African
Development Bank Group on Tanzania (http://www.afdb.org/african%5Fcountries/home%5Ftanzania.htm)
Among the types of information presented on this site are the following: "Country
Information, Basic Indicators, Comparison with other African Countries, Fact
Sheet, Country Strategy Paper (CSP), Country Environmental Profile (CEP), Projects,
Loans & Grants Press Releases, Publications & Reports."
All About Zanzibar (http://www.allaboutzanzibar.com/)
“AAZ is a comprehensive internet travel resource for Zanzibar, offering
... full information, advice and reservations service for all of the hotels,
lodges, guesthouses and liveaboards on the islands ...”
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals
build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search
by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites
and documents.
East Usambara Conservation Area Management
Programme (http://www.usambara.com/)
“East Usambara Conservation Area Management Programme - EUCAMP - is a joint
venture of the governments of Tanzania and Finland, and of the European Union,
to conserve the biodiversity in the unique East Usambara mountains, in Tanga
region, in northern Tanzania.”
Eastern Arc Mountains Information Source (http://www.easternarc.org/)
“The Eastern Arc Mountains are a chain of mountains in Kenya and Tanzania
that are influenced by the Indian Ocean. The mountain chain is a series of isolated
mountains, which have been heavily covered by forests. Much of the original forests,
especially at the more accessible or lower elevations, have been converted for
agricultural crops. These mountains are recognized as one of 24 globally important "hot
spots" for forest biodiversity...”
Geological Survey of Tanzania (Mineral Resources
Department, Dodoma, Tanzania)(http://tanzania.sgu.se/)
“The Survey or the Mineral Resources Department (MRD) belongs to the Ministry
of Energy and Minerals. The Survey is located in Dodoma, central Tanzania.”
Global gazetteer (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/6794)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place. Results give longitude,
latitude, and altitude of each location.
International Weather From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international
weather information by city.
Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT) (http://www.leat.or.tz/)
“The Lawyers' Environmental Action Team is the first public interest environmental
law organization in Tanzania. It was established in 1994 and formally registered
in 1995 under the Societies Ordinance. Its mission is to ensure sound natural
resource management and environmental protection in Tanzania. LEAT carries out
policy research, advocacy, and selected public interest litigation. Its membership
largely includes lawyers concerned with environmental management and democratic
governance in Tanzania.”
Maasai Environmental
Resource Coalition (http://www.cs.org/specialprojects/maasai/maasai.htm)
“The mission of the Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition (MERC) is to
advocate for the protection of the Maasai people's traditional lands and to promote
conservation, management, and sustainable use of the ecosystems within which
they live.”
MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.
Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order
maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.
Michigan State
University. Program on the Lakes of East Africa (PLEA) (http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/pleatop.htm)
"(PLEA) is a research, training, and service program of the African Studies
Center of Michigan State University in collaboration with the fisheries research
institutes of Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. PLEA does research on Lakes
Victoria and Malawi on the Anthropology and Sociology of fisheries management
and development, women and gender, environmental policy, the socioeconomic impacts
of species introductions, and relations of production. PLEA trains African and
international scholars in fisheries socioeconomics and provides bibliographic
databases, conferences, and consultancies.”
Mineral Resources Department,
Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania (http://www.africaonline.co.tz/madini/)
Offers a range of information about the natural resources and government policies
and projects for developing them.
National Natural
History Museum (Arusha, Tanzania) (http://www2.natmus.cul.na/SAMP/arusha/newpage.htm)
“The National Natural History Museum is one of the Museums comprising the
National Museums of Tanzania. Others are the Dar es Salaam Museum ..., the Village
Museum ... in Dar es Salaam, and the Arusha Declaration Museum in Kaloleni area.”
National Tree Seed Programme (Tanzania) (http://home.twiga.com/ntsp/)
“Deforestation in Tanzania is estimated at 400,000 ha annually. Forest
rehabilitation requires between 150 and 200 million seedlings of various species
every year. As a response to this requirement, National Tree Seed Programme was
established in 1989. The programme has received technical and financial support
from the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida).”
Ngorongoro, Africa's Cradle of
Life (http://www.pbs.org/edens/ngorongoro/)
This site offers part of the text of the PBS program about the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area located about 110 miles north of Arusha and information about how to buy
the videotape of the program.
Shand,
Mike - Digital National Atlas (http://mshand.geog.gla.ac.uk/ATLAS%20OF%20TANZANIA/atlas.htm)
Offers various maps showing the country as a whole and also of Dar es Salaam
in particular.
Tanzania Tourist Board (http://www.tanzania-web.com/home2.htm)
"This is the Official Website for the Tanzania Tourist Board. These pages
have been designed with the leisure or business traveller in mind, looking to
find out more information about the land of Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar." Includes
an interactive map and other features of interest.
Tarangire Elephant Project (TEP) (http://www.lpzoo.com/elephant/)
“(TEP) is committed to the conservation of the AFRICAN ELEPHANT through
grassroots field research. TEP conducts its field work in Tarangire National
Park located in northeast Tanzania ...”
UT library online, Perry-Castan~eda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas’ Perry Castaneda Library Map collection here offers
a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many countries.
United Nations
Cartographic Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
Available in English or French versions. Offers detailed maps of many countries.
United States. Library of Congress.
Geography and Map Division (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.
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