273:). which was believed to be extinct. In Swahili, a leopard is called 'Chui' and is part of the superstitious beliefs of the people. People believe that sorcerers keep this animal as their pet and scare people by spinning stories that the animal appears like spirits and disappears into thin air, which most likely comes from the fact that Leopards are very shy of humans and elusive. It was last reported in 1999 and officials, and men working on the "coral rag" lands of the southern and eastern Ungula Island are assertive that the species is not extinct, though it has not been sighted since 2003. The last sighting reported in 2002-2003 was of two leopards. Photographs of live examples of the species are not known to exist, although a stuffed example is a museum display in Zanzibar Museum, and a few skins exist in museums in
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The sea grass beds of the Chwaka Bay, fringed with mangrove forests, are important breeding grounds for marine organisms, including open sea fish species. The mangroves are also good breeding grounds for birds. An
Integrated Conservation and Development (ICD) planning for the area is under
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Another animal in the forests of the Unguja Island unequaled elsewhere is the
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742:"Zanzibar's evergreen Jozani National Park: The community has a voice in its conservation"
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Endangered animals that reside within the park include:
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consideration. The bay is also proposed to be declared a
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of Zanzibar who had first brought it to the attention of
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is a 50 km (19 sq mi) national park in
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289:and is placed on the Tanzanian Tentative List for
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1631:Important Bird Areas of the Zanzibar Archipelago
246:and 40 species of birds. The nocturnal Zanzibar
791:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T39992A92630131.en
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918:. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 198–199.
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205:. It is the only national park in Zanzibar.
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648:. East Africa Natural History Society
479:Red colobus monkeys in Jozani forest.
345:species that exists only in Zanzibar.
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1412:Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park
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1621:Protected areas established in 2004
777:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
588:. Mambomagazine.com. Archived from
382:The park encompasses two adjoining
885:. Island Press. pp. 371–372.
226:science. It is now adopted as the
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705:Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
498:"Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park"
171:Tanzania National Parks Authority
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254:apart from deep sea fishing for
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569:. Harpenden: privately printed.
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154:50 km (19 sq mi)
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33:Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park
18:Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park
860:. BirdLife International. 2021
854:"Zanzibar Island - East Coast"
834:. BirdLife International. 2021
1:
1510:Mafia Islands Marine Reserve
1417:Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve
1402:Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park
708:. IUCN. pp. Box 5.5.4.
1616:Protected areas of Zanzibar
1539:Menai Bay Conservation Area
744:. IPP Media. Archived from
533:"The Jozani Forest Reserve"
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1611:National parks of Tanzania
1579:Tanzania Wildlife Division
242:, more than 50 species of
208:The Zanzibar red colobus,
912:Gössling, Stefan (2003).
563:Pakenham, R.H.W. (1984).
365:Genetta servalina archeri
201:located on the island of
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27:National park in Tanzania
1530:Zanzibar Marine Reserve
1407:Mafia Island Marine Park
805:Salum, Layla M. (2009).
535:. Commission for Tourism
361:Zanzibar servaline genet
614:Encyclopedia of islands
586:"Walk on the wild side"
412:mouse-coloured sunbirds
404:black-bellied starlings
1237:nature forest reserves
388:BirdLife International
271:Panthera pardus adersi
784:: e.T39992A92630131.
516:"Wild Life Zala Park"
386:(IBAs) designated by
1469:Tanga Marine Reserve
748:on November 13, 2008
416:Zanzibar red bishops
400:brown-headed parrots
396:mangrove kingfishers
384:Important Bird Areas
378:Important Bird Areas
332:Zanzibar red colobus
291:World Heritage Sites
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770:Piliocolobus kirkii
502:protectedplanet.net
420:greater sandplovers
336:Piliocolobus kirkii
167:Governing body
131: /
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1080:Udzungwa Mountains
858:BirdLife Data Zone
832:BirdLife Data Zone
439:CARE International
408:east coast akalats
354:Cephalophus adersi
81:Jozani on Zanzibar
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1354:Uluguru Mountains
1100:Rumanyika-Karagwe
1005:Jozani Chwaka Bay
925:978-1-84376-257-7
892:978-0-691-00224-8
715:978-2-8317-0436-4
624:978-0-520-25649-1
464:Procolobus kirkii
392:Fischer's turacos
301:According to the
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1294:West Kilimanjaro
1176:Mpanga-Kipengere
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1030:Mahale Mountains
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