African golden cat (Caracal aurata)

Mohamed bin Zayed Species project number 232531443

Establishing a community based conservation program to mitigate threats to the African Golden Cat at Minziro Nature Forest Reserve

1. To establish a community based tree nursery beds of locally suggested and preferred fuel wood species in four front line villages namely Minziro, Karagala, Kigazi, Karagala and Kakindo; 2. To establish a community based livestock seedbank particularly for goats and pigs; and 3. Create community based conservation groups to spearhead the conservation of the AGC through behavioral change and creating social pressure against charcoal burning, firewood collection and bushmeat hunting.

Project documents

• A group of villagers from Minziro, in a group photo after receiving tree seedlings ready to be planted in their back yard farms in an effort to reduce too much dependency on Nature Reserve for firewo
• A photo showing Minziro Village Secretary, Mr. Kapinga (left) and the Village chairman for Minziro Village, Mr. Ruge (right) after loading seedlings ready for delivery to villagers in three villages
• Pordocarpus dawei seedlings seen at TFS office in Minziro, reached enough stage ready to be distributed to the villagers. The tree is native to the area
• Maesopsis eminii seedlings in a tree nursery at TFS office in Minziro. The seedlings have reached a stage ready for distribution
• Environmental and Natural Resources committee members for Minziro Village loading Maesopsis eminii and Pordocarpus dawei seedlings into the vehicle ready to be dispatched to fellow villagers
• Some of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee members from Kigazi Village, Kagera Tanzania, posing for a photo with four goats out of twelve which have been delivered
• A tour to tree nursery at TFS office in Missenyi, where seedlings for native trees are nurtured before given to local communities
• AGCCA & WG members taking a walk into Minziro Forest where AGC was first discovered to be found in Tanzania in 2019
• Dr Emanuel Martin sharing some remarks to his fellow AGCCA & WG members during site visits in Minziro Forest
• Two of the 6 piglets that have been given to the villagers living next to Minziro Forest. The piglets are part livestock seedbank given to the locals to reduce hunting pressure
• Mr. Thomas Mollo from Minziro Forest, inspecting some of the equipment purchased through MZSCF for establishing tree nursery
• Dr. Martin on a group photo with Natural Resources and Environmental Committee members for Minziro Village, soon after holding a meeting with them




Project 232531443 location - Tanzania, Africa