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Debate on the Wildlife Act 2008 - Policy Forum Breakfast Debate

Web Master — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:13:48 -0400

Start: 31/10/2008 - 7:30am

End: 31/10/2008 - 9:30am

In collaboration with the Policy Forum, TNRF has prepared a debate titled, ‘Does current wildlife conservation policy and law address economic and livelihood issues for all Tanzanians? A debate on the Wildlife Act 2008'

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Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development

Web Master — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:21:18 -0400

The Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development is a non-profit research institution whose mission is to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve ecotourism and sustainable tourism practices and principles. Its policy-oriented research focuses on ecotourism as a tool for poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation, as well as socially and environmentally responsible tourism practices.

Community-based Tourism

Information Pack on the Wildlife Sector available as the Wildlife Conservation Bill goes to Parliament

Web Master — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:30:12 -0400

The TNRF-Secretariat has developed an information pack on the Wildlife Sector as the new Wildlife Conservation Bill is about to be tabled in Parliament. The briefs have been developed as a resource for policy makers and the general public wanting access to independent information on the Wildlife Sector.

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Wildlife for all Tanzanians: Stopping the loss, nurturing the resource and widening the benefits

Web Master — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:58:43 -0400

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Wildlife Conservation Bill No. 9 of 2008 now available

Web Master — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:40:16 -0400

The new Wildlife Conservation Bill is to be tabled in Parliament in the up-coming session beginning 28th October 2008 for the first of two readings. To download the Bill, please click here.

Steering Committee

Wildlife Conservation Bill No. 9 of 2008

Web Master — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:20:24 -0400

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Putting Tanzania's Hidden Economy to Work: Reform, Management and Protection of its Natural Resource Sector

Web Master — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:36:46 -0400

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Ujamaa Community Resource Trust receives the prestigious Equator Prize!

Web Master — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:18:25 -0400

Ujamaa Community Resource Trust has received the prestigious Equator Prize for its groundbreaking support for community-based natural resource management and rights in Tanzania. As one of 25 such organisations from around the world, the prize will be awarded at the World Conservation Forum in Barcelona, Spain in October 2008. UCRT was selected out of a list of hundreds of grassroots organizations working on sustainable development. Ujamaa Community Resource Trust works with communities in Ngorongoro, Arusha, Mbulu, Simanjiro and Hanang Districts.

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Making Travelers Philanthropy Work for Development, Business, and Conservation

Web Master — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:40:48 -0400

Start: 03/12/2008 - 8:00am

End: 05/12/2008 - 5:00pm

MAJOR TOURISM CONFERENCE ON TRAVELERS' PHILANTHROPY: ‘Making Travelers Philanthropy Work for Development, Business, and Conservation'

The Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development (CESD), a non-profit organization based in the United States, announces plans to hold a major global tourism conference in Arusha, Tanzania, on December 3-5, 2008. The topic of the conference will be Travelers' Philanthropy, which is a growing part of the global tourism industry. Travelers'

Philanthropy supports a wide range of community development and conservation projects in the host countries where tourism businesses operate, and is part of the global movement towards ecotourism or sustainable tourism.

Community-based Tourism

Amended Schedule to the Wildlife Conservation Act Non-Consumptive Wildlife Use Regulations GN 196 now in circulation

Web Master — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:48:39 -0400

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has today provided tourism companies with an amended schedule to the Wildlife Conservation Act Non-Consumptive Wildlife Use Regulations GN 196 of September 2007. The Schedule is retroactive from 1st July 2008.

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