Plantations

Department of Commercial Crops Fruits & Forestry

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Forest Plantations

Our role is to promote the sustainable development of Zanzibar's forests and competitiveness of the Public and community forest sectors for the well-being of present and future generations.

Increasing forest production

Increase the production of forest resources, at sustainable levels, and improve the efficiency and profitability of forestry activities to improve the supply of forest products for national consumption.

Implementation strategies

Grow trees for fuelwood, construction poles and timber in plantation forests and agroforestry systems. Priority should be placed on appropriate species, which reflect local needs and customs.
Protect natural forests in order to sustain and improve production of non-wood forest products, such as fruits, honey, medicinal plants, fodder, basketry material, wild yams etc, and develop marketing channels for those products.
Introduce appropriate silvicultural practices in natural forests to enhance productivity. Ensure that any such practices are compatible with the Conservation and Biodiversity Polices
Take adequate measures to protect forest plantations and natural forests against destructive agents such as fire, insects, parasites, pollution, etc
Involve individuals, men’s and women’s groups, co-operatives and other organisations, through provision of proper support, in tree growing, in accordance with the Community Forestry Policy. Give emphasis to local species the qualities of which are known. Grow exotic species only after a thorough study of their characteristics and acceptance
Undertake research on the silvicultural and characteristics of local species.
Undertake studies on the profitability of government forest plantations and private (village) forest plantations to guide public and private investments and as a source for extension material
Further develop appropriate and market-sensitive pricing systems for government plantation wood and other forest products and revise prices regularly.
Establish appropriate prices for the seedlings of different species produced in government nurseries in order to recover production costs.
Investigate the privatisation of certain productive activities which cannot be profitably undertaken by the government forest sector itself, or which may conflict with its other responsibilities. Ensure that any private activities are carried out in an ecologically sound manner.
Increase cost-consciousness and cost efficiency of public forest management and administration. Promote the practice of contracting out certain activities in forest plantations such as logging, road maintenance and government nurseries. People living near plantations should be given priority in contracting.

Improving forest product utilisation and trade

Encourage efficient utilisation and substitution of wood products and promote sound trade.

Implementation Strategies

Conduct cross-sectoral research on fuel saving devices and seek appropriate means to promote the use of such devices
Carry out studies and encourage the use of alternative sources of energy to reduce wood fuel consumption, both by households and by large-scale consumers. Promote efficient methods in charcoal and lime production.
Investigate and promote the potential uses of coconut and the wood of other less common species to complement conventional species.
Allow the import form Pemba to Unguja of forest plantation-grown wood, both to encourage the planting of trees in Pemba and to help meet the demand for forest products
Support value-added production domestic wood form Zanzibar forests to create competitive products even for export markets. Discourage round log export.
Reduce the wastage involved in the techniques used for harvesting and processing timber, and strive for the efficient utilization of all potentially valuable of each harvested tree

We have (6) six forest production stations in Unguja and (9) nine in Pemba as follows

UNGUJA ISLAND FOREST STATIONS

Chaani forest station
It based in Unguja and has about 456 ha. It is found north A district of Unguja Island about 40km from Zanzibar town.

Dole Masingini station
It based in Unguja and has about 566 ha. It is within western District of Unguja Island with about 14km from Zanzibar town. We have the nature trails for tourists and other customers who visit Masingini to view the nature of wonderful flora and fauna.

U/Ukuu forest station
It based in Unguja and has about 3,130 ha. It is found central district of Unguja Island about 32km from Zanzibar town.

Dunga/Jendele forest station
It based in Unguja and has about 887 ha. It is found central district of Unguja Island about 32km from Zanzibar town.

Kichwele forest station
It based in Unguja and has about 580 ha and mainly comprises of rubber trees with hard woods. It is found north B district of Unguja Island about 32km from Zanzibar town. Here we start to establish botanical garden and nature trails for tourism development.

Kibele forest station
It based in Unguja and has about 970 ha. It is found central district of Unguja Island about 25km from Zanzibar town.

PEMBA ISLAND FOREST STATIONS

Kangani forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Maziwani forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Sanaa forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Bahrein forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Kishindeni forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Pogwa forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Makangale/Ngezi forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Laaraq forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Kiuyu Maziwa ng’ombe forest station
It based in Pemba and has about --- ha. It is found --- district of Pemba Island about ---km from Chakechake town.

Investment opportunities for private sector in forestry production: Hiring plantations especially rubber forest.

Improvements of plantations and their products

The forest sector is now improving the forest to get good quality products for shorter possible time than ever before. Currently, together with Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI), have established research project dealing with Eucalyptus clones.

The main aim of the project is to test different variety of Eucalyptus clones and select preferable two or three varieties which perform wonderfully based on its intended final products. The project establishes plots at Kibele and Chaani sites for Unguja and Kiuyu Maziwa ng’ombe for Pemba.

We decided to establish at Kibele and Kiuyu coral sites since we believe that these coral sites are considered as marginal lands where agricultural crops are given less priorities and moreover coral sites take 60% of the land in Zanzibar hence there must be a potential activities to compensate for agricultural crops. We expect that after this research, people will be able to practice commercial forestry and get much benefit of their harvest from 5 years depending on the end products of the planted crops.

Many people look Eucalyptus as the one which use large quantity of water. The subject of excessive water use by the Eucalyptus is a challenge to their potential of minimizing if not eliminating the wood energy problems faced by over 2 billion people in most past of the world. However, use of experts knowledge I species and place of origin, selection, site management particularly in terms of the number of trees per unit area, firmly puts the challenge to test.
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