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An RSS document, is called a "web feed" and contains either a summary of content from an associated website (e.g. see the 'newsfeeds' link on the 'member resources' menu) or the full text of a TNRF web page item. RSS makes it possible for you to automatically keep up-to-date with new TNRF content without having to check the website manually.
A new publication is the most recent output of TNRF's applied research study on the biofuels sector. The book, titled Biofuels, land access and rural livelihoods in Tanzania, is the latest in a series of publications by the International Institute for Environment and Development that looks at land tenure and resource access in Africa. The study documents the experiences of communities with three types of biofuel crops -- sugarcane, jatropha and palm -- in four regions, and analyzes the benefits these communities earn from plantation and small holder crop production.
At the National Climate Change Hearings in Dar-es-Salaam on Wednesday 2nd December, Tanzanians from around the country testified to the affects of climate change in their daily lives. The testimonies were provided inputs for the negotiating team from Tanzania to present at the international conference on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark this month. Hon. Dr. Batilda Burian, the Minister of State in the Vice President's Office (Environment) was the keynote speaker and lead panelist. The event was organized by ForumCC - The Tanzania Civil Society Forum on Climate Change - with the support of DfID and Oxfam.
We are pleased to share the TNRF Biennial Report for 2007-2008! We are proud of the work we have all done and think that the report does justice to our efforts.
We've changed the frequency of the report to a biennial edition, although we still produce detailed annual reports for members and partners needing further information. The report covers organizational growth, programmatic developments as well as the new Strategy for 2009-2011.
The Belgium Survival Fund through TRIAS-Tanzania has given funds to implement a five-year programme in Longido District. The programme shall be implemented by four organisations, namely the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum, Ujamaa Community Resource Trust, Pastoralist Women's Council and Longido Community Development Organization.
The Value Chain Analysis of the pastoral meat economy is a collaborative study by members of the Pastoralism and Livelihoods Task Force to examine the contribution of pastoral livestock products to the national economy.
The TNRF Annual General Meeting for 2008 will be held 28th August 2009 at the Corridor Springs Hotel in Arusha. The AGM is an annual opportunity for TNRF members to:
Learn more about TNRF's programmes and activities;
Debate and approve TNRF's forthcoming programme of work as presented by the Secretariat;
Nominate and elect new and standing members of the Committee.
The meeting is also open to non-members who are very welcome to participate in the meeting. For more information about the AGM please click here.
TNRF members nominate and elect Steering Committee members at the Annual General Meeting. The TNRF Steering Committe meets four times each year to guide TNRF operations.
For a list of current Steering Committee members and their profiles, please click here.
TNRF Memberscan propose issues for debate at the Annual General Meeting.
Members may decide to table one or more motion(s) arising from these debates, which if passed by the members present at the Annual General Meeting, will be binding.
The TNRF Newsletter for June 2009 is now available! The newsletter is published twice annually and summarizes TNRF achievements, natural resource management news and new resources available for TNRF members. The June 2009 issue includes updates on the passage of the Wildlife Bill and the Non Consumptive Wildlife Use Regulations, and Climate Change initiatives in Tanzania, as well as updates on:
Tanzania Forestry Working Group
Pastoralist Livelihoods Task Force
Community Based Tourism
Community Forums
Wildlife Working Group
To view and download the newsletter please link here.
RSS is a family of Web feed formats which this website uses to publish frequently updated content such as news, upcoming events and information resources that have been recently posted to the TNRF website.
An RSS document, is called a "web feed" and contains either a summary of content from an associated website (e.g. see the 'newsfeeds' link on the 'member resources' menu) or the full text of a TNRF web page item. RSS makes it possible for you to automatically keep up-to-date with new TNRF content without having to check the website manually.