1. Convention on Biological Diversity, 8 June 1992. Tanzania became a signatory in 1992 and ratified the convention in 1996.
2. Article 3 recognises sovereign rights of States “States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction”.
3. Article 8 on in situ conservation requires the signatories to “8(a) Establish a system of protected areas or areas where special measures need to be taken to conserve biological diversity”, whilst at the same time under “8(j) Subject to its national legislation, respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of such knowledge, innovations and practices.”
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5. Kerfoot, O. 1968. ‘Mist precipitation on vegetation’. For. Abstr. 29: 8–20.