“plant pressing” is an activity that botanists do to keep a record of plants by drying them .” Plant pressing is a process that involves flattening and drying field samples of plants so that they can be easily stored and preserved.
Botanists use a plant press, which is a set of equipment made of two strong outer boards with straps that can be tightened around them to exert pressure.
this exercise is done as part of field practical training at ensuring that students are well equipped with practical skills as an additional advantage to what has been lectured in classes
kididimo, vibandani, misufini and focal land are among few areas sorrounding Sokoine University of Agriculture. through the college of Forest, Wildlife and Tourism people from these areas have been gaining knowledge on how to raise nurseries for forest trees and grafted fruits which make a significant contribution to their livelihood
For seven years, Bob Jr and his brother Tryggve Marley ruled over the Serengeti, protecting their territory, and ensuring the safety of their pride. Despite being only 10-12 years old, Bob Jr was already one of the longest-living male lions in the area, second only to his father, who lived to be 14 years old.
He was the ‘coolest cat’ of Serengeti. The photogenic lion was a favourite among visitors and ruled for seven years. Bob Junior was killed by three younger rivals while he was attempting to defend his territory in the eastern plains of Sametu kopjes in Tanzania
Here’s the problem: The planet is burning, and there’s not much we can do about it.
Forests are in peril not just because of the ravages of climate change, but because the industries that support them remain traditional and under-resourced. Mast Reforestation is building a tech-forward forest-as-a-service company that vastly simplifies and accelerates the process of restoring lands lost to wildfires.
The company sprouted, as it were, from DroneSeed, which was pioneering new methods of analyzing forests and planting seeds as a sort of remedial precision agriculture. What they found was that although their methods were effective, the bottleneck to restoring forests wasn’t just the planting process. It was…pretty much everything else.
To plant a tree, you need a seedling (preferably thousands of them); that seedling needs to be grown by someone; that someone needs a seed supply and growing infrastructure, not to mention the logistics to tie it all together. And the companies serving these needs were often a century old or more, relics of the old logging industry that haven’t changed how they work in decades, for lack of either capital or interest.
As wildfires became a regular (and devastating) part of many regions’ dry seasons, suppliers of seedlings were caught flat-footed. Though it’s clearly an increasingly important part of supporting our planet’s health, reforestation has largely been standing still as other industries.
We thank all who participated and presented at the 3rd SUA Scientific conference which was held on 23rd – 24th May 2023 at the Edward Moringe Campus, SUA. Indeed, you made the event very colorful and shared what you have been working on. Thank you so much.
Going forward, we are now in the process of preparing a special issue of the Conference proceedings which will be hosted by TAJAS and be published online in AJOL.
Important deadlines and instructions to Authors to guide the preparation of the paper are found in the attached documents.
We once again thank you very much and look forward to receiving your papers.
Giraffes in eastern Africa may be even more endangered than previously thought. A new study led by researchers at Penn State reveals that populations of Masai giraffes separated geographically by the Great Rift Valley have not interbred—or exchanged genetic material—in more than a thousand years, and in some cases hundreds of thousands of years. The researchers recommend that the two populations be considered separately for conservation purposes, with separate but coordinated conservation efforts to manage each population. for more on this follow the link below;
Tanzania: The Royal Tour, the latest in a series of global television events, hosted by Peter Greenberg with the President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan as his very special guide. An epic journey through this remarkable country through the eyes of its leader. Premiering on public television stations across the U.S. beginning April 18th. Check local listings. And also available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV+.
to find out on what the royal means to Tanzanioa follow the link below;
Rights enforcement must be strengthened for forest landscape restoration efforts to succeed, said Steven Lawry during a webinar presentation hosted by the global forest team at GIZ, Germany’s development agency in 2019.
Lawry, a principal scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), presented findings on the role of tenure security in the adoption of forest landscape restoration practices.
“A focus on community rights gives people agency to choose and manage forests and other land uses,” he said. “Where rights are absent, the scope for sustained uptake of forest landscape restoration are probably low.”
Lawry found that lack of tenure security for smallholders and populations dependent on natural forests for their livelihoods and weak enforcement of forest laws were among constraints identified to scaling up restoration in Madagascar.
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is collaborating with GIZ-Madagascar and ESSA-Forêts, the forestry program at the country’s University of Antananarivo to improve understanding of the relationship between tenure security and forest-landscape investment at local and regional levels in Madagascar.
with such sound findings it would be a good thing for other African countries to take consideration on tenure rights to foster forest land restoration for improved socio-economic development and forest environment quality.
