Collection of social, economic and ecological data

By collecting and compiling existing data from all relevant sources TAWIRI and ILRI will bring together the baseline data necessary for WPs 25 and identify gaps in existing information and knowledge TAWIRI will collect baseline data from Tanzania National Parks TANAPA Ministry of Natural resources and Tourism MNRT Wildlife Division WD Forestry and Beekeeping Division FBD Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority NCAA Tanzania Meteorological Authority TMA National Bureau of Statistics NBS Institute of Resource Assessment IRA Local Government Authorities adjacent to the Greater SerengetiMara Ecosystem and Tanzanian universities ILRI NTNU and KWS will collect data from KWS regional remote sensing and surveying institutions universities and government all in Kenya as well as counties adjacent to Greater SerengetiMara Ecosystem The baseline data established in Task 12 will be entered into centralise databases at TAWIRI and ILRI and used in WPs 25 NTNU will assist TAWIRI in establishing and running the databases