Upon hearing the word “wildlife”, many people immediately think of wild animals, unaware that the concept is inclusive of uncultivated terrestrial and aquatic plants.
Tanzania is globally significant for its richness in biodiversity of both plants and animals. This is evident in the wild animals’ species count of about 2,516 and over 20 percent of Africa’s warm-blooded animals’ population (Animalia Bio, Tanzania). For plants, apart from Madagascar, Congo and South Africa, Tanzania has the largest plant biodiversity in the continent with about 14,000 species, (Tanzania’s National Forest Policy, 2018).
