S/N Forest Name Area (ha) Ownership Vegetation type Total volume (m3/ha)
1 Miovu/Mwalazi General Land 8350 Village government Low-land rainforest 93.6
2 Shikurufumi Forest Reserve 260 Central government Sub-montane forest 750
3 Uluguru North Forest Reserve 8356 Central government Sub-montane forest 675
4 Uluguru South Forest Reserve 17292 Central government Montane forest 313.67
5 NguruyaNdege Forest Reserve 3614 Local government Miombo-rainforest 101.91
6 Ruvu Forest Reserve 3093 Central government Miombo-rainforest 244.2
7 Vigoregore Forest Reserve 920.7 Central government Miombo-rainforest 85.8
8 Mkungwe Forest Reserve 1966.8 Central government Miombo-rainforest 40.1
9 Pangawe East Forest Reserve 768 Local government Miombo woodlands 116.58
10 Pangawe West Forest Reserve 184 Central government Miombo woodlands 110.7
11 Dindili Forest Reserve 1006.9 Central government Miombo woodlands 37.7
12 Mindu Forest Reserve 2285 Central government Miombo woodlands 14.6
13 Kimboza Forest Reserve 386 Central government Miombo woodlands 231.6
14 Lubaranzi Forest Reserve 28500 Village &Local govt Miombo woodlands 53.8
15 Kilengwe Forest Reserve 995 Local government Miombo woodlands 127
16 Kitulangalo Forest Reserve 2638 Central government Miombo woodlands 59.6
17 Mkulanzi Forest Reserve 68627 Central government Miombo woodlands 172
Stratification of miombo wood lands
  Productive miombo woodlands Protective miombo woodlands
1 Kilengwe Forest Reserve Mindu Forest Reserve
2 Kimboza Forest Reserve Dindili Forest Reserve
3 Lubaranzi Forest Reserve  
4 Kitulangalo Forest Reserve  
5 Mkulanzi Forest Reserve  
6 Pangawe East Forest Reserve  
7 Pangawe West Forest Reserve  
Randomly selected woodland
1 Kitulangalo Forest Reserve Dindili Forest Reserve
Surrounding villages
1 Gwata Fulwe
2 Maseyu Mikese
3 Lubungo  
Randomly selected village
1 Maseyu Fulwe
Randomly selected hamlets
1 Kitulangalo Dindili
2 Ng’ambala Ulundo
*Note: Useful information n of the forests was obtained from Malimbwi et al. [150]
Table 3: Stratification of forest and woodlands resources in Morogoro District*.