BID-AF2105-0069-SMA

August 2016 – December 2016

BID Africa 1 – Small Grant Template
Mid-term narrative report
Instructions
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Fill the template below with relevant information. If no result has been achieved on a specific point,
please indicate it as “no result achieved yet”
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 thefinancial report
Sources of verification are for example links to relevant digital documents, news/newsletters, brochures,
copies of agreements with data holding institutions, workshop related documents, pictures, etc.
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 coordinatorand sent by post to:
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat (GBIFS)
Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark

Table of Contents

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

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Project Description ............................................................................................................ 2

3.

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

4.

Implementation of BID project activities ................................................................................. 8

5.

Updated calendar for the BID project implementation and evaluation period ................................. 10

6.

Beneficiaries/affiliated entities and other cooperation .............................................................. 12

7.

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Project Description

2.1. Principal investigator and grant coordinator: Institution/network/agency name: FORCONSULT,
Faculty of Forestry, 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
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 reporting
period (no more than ½ page).
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 publishing
3. 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 to Date
Based on our inventory of REDD+ data holders, only 4 out of the 7 REDD+ projects hold relevant data for thisproject. 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 to be 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 tohave relevant data for our project, In this phase, the data on Projects 1, 2 and 3 have been acquired andbeing compiled for publication. Data on Projects 4 and 5 will be collected in the next phase.
(1) Enhancing capacity to deliver short and long term Data on Forest Carbon Stocks in Tanzania(World Wildlife Fund Tanzania)
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 and verification (MRV) system that forms a part of the comprehensive forest carbon
monitoring system for the country and build capacity for sustainability in the future. Its activities therefore
included establishment and assessment of baseline carbon plots in different vegetation types, hemisphericalphotographic 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 andproduction 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) collected for 7 vegetation types in Tanzania Miombo woodlands, Acacia woodlands, Savannah grasslands, Floodplain Wetlands, Volcanic
mountains, Crystalline Mountains and Coastal Forests• Data being compiled for publishing in TanBIF and GBIF portals(2) Combining REDD, PFM and FSC Certification in South-Eastern Tanzania(Mpingo Conservation
and Development 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 wasundertaken in the coastal forests of South-Eastern Tanzania. It was designed to complement sustainable,
Forest Stewardship Council-certified timber production under our group certificate, and thus helps to ensure
the viability of community forestry as a sustainable enterprise in Tanzania. Where sufficient surplus income
can be generated from REDD, this will be used to support expansion of the area of forest under community
control•

Data on tree species and other biodiversity have been collected with the location of each species.

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Most of the species names are in vernacular and we have initiated a process of translating thevernacular into scientific names.

(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 and Kazimzumbwi National Forest Reserves. This was implemented through facilitating themanagement 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 and implementing knowledge management, education and awareness strategy,

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conducting social-economic study of the area including potential environmentally friendly IGAs andimplementing legal, governance and institutional frameworks and arrangements for the project under the
existing laws. Further and relevant to our project was Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of
reduction in carbon emissions including monitoring of deforestation and forest degradation in the two Forest
Reserves.
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Data on tree species enumerated during MRV process have been collated•

The collated data are being compiled and prepared for publishing(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 inwestern Tanzania to benefit from REDD based global approaches to climate change mitigation. The project
was undertaken in western Tanzania, Kigoma Region. In its implementation period the project identified thedata holdings through communication by JGI and prepared template for data in the second period of the
project .
The data set from this project is somehow incomplete especially with regards to complete list of species,
their identification and location The major work done to-date includes preparations for species identificationfrom the areas where the project worked and further confirmation of species locations. Acquisition of the datafrom JGI in Kigoma will be undertaken in the next phase of the project(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 and Mbizi Forest Reserve). The activities in this REDD+ pilot project encompass carrying out
a robust baseline study and provide methods for estimating deforestation, carbon sequestration andemissions, as well as participatory monitoring in the four most important Southern Highlands forests.
Furthermore, the project has implemented economic incentives that provide benefit sharing to local
communities, and environmental education and reforestation programs that address the drivers 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 and will be acquired, collated and analysed for publishingin the second term of the project.
(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 andforest degradation. The project worked with small-land farmers from 21 different villages to manage some
42,000 hectares of semiarid forest in part through land-use planning to ensure agricultural productivity andsustainable, long-term development. Because the deforestation is caused largely by agriculture, the projectprovided 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
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reporting a stronger understanding of their environment and the need to protect forests. This project did not
generate any species data thus the information generated was not suitable to our project.
Making REDD Work for Communities and Forest Conservation in Tanzania
Conservation Group -TFCG)(Tanzania Forest

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 to communities to conserve and manage forests sustainably. The project purpose was todemonstrate, at local, national and international levels, a pro-poor approach to reducing deforestation andforest degradation by generating equitable financial incentives from the global carbon market for communities
that are sustainably managing or conserving Tanzanian forests at community level. The project piloted amechanism whereby REDD+ finance can bring about additional reductions in greenhouse gas emissions bychannelling tangible incentives to reduce deforestation as directly as 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 tochannel different types of REDD+ finance to communities. The project did not generate species data that are
relevant to our project.
3.2. Progress against expected milestones:Completed? Explanatory notes
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 is registeredwith GBIF.org
For registered data publishers see:
http://www.gbif.org/publisher/search

The data users identified in the full proposal havedocumented their intended use of the mobilized dataand provided early feedback

Sources ofverification

Yes

Most of the instituions
require capacity
enhancement on the wholeaspect of establishing database suitable for GIF

NA

Yes

Sokoine University ofAgriculture, Department ofForest Biology (currently –the Department of
Ecosystems andConservation) is registeredand endosed by TanBIF

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

Yes

The REDD Pilot data wasmeant to be free access tocontribute to the REDD+
rediness in Tanzania andthe develiopment of the
Tanzania REDD+ strategy.
In this respect the data
generated will be publicdomain for use by different
instituions in Tanzania as
deemed necessary

http://www.forestry.
suanet.ac.tz/forestr
ybiology/

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3.3. Datasets published on GBIF.org
If the dataset is not yet published, please indicate the name of the institution that is expected to host the datawhen published in the column “DOI or URL/Planned hosting institution”. Add as many rows as needed.
Dataset title

Publishinginstitution
WWF/SUA

Tree Species in Different
Vegetation Types of Tanzania

MCDI
Tree Species of South-Eastern
Tanzania

WCST
Tree Species of Pugu Kazimzumbwi Forests Reserves

Tree Species of the Forest
Reserves in the SouthernHighlands Tanzania

WCS

JGI
Tree Species of the Masito Ugala
Ecosystem Western Tanzania

DOI or URL/Planned
hosting institution
Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania
Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania
Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania
Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania
Department of
Ecosystems andConservation, Sokoine
University of Agriculture
Morogoro Tanzania

Date/expected
date ofpublication

Explanatory
notes

2017

The data is being
compiled and partof it expected tobe published by
the end of the
project

2017/18

Data being
compiled, part ofthe data expected
to be publishedby the end of the
project

2017/18

Data being
compiled, part ofthe data expected
to be publishedby the end of the
project

2017/18

2017/18

Data will becompiled andpublished by theend of the project
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3.4. 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. Pleaseprovide 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/timeframe” column. Please provide links to any documents or webpages documenting the use in the “Sources ofverification” column. Add as many rows as needed.
DatasetData user

Data use

Tree Species in
Different Vegetation
Types of Tanzania

Relevant National
Institutions

To enhance REDD+
processes in
Tanzania, Forest
Conservation,
Biodiversity
Conservation

Tree Species of SouthEastern Tanzania

Relevant National
Institutions

Tree Species of Pugu Kazimzumbwi Forests
Reserves

Date/timeframe

Sources of verification

Notes

2017

Vice President’s Office,Department of theEnvironment as the
Focal Point for Climate
Change, Ministry of
Natural Resources in
Tanzania

REDD+ Pilot data
meant to be freeaccess publicdomain tocontribute to the
REDD+ redinessin Tanzania

To enhance REDD+
processes in
Tanzania, Forest
Conservation,
Biodiversity
Conservation

2017

Vice President’s Office,Department of theEnvironment as the
Focal Point for Climate
Change, Ministry of
Natural Resources in
Tanzania

REDD+ Pilot data
meant to be freeaccess publicdomain tocontribute to the
REDD+ redinessin Tanzania

Relevant National
Institutions/
WCST

To enhance REDD+
processes in
Tanzania, Forest
Conservation,
Biodiversity
Conservation

2017

Vice President’s Office,Department of theEnvironment as the
Focal Point for Climate
Change, Ministry of
Natural Resources in
Tanzania

REDD+ Pilot data
meant to be freeaccess publicdomain tocontribute to the
REDD+ redinessin Tanzania

Tree Species of theForest Reserves in theSouthern Highlands
Tanzania

Relevant National
Institutions/WCS

To enhance REDD+
processes in
Tanzania, Forest
Conservation,
Biodiversity
Conservation

2017

Vice President’s Office,Department of theEnvironment as the
Focal Point for Climate
Change, Ministry of
Natural Resources in
Tanzania

REDD+ Pilot data
meant to be freeaccess publicdomain tocontribute to the
REDD+ redinessin Tanzania

Tree Species of theMasito Ugala
Ecosystem Western
Tanzania

Relevant National
Institutions/JGITo enhance REDD+
processes in
Tanzania, Forest
Conservation,
Biodiversity
Conservation

2017

Vice President’s Office,Department of theEnvironment as the
Focal Point for Climate
Change, Ministry of
Natural Resources in
Tanzania

REDD+ Pilot data
meant to be freeaccess publicdomain tocontribute to the
REDD+ redinessin Tanzania

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3.5. 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 manyrows as needed.
Organizing
institution
NA

Full title
NA

4.

Dates
NA

Number ofparticipants
NA

Sources ofverification
NA

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
of agreements 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 with the REDD+ projects that include WWF/SUA, MCDI, JGI,TFCG, AWF, WCS and WCST project leaders. 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.
Activity 3:

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 arecollected from localised sites such as forest reserves. The type of data in most of the projects included tree data.
The data are in different formats for different data holders. Most of the relevant data are georeferenced. Some ofthe data have not been compiled in format that can readily be used by the project and require collation andcompilation to suit the project requirements.
Source of Verification
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Activity 4:

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Data mobilization

Description of implementation during the reporting period
Data on tree species and their location (GPS coordinates) collected for 7 vegetation types in Tanzania - Miombo
woodlands, Acacia woodlands, Savannah grasslands, Floodplain Wetlands, Volcanic mountains, Crystalline
Mountains and Coastal Forests,
Data on tree species and other biodiversity with the location of each species collected and being compiled forSouth Eastern Coast of Tanzania. Most of the species names are in vernacular. We have initiated a process oftranslating the vernacular into scientific names.
Data on tree species composition and location has been identified from Pugu-Kazimzumbwi Forests. Data
collation and compilation underway for publishing
Sources of verification
Available data that has been compiled to date from the project implementation team
Activity 5:

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

Description of implementation during the reporting period
Data being compiled by ongoing work for publication
Sources of verification
Available data that has been compiled to date from the project implentation team
Activity 6:

IPT-Training workshop undertaken and report produced

Description of any implementation during the reporting period
This activity is expected to be undertaken after completion of compilation and publication of available data
Sources of verification
NA

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August 2016 – December 2016

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 started andongoing

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

Data compilation
already started andongoing

IPT-Training workshop undertaken and report produced

Training to utilize
results from the projectto encourage
publishing of available
data by stakeholders

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Evaluation period (maximum 6 months, ending 31 December 2017 at the latest)
Evaluation period start date and end date
01.09.2017 to 30.12.2017(dd/mm/yy)
Activity

1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes

Metadata of biodiversity data generated from
REDD+ projects
Datasets of biodiversity data generated from
REDD+ project accessible in TanBIF and GBIF
Portals
IPT-Training workshop undertaken and report
produced
5.1. Explanatory notes:
The project started late due to delays in signing the contract and subsequent release of funds.
Evaluation is to start in October 2017. The first activity to be evaluated within 2 month of project completion, second activity to be evaluated with 4 months of projectcompletion and the last activity to be evaluated within six months of project completion. As necessary the evaluatin may go concurrently for both activities based oncompleteness of implementation

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6.

August 2016 – December 2016

Beneficiaries/affiliated entities and other cooperation

6.1. Relationship with project partners
Please describe the relationship between your project coordinating team/institution and your project
partners, and with 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 tosupply the data at their disposal for this project
6.2. 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 ofstrengthening the same target group, how far has your BID project been able to build upon/complement
the previous project(s) ?
NA
7.

Visibility
Please refer to the BID guidelines

7.1. 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 to be generated will
be used nationally to enhance REDD+ and conservation activities in Tanzania. This will make the BID project
quite visible within the national system of implementing REDD+ and conservation activities
Sources of verification
Vice President’s Office, Department of the Environment as the Focal Point for Climate Change in Tanzania andother relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
7.2. 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 thrugh
GBIF. This makes it possible for stakeholders and government to recognize the role played by EU in enhancing
the impelemntation of the project.
Sources of verification
Vice President’s Office, Department of the Environment as the Focal Point for Climate Change in Tanzania andother relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

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