Forest of rare trees in Zanzibar now earmarked for ‘eco-resort’

Mongabay
Feb 13, 2025, 7:48 am546 ptsHot
MICHEWENI, Tanzania — Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa. The intsia trees (Intsia bijuga) were found growing within moist coastal forest in the north of Ngezi Forest Reserve on the island of Pemba. Worryingly, the…

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