Thamani ya Mpingo

Iko Mikononi Yetu

The Value of Mpingo

Is in Our Hands

Tunabahati kubwa sana sisi wakazi wa Wilaya ya Kilwa kwa kuwa na maliasili ya thamani sana Duniani...

Mti wa Mpingo

Mti huu unatoa mojawapo ya mbao zenye thamani kubwa sana duniani. Mbali ya kutengenezea vinyago, huko Ulaya unatumika kutengeneza ala za muziki kama vile vinubi.

We, the people of the Kilwa District, are very lucky to have one of the most valuable natural resources in the world...

The Mpingo Tree

The wood from this tree provides some of the best timber in the world. Apart from making carvings, the tree is used to make musical instruments in Western countries.

Katika sheria mpya za Usimamizi Shirikishi wa Misitu, jamii imepewa uwezo wa kutenga misitu ya vijiji katika maeneo yao. Rasilimali zote zilizomo katika misitu ya vijiji ni mali yao. Hii inamaanisha kuwa, kama mti wa aina yeyote katika msitu wa kijiji utavunwa, ada yake itabaki kijijijni. Ushuru wa serikali kukata mpingo ni kama wastani wa shilingi 10,000/- kwa kila gogo.

Under new the Participatory Forest Management Programme villagers are empowered to set aside village forest reserves within the village land. All resources which occur on the village’s land belong to the community. This means that the licence fee of any tree harvested from the village land forest reserve is retained by the village. The government licence fee for cutting mpingo is around TSh 10,000/- on average per log.

Vijiji vilivyopo katika mpango wa Usimamizi Shirikishi wa misitu vitafaidika na mpango huu na wana uhuru wa kutumia mapato yatokanayo na rasilimali za misitu kama wapendavyo katika miradi mbalimbali ya maendeleo kijijini. Kijiji chako kitatumiaje pesa hizo?

Villages involved in the Participatory Forest Management programme will benefit from the revenues they receive. They will have the right to use all revenues obtained from the forest products to spend on rural development projects of their choice. How is your village going to use the money?

Katika Wilaya nyingine, tayari wenzetu wako mbele na walishaanza kufaidi matunda yatokanayo na Misitu ya vijiji. Kwa mfano Wilaya ya Babati Mkoani Manyara, kuna vijiji ambavyo wamefaidika kwa kujenga nyumba bora za kuishi. Mifano mingine ni Wilaya ya Iringa vijijini kuna vijiji vilivyopata huduma ya maji safi ya kunywa na huduma za mawasiliano kutokana na kushiriki kikamilifu katika kuitunza misitu inayowazunguka.

Other districts are ahead of us and communities have already started benefiting the fruits from community forests. For example in Babati District villages have used the revenue to build quality housing. And villages in the Iringa Rural District have obtained safe water for drinking and good infrastructure services as a result of participating in forest conservation.

Hakika tunatakiwa kujitahidi ili kuwafikia wenzetu, Kilwa bado tunao uoto mzuri kabisa wa miombo uliobakia hapa nchini. Kwa hiyo, vijiji vya hapa vina rasilimali halisi za asili ambazo zitahitaji juhudi zetu za kuitunza na kuiendeleza. Kama kijiji chako kimepimwa na kina hati miliki, rasilimali zote katika kijiji hicho ni mali ya jamii husika.

We need to increase our efforts to keep up with other parts of the country. In Kilwa we have some of the best miombo woodland in Tanzania. Villages have abundant natural resources which need our efforts to conserve and manage, and we would like to see Kilwa District gain from the sustainable exploitation of the forest resources. If your village is surveyed and has got a Village Land Certificate, all resources which occur within village land are owned by the community.

Usimamizi wa misitu ya vijiji ni muhimu pia ili kuwa na uhakika wa upatikanaji wa miti ya kujengea nyumba, kuni, madawa ya asili na matunda.

Conservation of village forests is also very important to ensure the village has a long-term supply of trees (for poles) to build houses, firewood, traditional medicine and wild fruits.

Kwa hiyo shiriki kikamilifu katika kulinda misitu kwa faida yako na vizazi vijavyo.

Therefore participating fully in conserving the forest will benefit you and future generations.

Kijarida hiki kimeandaliwa na Mradi wa Kuhifadhi Mpingo (MCP) kwa msaada wa Mpango wa Tuzo ya Kuhifadhi Mazingira wa Shirika la Mafuta la BP.

This leaflets has been prepared by the Mpingo Conservation Project (MCP) with support from the BP Conservation Programme.