600:(MCDI, formerly the Mpingo Conservation Project) is involved in research, awareness raising and practical conservation of African blackwood. Conservation of mpingo and its natural habitat can be achieved by ensuring that local people living in mpingo harvesting areas receive a fair share of the revenue created, thus providing them with an incentive to manage the habitat in an environmentally friendly manner. In order to achieve this, the MCDI is helping communities to get Forest Stewardship Certification.
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617:(formerly Clarinets for Conservation) is a U.S.-based non-profit that aims to raise awareness and promote conservation of mpingo through music education in Tanzania. Students participate in an interdisciplinary program during the summer months that raises awareness of the value of mpingo through musical performances, classroom instruction, and tree plantings at local secondary and primary schools.
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ranges in colour from reddish to pure black. It is generally cut into small billets or logs with its sharply demarcated bright yellow-white sapwood left on to assist in the slow drying so as to prevent cracks developing. Good quality "A" grade
African blackwood commands high prices on the commercial
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African blackwood: the Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative, the African Blackwood Conservation Project, and Daraja Music Initiative (formerly Clarinets for Conservation).
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have been successful in growing
African blackwood there. Growth habit in Florida yields taller, larger trees, and the rich soil combined with ample nutrients and long growing season yields timber of superior quality at more sustainable rates.
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on have valued this timber. A story states that it has even been used as ballast in trading ships and that some enterprising
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African blackwood trees, and in conservation education. It also works with adult and women's groups in the promotion of environmentally sound land uses.
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315:Granadille d'Afrique
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220:D. melanoxylon
67:Conservation status
767:. 18 November 2016
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192:Subfamily:
140:Angiosperms
1351:Categories
1264:Plant List
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578:grenadilla
529:The genus
492:pink ivory
488:sandalwood
390:dry season
343:Mozambique
307:grenadilla
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18:Grenadilla
1362:Dalbergia
629:Footnotes
582:loanwords
532:Dalbergia
523:Diospyros
447:recorders
431:clarinets
386:deciduous
214:Species:
207:Dalbergia
196:Faboideae
110:Kingdom:
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1269:ild-1852
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937:(1998).
886:pfaf.org
791:Ventured
557:cocobolo
496:agarwood
443:piccolos
339:Tanzania
333:east to
323:Fabaceae
257:Synonyms
186:Fabaceae
182:Family:
153:Eudicots
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1095:Ecocrop
574:babanus
469:Wüsthof
394:flowers
388:in the
359:vinyago
335:Eritrea
331:Senegal
202:Genus:
176:Fabales
172:Order:
114:Plantae
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1058:APDB:
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351:timber
327:Africa
311:mpingo
286:Benth.
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166:Rosids
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568:Names
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500:ebony
473:Böker
435:oboes
406:seeds
400:is a
398:fruit
378:spiny
329:from
317:is a
309:, or
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370:tree
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