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Living Planet Report 2008 - a stark portrayal of the impact of humans on the planet

Posted November 1st, 2008 by Web Master
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The Living Planet Report 2008

The World Wide Fund for Nature with the Zoological Society of London and Global Footprint have released a report on the impact of human resource demands on the planet. According to the report,  three quarters of the world’s people now live in nations that are ecological debtors, where national consumption has outstripped their country’s biological capacity. 

Wildlife Conservation Bill No. 9 of 2008 now available

Posted September 26th, 2008 by Web Master
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The new Wildlife Conservation Bill (Photo credit H.Fredrick)

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.

Ujamaa Community Resource Trust receives the prestigious Equator Prize!

Posted September 24th, 2008 by Web Master
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UCRT - Winner of the Equator Prize 2008!

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.

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

Posted September 3rd, 2008 by Web Master
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Getting wildlife management right for development and conservation

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. 

UNEP publishes 'Africa - Atlas of Our Changing Environment'

Posted June 12th, 2008 by Andrew Williams

AFRICA - About our Changing EnvironmentThis stunning 400-page "Africa: Atlas of our Changing Environment" is a unique and powerful publication which brings to light stories of environmental change at more than 100 locations spread across every country in Africa.

Conservation of Biological Diversity through Hunting

Posted May 29th, 2008 by Web Master

Conservation of Biological Diversity through Hunting


CIC Markhor Award - for Outstanding Conservation PerformanceCIC Markhor Award

Tanzanian villages and the Niassa Game Reserve in Mozambique receive the “Markhor Award” from the CIC at the 9th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn.

Update - Parliamentary Agriculture and Land Development Committee

Posted May 27th, 2008 by Web Master

The new Agriculture and Land Development Committee as re-appointed after the March 2008 Cabinet Reshuffle is as follows:

Update - Parliamentary Natural Resource and Environment Committee

Posted May 27th, 2008 by Web Master

The new Natural Resources and Environment Committee as re-appointed after the March 2008 Cabinet Reshuffle is as follows:

Wildlife Division - Non-Consumptive Wildlife Use Consultation Meeting

Posted May 26th, 2008 by Web Master
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Getting wildlife management right for National Growth, Poverty Reduction and Conservation

A meeting was held on 28-29th April 2008 between the Wildlife Division, WMA Authorized Associations, Village and District Representatives and the Tourism Industry on Wildlife Conservation Regulations Pertaining to Wildlife Use on Village Lands, and in Game Controlled and Open Areas.

Following the inputs of the Wildlife Division, the report of the two day meeting has now been completed - and it is available in both Swahili and English.

The meeting was divided into two days:

Latest official Mkurabita recommendations

Posted March 7th, 2008 by Daniel Ouma
The Stated Main Reform Objectives of the MKurabita are: • Providing the government with detailed policy, legal and institutional reform proposals, as well as an implementation strategy • Integrating extralegal real estate and businesses into the legal system in order to boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and eventually expand the tax base. • Getting the Poor majority who do not have access/titles to land have access to titled land and the capacity to use them economically.
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