Lushoto
Lushoto
Helen Kejo Form 1 m
2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TAFORI----------------------------pg 3-5
Sakarani Vine yard-------------------pg 6
Irente Biodiversity Reserve---------------pg 7-8
Irente Biodiversity Reserve’s History----- pg 9-10
Irente children’s home--------- pg 11-12
Irente School for the blind-------- pg 13-14
Hiking Mount Usambara----- pg 15-19
The experience------- pg 20
In town----- 21-23
Soni falls--------24-25
TAFORI
Lushoto Silviculture Research Centre (LSRC)
The Centre is in Lushoto District, Tanga Region. It carries out forestry research in four departments namely; Forest Plantation Management and Agro forestry, Forest Ecology, Forest Genetics and Forest Protection.
Forest Plantation Management and Agro forestry is responsible for conducting research related to plantation forestry and agro forestry.
Forest Ecology mainly deals with research in Botany, Herbarium and Natural Forests.
The forest
Forest Genetics has two sections namely: Seed and Nursery and Tree Breeding. Seed and Nursery section is responsible for seed establishment of trials (species and provenances selection), collection, extraction, storage, and distribution and rising of seedlings while Tree Breeding is responsible for trials maintenance, data collection and evaluation of trials.
Forest protection deals with research and consultancies on Entomology, Pathology and Fire Protection.
Left: A forest in Lushoto. Right: Tree breeding.
The Centre also has established a Desktop publishing unit with the objective of providing services related to typesetting, printing, and binding of documents. The unit provides services to TAFORI itself, Government institutions and other private institutions including individuals.
TAFORI’S HISTORY
TAFORI- Tanzania Forest Institute.
TAFORI started by the Germans in 1902. A number of experimental plots established at that time can be seen today. In 1928,
Helen Kejo Form 1 m
2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TAFORI----------------------------pg 3-5
Sakarani Vine yard-------------------pg 6
Irente Biodiversity Reserve---------------pg 7-8
Irente Biodiversity Reserve’s History----- pg 9-10
Irente children’s home--------- pg 11-12
Irente School for the blind-------- pg 13-14
Hiking Mount Usambara----- pg 15-19
The experience------- pg 20
In town----- 21-23
Soni falls--------24-25
TAFORI
Lushoto Silviculture Research Centre (LSRC)
The Centre is in Lushoto District, Tanga Region. It carries out forestry research in four departments namely; Forest Plantation Management and Agro forestry, Forest Ecology, Forest Genetics and Forest Protection.
Forest Plantation Management and Agro forestry is responsible for conducting research related to plantation forestry and agro forestry.
Forest Ecology mainly deals with research in Botany, Herbarium and Natural Forests.
The forest
Forest Genetics has two sections namely: Seed and Nursery and Tree Breeding. Seed and Nursery section is responsible for seed establishment of trials (species and provenances selection), collection, extraction, storage, and distribution and rising of seedlings while Tree Breeding is responsible for trials maintenance, data collection and evaluation of trials.
Forest protection deals with research and consultancies on Entomology, Pathology and Fire Protection.
Left: A forest in Lushoto. Right: Tree breeding.
The Centre also has established a Desktop publishing unit with the objective of providing services related to typesetting, printing, and binding of documents. The unit provides services to TAFORI itself, Government institutions and other private institutions including individuals.
TAFORI’S HISTORY
TAFORI- Tanzania Forest Institute.
TAFORI started by the Germans in 1902. A number of experimental plots established at that time can be seen today. In 1928,