Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Jozani-Chwaka Bay
The Jozani Chwaka Bay Biosphere Reserve contains the only national park on the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania Its landscape is a mosaic of mangroves tropical forests and coral rug forests as well as groundwater salt marshes and agricultural and residential areas The site is a biodiversity hotspot home to reef fish species dolphins and 168 species of birds including 30 species of global and regional importance Out of the sites 291 known plant species 21 are considered to be endangered The inhabitants of the reserve live mainly from activities related to tourism fishing beekeeping butterfly rearing and crab fattening
United Republic of Tanzania