Browsing by Author "Aloyce, E."

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    Bamboo: a potential resource for contribution to industrial development of Tanzania
    (Researchgate, 2019) Lyimo, J. P.; Malimbwi, R.; Samora, A. M.; Aloyce, E.; Kitasho, N. M.; Sirima, A. A.; Emily, C. J.; Munishi, P. K.; Shirima, D. D.; Mauya, E.; Chidodo, S.; Mwakalukwa, E.E.; Silayo, D.S.A; Mlyuka, G. R.
    Bamboo is an important non-timber forest product and a major wood substitute. Itcan be processed and fabricated into different products as a substitute for wood products at an industrial scale. However, the available information on bamboo resources availability, its properties and potential for contribution towards Sustainable Development Goals is limited. Therefore, this study aimed at determining the potentials of bamboo resources for sustainable industrial development in Tanzania. Specifically, the study aimed at exploringavailable bamboo resources, unique propertiesand its potential for contribution to Sustainable Development Goals in Tanzania. We conducted a comprehensive literature review in Tanzania mainland, supported by field visits to validate the National Forest inventory bamboo data. We used meta-analysis to generate descriptive statistics of the variables of interest. Results show that bamboo covers about 1,025,033 ha in Tanzania mainland, dominated by Yushania alpina, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa bambos and Oxytenanthera abyssinica. Bamboo has unique physical, chemical, and mechanical properties compared to wood, steel, cements and plastics, ithas many unique properties related to strength, elasticity and lightness, which could be used to contribute towards Tanzania industrial development ambitions.Use of bamboo resources can contribute to achievement ofsix of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Distribution, population structure and carbon storage of bamboo species in Tanzania
    (INFORES project, 2019) Aloyce, E.; Manyanda, B. J.; Macrice, S. A.; Mugasha, W. A.; Malimbwi, R. E.
    Sustainable management of forest resources requires information regarding quantities and quality of the resources. Despite this fact, the existing information for bamboo forest resources in Tanzania regarding abundance, distribution along altitudinal ranges, density, basal areas and carbon stocks is inadequate, site specific and fragmented. Based on 696 plots out of 30 773 plots surveyed by the National Forest Resources Assessment and Monitoring (NAFORMA), the present study assessed the distribution, abundance and carbon storage of bamboo species in Tanzania in R software. Results indicates that, 11 bamboo species from five genera and two tribes were recorded in Tanzania. They are dominated by Arundinaria alpina and Oxytenanthera abyssinica that constitutes 55.9% of the total bamboo population and are distributed in only 11 administrative regions of the country. They occur at altitude of 76 m.a.s.l to 2592 m.a.s.l, whereby about 85.2% of bamboo population are distributed below 1500 m.a.s.l. Moreover, bamboo occurs more abundantly in woodland (66%) and least in open land (0.1%). Similarly, most of the bamboo is in the production forests (44.7%) followed by Agriculture land (19.5%) while wetlands have the least (0.4%). Results further indicates that bamboo species have a mean stocking, basal area and carbon stocks of 2460 culms/ha, 2.391 m 2 /ha and 1.566 tC/ha respectively. Since most of the carbon is stored by Arundinaria alpina and Oxytenanthera abyssinica that contributes 58.2% of the total carbon stored by bamboo species in the country, efforts should be strengthened to manage these species. Likewise, for mitigating climate change bamboo species should be planted in altitude below 1500 m a.s.l. Due to lack of bamboo allometric biomass models in Tanzania, the models used in this study was borrowed from Kenya and Ethiopia, indicating the need to develop such models for Tanzanian bamboo.