The Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve, officially listed as Pugu/Kazimzumbwi Nature Forest Reserve () is a protected area located in Kisarawe ward of Kisarawe District in Pwani Region, Tanzania. It is located next to the Pugu ward of Ilala MC to the east, about south-west of Dar es Salaam. It covers an area of , at an altitude between . The reserve was established in 1936, but both agriculture and logging were tolerated for several years. Logging, in particular, went on until the 1970s.Mkhai, E. M., J. Nawe, and P. A. Manda. "Use of Participatory Forest Management as a Strategy for Sustainability of Kazimzumbwi and Pugu Forest Reserves, Tanzania." University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal 12.1 (2017): 3-11.
The Kazimzubwi Forest and the adjacent Pugu Forest Reserve are reportedly the remainders of one of the oldest surviving forests in the world.Mngumi, Lazaro Eliyah. "Socio-ecological resilience to climate change effects in peri-urban areas: insights from the Pugu and Kazimzumbwi forest reserves of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania." GeoJournal 86.1 (2021): 339-355.Hamza, Hemedi. Impact of reserving forest on local communities: a case of Pugu and Kazimzumbwi forest Reserves. Diss. The Open University of Tanzania, 2013.Gustavsson, Lillemor. "Collective sustainable forest management and the Kazimzumbwi forset-a case study." (2001).
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Official site of the Pugu and Kazimzumbwi Reserves Pugu and Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve