Plant Conservation Assessment in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya Home Page Project Overview List of Targeted Plant Taxa, Explanation List of Targeted Plant Species, Subspecies and Varieties, and links to Conservation Data Lumuma Valley Eastern Arc and Coastal Forests Project Area: Map Courtesy of Conservation Mapping Program – CI/CABS Point cursor on image for full caption Project Mission Our international team assesses and monitors the conservation status of the targeted plants of the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya, and provides this information to conservation agencies, including IUCN for Red List assessment. This is the first such project based on primary collection data plus targeted new exploration as a basis for plant conservation assessments. This approach provides the most reliable and comprehensive information for these plants of conservation priority. Project Goals » Conduct the first comprehensive evalution of conservation status of each targeted plant of the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests in collaboration with IUCN (The World Conservation Union). » Train East African collaborators and integrate them into a strengthened network of regional resources for this biodiversity hotspot, and develop the infrastructure in East African institutions to conduct this work. » Compile all existing information on the targeted plants of this hotspot -- including previously published information, data on museum specimens distributed among widely scattered collections, specialist knowledge, new fieldwork, and new conservation assessments  -- into one source that is accessible to all stakeholders. » Explore and scientifically document the poorly known areas in this biodiversity hotspot. Project Team Roy E. Gereau, Project Supervisor, Curator & Tanzania Programme Director, Missouri Botanical Garden W.R. Quentin Luke, Project Coordinator, Nairobi, Kenya William J. Kindeketa, Project GIS Specialist & Projects Manager, Tanzania Botanical Research and Conservation Programme (TBRCP), Arusha, Tanzania Sharon Bodine, Data Specialist, Missouri Botanical Garden Lenin Festo, Senior Field Botanist, TBRCP Omari A. Kibure, Field Botanist, TBRCP Gabriel Simon Laizer, Field Botanist, TBRCP George Schatz, IUCN Project Liaison, IUCN & Missouri Botanical Garden Craig Hilton-Taylor, Red List Officer, IUCN Mike Maunder, Executive Director, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Collaborating Institutions » Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri USA » IUCN–The World Conservation Union » National Herbarium of Tanzania, Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania » East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi » Herbarium, Department of Botany, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania   » CEPF (Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund) » Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. » Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society » Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Contact information: roy.gereau@mobot.org This page was revised 09/12/07. TOP