwin Core
Archive Standards and published in
GBIF Portal
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/7fa4ed8ce879-465f-acd2-2e65f398cc96.

April 7, 2018

The data has been compiled as
occurence Data into Darwin Core
Archive Standards and published in the
GBIF Portal.
http://www.edms.sua.ac.tz/ipt/resource?
r=csuaApril 7, 2018

The data has been compiled as
occurence Data into Darwin Core
Archive Standards and published in the
GBIF Portal.
http://www.edms.sua.ac.tz/ipt/resource?
r=coa&v=1.2

April 9, 2018

April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018

The data has been compiled as
occurence Data into Darwin Core
Archive Standards and published in the
GBIF Portal.
http://www.edms.sua.ac.tz/ipt/resource?
r=acsua&v=1.0
The data has been compiled as
occurence Data into Darwin Core
Archive Standards and published in the
GBIF Portal. 5e5d014b-2bd1-45b2a266-af3064370085.
http://www.edms.sua.ac.tz/ipt/resource?
r=crm
The data has been compiled as
occurence Data into Darwin Core
Archive Standards and published in the
GBIF Portal.
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3.5. Examples of use of biodiversity data available through GBIF
Use the table to document use or planned use of data available through GBIF as part of your project. You may want torefer to the section 2.5 ‘Plan to support the integration of biodiversity information into policy and decision-making
processes’ of your BID full proposal. Please provide the DOI for datasets published on GBIF or data downloaded from
GBIF in the “Dataset” column. Briefly describe how the data have been used or are planned to be used in the “Data use”
column (ca. 50 words). Provide the date or approximate time frame in months for the use or planned use in the“Date/time frame” column. Please provide links to any documents or webpages documenting the use in the “Sources ofverification” column. Add as many rows as needed.
DatasetTree Species
Occurrence in
MiomboWoodlands of
Tanzania

Data user

Data use Vice Presidents
Office Department ofEnvironment

 To enhance REDD+ processes in
Tanzania, Tanzania Forest
Service (TFS) Determination of Emission Factors andthe National Forest Emission Levels

 WWF Tanzania
Program Office
Tree species
Occurrence in
MiomboWoodland inWestern
Tanzania

The
Occurrence
Data of Treespecies for
CoastalForest of
Tanzania

Sources ofverification2017 Vice President’s
Office, Departmentof theEnvironment, Forest Conservation, Biodiversity
Conservation

 To enhance REDD+ processes in
Tanzania, Tanzania Forest
Service (TFS) Forest Conservation, Biodiversity

 WWF Tanzania
Program Office2017

 Determination of Emission Factors andthe National Forest Emission Levels
 Conservation in the Masito Ugalla
Ecosystem Tanzania Forest
Service (TFS) Mpingo
Conservation
andDevelopment
Initiative (MCDI)

 To enhance REDD+ Coastal
Tanzania by Mpingo Conservation
and Development Initiative (MCDI), Vice President’s
Office, Departmentof the Environment
 TFS - Ministry of
Natural Resourcesin Tanzania
 Jane Goodal
Institute (JGI)

 Training by the Department of
Ecosystems and Conservation (DEC Vice Presidents
Office Department ofEnvironment

Notes

 Ministry of Natural
Resources in
Tanzania

 Training by the Department of
Ecosystems and Conservation (DEC Vice Presidents
Office Department ofEnvironment

 Jane Goodall
Institute (JGI)

Date/time
frame

2017

 Vice President’s
Office, Departmentof the Environment

 Forest Conservation, Biodiversity
Conservation by Tanzania Forest
Service TFS - Ministry of
Natural Resourcesin Tanzania Determination of Emission Factors andthe National Forest Emission Levels

 Mpingo
Conservation andDevelopment
Initiative (MCDI),) Training by the Department of
Ecosystems and Conservation (DEC) Department of
Ecosystems andConservation
SokoineUniversity ofAgriculture

REDD+ Pilot
data meant tobe free accesspublic domain
to contribute to
the REDD+
rediness andTraining in
Tanzania
REDD+ Pilot
data meant tobe free accesspublic domain
to contribute to
the REDD+
rediness andTraining in
Tanzania
REDD+ Pilot
data meant tobe free accesspublic domain
to contribute to
the REDD+
rediness in andTraininjg inTanzania Department of
Ecosystems andConservation(DEC)

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Tree Species
Occurrence
Data of
AcaciaCommiphora
Woodlands of
Tanzania.

<Start and end date of the reporting period> Vice Presidents
Office Department ofEnvironment
 Tanzania Forest
Service (TFS) Forest Conservation, Biodiversity
Conservation by Tanzania Forest
Service Vice President’s
Office, Departmentof the Environment

 To enhance REDD+ processes in
Tanzania

 TFS - Ministry of
Natural Resourcesin Tanzania Determination of Emission Factors andthe National Forest Emission Levels

 Department of
Ecosystems andConservation(DEC)

REDD+ Pilot
data meant tobe free accesspublic domain
to contribute to
the REDD+
rediness in andTraininjg inTanzania

3.6. Events organized as part of the project
List all the events that have been organized as part of your project. Please provide links to any documents or
webpages documenting the use in the “Sources of verification” column. Add as many rows as needed.
Full title

Organizing
institution

Dates

Number ofparticipants

Sources ofverification

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

4.Implementation of BID project activities
Refer to section 2.2 “Deliverables, activities and reporting criteria” in your BID full proposal. Provide updates on each of
the activities using the reporting criteria and other sources of verification as appropriate.
Sources of verification are for example links to relevant digital document, news, newsletter, brochures, copies ofagreements with data holding institutions, workshop related documents, pictures, etc.
4.1. Goal 1: Increase availability of biodiversity data, within and beyond the grant period
Activity 1: Development of Data Capture Tool
Description of implementation during the reporting period
A data capture tool was developed that focuses on capturing information on the biodiversity aspects of REDD+ projects
especially tree species which was the most important element in REDD+ projects
Activity 2: Establish contacts with REDD+ project leaders
Description of implementation during the reporting periodContacts were established with project leaders of the REDD+ projects that include WWF/SUA, MCDI, JGI, TFCG, AWF,
WCS and WCST. These contacts established the type of data held, format in which they are held, whether the data are
relevant to our project and the willingness to make the data available for the project.

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Inventory of data holdings

Description of implementation during the reporting period
The data holdings include large data sets collected from a wide range of habitats or landscapes while some are collectedfrom localised sites such as forest reserves. The type of data in most of the projects included tree data. The data are indifferent formats for different data holders. Most of the relevant data are georeferenced. Some of the data have not been
compiled in format that can readily be used by the project and require collation and compilation to suit the projectrequirements. Data from 4 projects have been prepared according to Darwin Core Standards and published on the GBIF
portal.
Source of Verification
Available data that has been published from the project on GBIF Portal
Activity 4:

Data mobilization

Description of implementation during the reporting period
1.

Data on tree species and their location for the SUA/WWF/York REDD+ pilot project from 6 vegetation types in
Tanzania were compiled and published on the GBIF Portal

Miombo woodlands: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/7fa4ed8c-e879-465f-acd2-2e65f398cc96.

Acacia woodlands: http://www.edms.sua.ac.tz/ipt/ resource?r=acsua&v=1.0Evergreen Forests on Crystalline Mountains: http://www.edms.sua.ac. tz/ipt/resource?r=crm

2.

Data on tree species and other biodiversity with the location of each species collected and compiled for South Eastern
Coast of Tanzania from Mpingo Conservation and Development Initiative (MCDI) and published on GBIF Portal.
http://www.edms.sua.ac.tz/ipt/resource?r=coa&v=1.2

3.

Data on tree species composition and location has been collated and compiled for the Pugu-Kazimzumbwi coastal
forest reserve from the WCST/SUA REDD+ pilot project.
The data has been compiled and prepared according to the Darwin Core Archives standards ready for publishing.

4.

Data containing a checklist of tree species from western Tanzanian miombo woodlands have been collated andcompiled for the Jane Goodall REDD+ pilot project has been compiled and published on the GBIF Portal.
http://www.edms.sua.ac.tz/ipt/resource?r=csua

Sources of verification
Available data that has been compiled and published on the GBIF Portal.
Activity 5:

Datasets of biodiversity data generated from REDD+ project accessible in TanBIF and GBIF
Portals

Description of implementation during the reporting period
All the relevant data from 4 REDD+ pilot projects have already been compiled according to the Darwin Core and publishedon the GBIF Portal.
Sources of verification
Available data published on the GBIF Portal

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IPT-Training workshop undertaken and report produced

Description of any implementation during the reporting period
A two-day data publishing workshop was held in Morogoro on 14th to 15th August 2017.
Sources of verification
This workshop was attended by participants from different institutions. These included MSc Students from the Department of
Ecosystems and Conservation at Sokoine University of Agriculture, a representative from Miombo Conservation andDevelopment Initiative (MCDI), representative from COSTECH – TanBIF, the National Carbon Monitoring Center (NCMC)
and representatives from WWF-Tanzania Program Office (WWF-TPO).
In this workshop the following topics were covered: Global and National Gateways for Biodiversity data Biodiversity Informatics and REDD+ in Tanzania
 Biodiversity Data Digitization
 Data Curation, Formatting and Transformation
 Darwin Core Standards
 Data Publishing Concepts and Introduction to IPT Data Access via GBIF.org
 Data Paper
Further the participants had the opportunity for practically implement data publishing by preparing Darwin Core Archives forthe existing data sets

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5.Updated calendar for the BID project implementation and evaluation period
The calendar should be completed in the same way as in the Full Project Proposal, but should include any expected changes. Provide reasons for any expected changes in section 5.1‘Explanatory Notes’.

Implementation period (maximum 14 months, starting 1 June 2016 at the earliest)
Implementation period start date and end date (dd/mm/yy)

01.08 .2016 to 30.08.2017

Activity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Notes

Collation and compilation of Metadata of biodiversity data
generated from REDD+ projects

 Data compilation
already completed

Publishing of datasets of biodiversity data generated from
REDD+ project accessible in TanBIF and GBIF Portals

 Data compilation into
Darwin Core Archives
Standards completed
and published on the
GBIF Portal
 A two-day data
publishing workshop
was held in Morogoro on
14th to 15th August
2017

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5.1. Explanatory notes:
Evaluation period (maximum 6 months, ending 31 December 2017 at the latest)
Evaluation period start date and end date
(dd/mm/yy)

01.09.2017 to 30.12.2017

Activity

1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes

Metadata of biodiversity data generated from REDD+
projects

Data has been compiled

Datasets of biodiversity data generated from REDD+
project accessible in TanBIF and GBIF Portals

Data published on GBIF Portal

IPT-Training workshop undertaken and report produced

3 Day IPT training was held 14th to 15th August 2017

The project started late due to delays in signing the contract and subsequent release of funds. Evaluation started in September 2017 and was completed in December 2017. All collated
data has been published on GBIF Portal

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6.Sustainability plans
Explain the approach that will be taken to ensure the sustainability of the project’s results after the end of yourproject (500 words maximum)
The project has trained several young professionals on biodiversity data publishing. We have been able to establish adata publishing portal though the URL of Sokoine University of Agriculture which is functional and enhanced thecapacity of the SUA Center for Information and Comunication Technology to operate the portal. We have trained someyoung academicians at Sokoine University of Agriculture including Mr. Paul Lyimo who will continue ublishingbiodiversity data. Paul is a trainer of other young proffesionals at SUA who will carry on this work. Through the capacity
built among ypung rofessionals more data apart from those generated by the project have been published including
biodiversity of Endemic Species in various Nature reserves in Tanzania. We have also arose an enthuciasm among
young professionals in biodiversity data publishing. Such Capacity is expected to make biodiversity data publishing in
our instituions and Tanzania at large to continue into the future making the project very sustainable.
7.Beneficiaries/affiliated entities and other cooperation
7.1. Relationship with project partners
Please describe the relationship between your project coordinating team/institution and your project partners, andwith any other organisations involved in implementing your BID project.
The partners have shown a good spirit of participation. This is shown by the fact that all of them were ready to supply thedata at their disposal for this project
7.2. Links to other projects and actions
Where applicable, outline any links and synergies you have developed with other actions, e.g. GBIF nodes, other
BID funded projects, etc. If your organization has received previous grants in view of strengthening the same target
group, how far has your BID project been able to build upon/complement the previous project(s) ?
NA
8.Visibility
Please refer to the BID guidelines
8.1. Visibility of the BID project
How is the visibility of your BID project being ensured?
Short summary
The bid project has been explained and accepted by relevant stakeholders. The information generated is being usednationally to enhance REDD+ and conservation activities in Tanzania. This will make the BID project quite visible within thenational system of implementing REDD+ and conservation activities. The data has been published by the department of
Ecosystems and Conservation on SUA URL and the GBIF Portal. Through this the BID project is very visible among users of
the SUA Website and GBIF Portal
Sources of verification
Department of Ecosystems and Conservation Sokoine University of Agriculture, Vice President’s Office, Department of theEnvironment as the Focal Point for Climate Change in Tanzania, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
8.2. Visibility of the EU contribution
How is the visibility of the EU contribution being ensured within your project implementation?
Short summary
At all project activities the EU is acknowledged as the funding Agency at both the local project level and through GBIF. This
makes it possible for stakeholders and government to recognize the role played by EU in enhancing the impelemntation of
the project.

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Sources of verification
Department of Ecosystems and Conservation Sokoine University of Agriculture, Vice President’s Office, Department of theEnvironment as the Focal Point for Climate Change in Tanzania, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

Signature ____________Name of the contact person for the BID Project: ___Prof Pantaleo K Munishi & Ms Hulda Gideon ___Date report sent by email in Word format to bid@gbif.org for pre-approval: _26 May 2018___
Date report sent by post to GBIF Secretariat: __ to be determined after comments from BID__
Date report sent by post to GBIF Secretariat: _______________

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