MIOMBO

The Ruvuma Landscape is a trans-frontier area of approximately 280,000 Km² flanking the Ruvuma River South of Tanzania and North of Mozambique. The Landscape spans part of Southern Tanzania (Ruvuma, Mtwara, Lindi and Morogoro regions) and Northern Mozambique (Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces) and is considered to be one of the few remnant wilderness areas and home of the second largest elephant population in Africa.

The area which was once considered the best wilderness and the least populated has become the one of the fastest growing regions in Coastal East Africa due to the recent discovery of large deposits of oil, gas and other mineral resources with both governments of Tanzania and Mozambique having plans to develop roads and infrastructures associated with the extractive industry. There are fears that such developments, if not carefully planned, may compromise the future socio-ecological connectivity and sustainable development of the region and may pose threat to livelihoods of local populations found in the landscape.


=>The applications main features are:
->GPS/Positions.
->Mapping (Important basic layers).
->Compass/Directions.
->SMS Positions.
->Waypoints & Tracks Recordings.
->Search/Locate/Route.
->KML Exports for Google Earth, ESRI ArcEarth, QGIS, etc.
->Factsheets/Flyers (Great Ruaha Programme).
->Landuse Data (Great Ruaha Programme - 4 Villages).

=>Basic use of the applications:
->Data Collections/Dissemination.
->Landuse Implementations/Monitoring.
->Illegal Activities Reporting (Wildlife/Forests/Water Use).
->Communications(News).