for ecosystem services developed and integrated into national and
local development strategies and plans.
Among the underlying causes of biodiversity loss in Tanzania is the limited knowledge
on the actual (monetary) value of the goods and services obtained as well as lack of
tangible benefits arising from conservation. Consequently this has sometimes
discouraged investment and community participation in conservation and resulted in uninformed
decision-making. To improve the situation there is a need to have different
programme and projects for valuating the biodiversity and enforce the payment system
for ecosystem services. This will help the public to appreciate the value for biodiversity
as well as its management. Furthermore biodiversity values should be integrated in the
national accounting and reporting system so that its contribution could be appreciated.
More attention will be given to generating information through applied research targeted at illuminating the values of biodiversity including their economic and ecosystem values,
the extent to which biodiversity can contribute to socio-economic development. Another
important intervention is the establishment and implementation of compensation
mechanism to benefit from efforts made within conservation framework in ecosystems
and capacity building on biodiversity and ecosystem valuation.