Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) | Improving Governance and Natural Resource Management in Tanzania

TNRF is a collective civil society-based initiative to improve natural resource management and conservation in Tanzania by addressing fundamental issues of governance. We view the quality and equity of governance as fundamentally determining how natural resources are managed and how they support the livelihoods of Tanzanians and the sustainable economic development of the country.

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Working groups

TNRF has developed 'Working Groups' to enable its members to work on and engage with key natural resource management issues in which they have a direct interest. TNRF facilitates the following 'Working Groups':

Wildlife
(WWG)
A wildlife working group with a focus on human and wildlife conflict management
Community-based Tourism
(CBT)
Information on Community-based Tourism / Eco-tourism and related news and information resources
Forestry
(F)
Information on the Forestry Working Group, and related news and information resources
Pastoralist Livelihoods
(PL)
Information on the Pastoralism and Livelihoods Task Force, and related news and information resources
Community Forums
(CF)
Information on the Community Forums and related news and information resources
Climate Change
(CC)
ForumCC - The Tanzania Civil Society Forum on Climate Change

A Road Through the Serengeti?

Image of the Great Migration in the Serengeti

Recent articles and a statement from the Communications Officer of Tanzania National Parks have confirmed that the Tanzanian Government is planning to build a commercial road that cuts directly through the Serengeti. This is becoming a very hot topic, especially within the conservation community in Tanzania and even internationally, and TNRF would like to alert our members to the issue and provide information so they can learn more.

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Round Table on Responsible Tourism

Engaresero village practices community based tourism

"Green"-oriented tourism investors will kick off Karibu Fair 2010 with a seminar on Responsible Tourism. As the green revolution of socially and ecologically responsible tour operators slowly picks up speed globally, one finds that products on demand will have a market advantage if they carry a green label or brand. Indeed the global trend in manufacturing, fisheries, and agricultural industries is to establish agencies to certify "green" projects. Is an association for responsible tourism feasible in Tanzania? Join the Round Table on 3 June to debate this and more.

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Remembering climate change at the World Economic Forum

Speaking out on the impact of climate change

While Africa's corporate world debated at the World Economic Forum in Dar es Salaam last week, the Tanzania Civil Society Forum for Climate Change joined the African People's Forum to bring together residents from across the country to discuss the impact of big business on climate change and livelihoods for the average Tanzanian.

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Towards a forum on human-elephant conflict

Chili to ward elephants from crops

On 20th April, at a workshop held to promote information exchange regarding conflicts between people and elephants in Tanzania, NGOs and wildlife authorities met to encourage dialogue between people and organizations working to avoid further conflict. As a result of the workshop, participants, who included leading NGO practitioners in the field of human-elephant conflict as well as their counterparts in government, decided to move forward with plans to establish a discussion forum on the subject.