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  • In fact, the Itigi-Sumbu Thicket is being transformed so quickly that the Zambian portion is predicted to disappear in the next twenty years if urgent conservation action is not taken.

    Ecoregions of Tanzania (WWF) 2009

  • Itigi-Sumbu thicket (AT0708) is small, unique but poorly understood ecoregion on the werstern short of the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika at the very southern end of the Rift.

    WWF Ecoregions of the Albertine Rift 2009

  • Itigi-Sumbu thicket (AT0708) is a unique but poorly understood ecoregion, best known for its impenetrably dense deciduous vegetation.

    Ecoregions of Tanzania (WWF) 2009

  • In fact, the Itigi-Sumbu Thicket is being transformed so quickly that the Zambian portion is predicted to disappear in the next twenty years if urgent conservation action is not taken.

    WWF Ecoregions of the Albertine Rift 2009

  • The remaining Itigi Thicket in Zambia has become increasingly fragmented.

    Itigi-Sumbu thicket 2008

  • Tanzania's Itigi-Sumbu thicket occurs in the center of the country near its namesake town of Itigi.

    Itigi-Sumbu thicket 2008

  • Miombo or mopane woodlands mostly surround these wetlands, although dry forest, secondary grasslands and Itigi thicket also occur locally.

    Zambezian flooded grasslands 2008

  • Itigi-Sumbu Thicket is found nowhere else, although related thicket vegetation types occur elsewhere in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

    Itigi-Sumbu thicket 2008

  • As a result, the majority of Itigi-Sumbu Thicket has already been removed within the Zambian section of the ecoregion.

    Itigi-Sumbu thicket 2008

  • Little is known about the ecology of the Itigi-Sumbu Thicket, but it has been conjectured that the thickets represent a pre-climax state that is enforced and maintained by unfavorable environmental conditions.

    Itigi-Sumbu thicket 2008

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