TNRF-related

Issues proposed by members for debate at the Annual General Meeting 2008

TNRF Members can 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.

Agenda for the Annual General Meeting 2008

ENGLISH | KISWAHILI

Agenda

2.30 pm Call to order
Welcome and introduction of Steering Committee and Secretariat

TNRF Annual General Meeting 2008

28/08/2009 - 2:00pm
28/08/2009 - 5:00pm

The Annual General Meeting is the most important event in TNRF's calendar. It is an annual opportunity for TNRF members to:

Tanzania Forestry Working Group Meeting

23/07/2009 - 9:00am
23/07/2009 - 1:00pm

The Tanzania Forestry Working Group has just finalized a rapid evaluation of the pilot phase of the Mama Misitu campaign on illegal logging. The meeting will give TFWG partners an opportunity to give final feedback on the evalation report and set a strategy for implementing the next phase of the campaign. Partners are welcome to submit additional agenda items for discussion.

TNRF Newsletter June 2009

E-TNRF_Newsletter_06-09_P1.jpg
June 2009 newsletter

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.

Livestock Budget Analysis Workshop with MPs

04/07/2009 - 9:00am
04/07/2009 - 1:00pm

PLTF through its partners have organised a meeeting with MPs n Dodoma to critically anlayse this year's livestock budget and also to present other emerging issues affecting pastoral livelihoods.

On behalf of the entire PLTF membership, the team going to Dodoma is made up of represenatatives from:

Workshops on best practices in tourism management for communities

13/07/2009 - 9:00am

These workshops are the first in a series, facilitated by project partners UCRT, Honeyguide Foundation and TNRF and coordinated by TasConsult, to record best practices from local tourism management.

Pastoralism and Livelihoods Task Force Meeting

04/06/2009 - 9:00am
04/06/2009 - 3:00pm

The Pastoralism and Livelihoods Task Force will convene for a regular meeting. The agenda will be made available shortly. Please contact Daniel Ouma at d.ouma@tnrf for more information and to confirm your participation.

Community Forums update - April 2009

image_maasai_women_simanjiro.jpg
Members of a women's leadership forum

Forming women's leadership forums in Ngorongoro

Following the successful introduction of Community Forums in Longido District in March 2009, the Community Forums team facilitated the formulation of women's leadership groups in Loliondo and Sale Divisions of Ngorongoro District.

Public discussion on the biofuels industry at Policy Forum

29/05/2009 - 7:30am
29/05/2009 - 9:00am

The Policy Forum will host a public "Breakfast Debate" in collaboration with TNRF on the opportunities and threats from the biofuels industry in Tanzania on 29th May at 7.30am-9.00am. Speakers from government and civil society will discuss their perspectives on the impact of the emerging biofuels industry on rural livelihoods, land rights and national

TNRF Updates - April 2009

Women's Leadership Preparatory Visit in Hanang (CRT and Community Forums)

06/05/2009 - 8:00am
09/05/2009 - 5:00pm

CRT will facility a community forum in Hanang to formulate a framework for women's leadership.

Film Project Coordinator

Organization:
Community based Biodiversity Conservation Films
Expiration Date:
12 May 2009

We are looking for an enthusiastic, environmentally motivated candidate to fill the position of Project Coordinator for CBCF (see www.conservationfilms.org).

Tanzania Forestry Working Group Meeting

08/05/2009 - 9:00am
08/05/2009 - 1:00pm

A regular meeting of the partners of the Tanzania Forestry Working Group. The main agenda topic is the planning of the implementation of the Mama Misitu campaign for illegal logging. All working group members are kindly asked to confirm their participation by Wednesday, 6th May.

Introductory visit for the "Social learning for Adaptive Tourism Management" project

30/04/2009 - 8:00am
05/05/2009 - 5:00pm

Ujamaa Community Resource Trust, Honeyguide Foundation, TAS Consult and TNRF's Programme Officer for Wildlife Governance will introduce their new joint project called, "Social learning for Adaptive Tourism Management" to communities in Loliondo.

Grant competition for Innovations for Climate Adaptation

Organization:
Development Marketplace
Expiration Date:
18 May 2009

DM2009 COMPETITION GUIDELINES

I. OVERVIEW

I.a. Introduction

Community Forums updates - March 2009

The Ujamaa Community Resource Trust in partnership with TNRF facilitated a visit throughout Longido District to introduce the Community Forums initiative to local women's groups. The visit received a positive response from the women in Longido and will start to establish women's leadership forums.

Maajabu Film Crew updates - March 2009

The Maajabu Film Crew has joined forces with the Community-based Biodiversity Conservation Films project to enhance local participatory filmmaking and support to local filmmakers. The Maajabu office has now expanded to include its new Field Coordinator and CBCF staff!

Pastoralism and Livelihoods updates - March 2009

While completing the data collection for the joint applied research study on the contribution of pastoral meat to the national economy the Task Force partners participated a visit to Kilosa District to hear opposing sides of the debate over land use and evictions of pastoralists.

Forestry updates - March 2009

The Mama Misitu campaign on forestry governance has submitted a report of the public response to the informational mini-dramas on national television (TBC), and launched a radio programme. The report of the biofuels research of industry case studies is now available.

TNRF Updates - March 2009

The news update for March 2009 includes TNRF developments, and working group updates.

To see previous TNRF newsletters and eUpdates go to:

Pastoral Livelihoods Task Force Meeting with the Pastoralist Parliamentary Group

25/04/2009 - 9:00am
25/04/2009 - 1:00pm

Led by the Kimmage-IIED Pastoralism Project and PINGOs Forum and with support from VetAid Tanzania, the Pastoral Livelihoods Task Force will host a meeting with the Pastoralist Parliamentary Group to discuss current issues affecting pastoralists and to come up with short and long term strategies.

Pastoralism and Livelihoods Task Force Meeting

16/04/2009 - 9:00am
16/04/2009 - 12:00pm

The Pastoralism and Livelihoods Task Force will convene for a regular meeting. The agenda will be made available shortly.

Death Announcement - Alan Rodgers a great conservationist, investor in people and friend of Tanzania

Alan Rodgers.jpg
Alan Rodgers

We regret to announce the untimely death of Alan Rodgers, after a short illness on 31st March 2009. Alan worked tirelessly to promote conservation in East Africa and India. A full list of his accomplishments would be a long one indeed. 

Call for Concept Notes on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)

Organization:
The United Republic of Tanzania and the Royal Norwegian Embassy
Expiration Date:
8 April 2009

For the full description of the call for concept notes, please download the document attached below.

Maajabu updates - February 2009

The Maajabu Film Crew continues to participate in film trainings and facilitate community cinema and film feedback sessions.

New skills and resources!

Wildlife updates - February 2009

The Human Wildlife Conflict programme continues to collect and consolidate information from the project and research sites on Human Elephant Conflict. Increasingly, TNRF partners receive reports of elephant shootings around the country.

Field visits about Human Wildlife Conflict

Pastoralism and Livelihoods updates - February 2009

As the Task Force partners continue with data collection for a joint applied research study on the contribution of pastoral meat to the national economy, partners continue to work individually and collectively to share information and advocate for the effective management of two additional issues affecting pastoralists: grazing on wetlands and ongoing evictions of pastoralists.

Forestry updates - February 2009

In February the Mama Misitu campaign on forestry governance launched six short informational mini-dramas on national television, raising public awareness and encouraging citizens to take action against illegal logging. The third roundtable discussion on carbon markets convened for an overview of recent activities.

TNRF Updates - February 2009

The news update for February 2009 includes TNRF developments, natural resource management news, working group updates, new resources, and opportunities. To see previous TNRF newsletters and eUpdates go to:

Longido Women's Community Forum

09/03/2009 - 9:00am
13/03/2009 - 5:00pm

Ujamaa-Community Resource Trust (CRT) and Community Forums facilitate a week-long forum with women's organizations in Longido.

Departure of the TNRF Coordinator

photo_tnrf_group_picture_goodbye_andrew.jpg
TNRF Steering Committee and secretariat

The TNRF secretariat announces the departure of its Coordinator, Dr. Andrew Williams, who has led TNRF since shortly after its establishment in 2006. The TNRF secretariat warmly welcomes Mr. Cassian Sianga who will take over from Andrew as the Acting Executive Director.

Human Elephant Conflict project planning meeting

26/02/2009 - 9:00am
26/02/2009 - 1:00pm

TNRF's Human Wildlife Conflict programme has organized a meeting of partners to discuss the development of a sub project on Human Elephant Conflict.

Danida-Ereto NPP evaluative meeting

16/02/2009 - 9:00am
16/02/2009 - 4:00pm

Danida and Ereto meet for a programme evaluation

Pastoralism and Livelihoods Task Force Meeting

04/03/2009 - 9:00am
04/03/2009 - 1:00pm

A general meeting of the Pastoralism and Livelihoods Task Force

4th Steering Committee Meeting 2009

01/10/2009 - 10:00am
01/10/2009 - 1:00pm

4th Steering Committee Meeting in 2009.

3rd Steering Committee Meeting 2009

02/07/2009 - 10:00am
02/07/2009 - 1:00pm

3rd Steering Committee Meeting 2009.

2nd Steering Committee Meeting 2009

09/04/2009 - 10:00am
09/04/2009 - 1:00pm

The 2nd Steering Committee Meeting in 2009

Value Chain Research team meeting

23/02/2009 - 9:00am

The meeting aims at making the final preparations towards data collection on the value chain analysis.The various teams shall have the chance to organise themselves and divide responsibilities to ensure smooth data collection.

Management Team meeting for the Value Chain Analysis of pastoral meat

16/02/2009 - 9:00am
16/02/2009 - 1:00pm

The management team will meet to plan the full data collection phase set to begin the first week of March.

Forestry updates - January 2009

The Tanzania Forestry Working Group kicks off 2009 with an upcoming roundtable discussion on carbon credits. The consultant for the designing the project on Independent Forest Monitoring, HTSPE (Tanzania) Ltd, expects to complete the project design by July 2009. The case study of biofuels companies in Tanzania continues following the completion of two company profiles.

Community Forums update - January 2009

Peace-building cross border meeting in Pusumoru

The January meeting of Community Forums in Pusumoru brought together Maasai communities from Kenya and Tanzania for a two-day process of peace building. Members discussed land use for grazing, livestock theft, and other community issues including conflict resolution between Maasai and Kuria communities.

Pastoralism and Livelihoods update - January 2009

Advocacy on the Wildlife Bill 2008

For more details on the status of the Wildlife Bill 2008, click here: http://www.tnrf.org/node/8917.

Wildlife updates - January 2009

Status of the Wildlife Bill 2008

TNRF Updates - January 2009

Information Intern

Organization:
Tanzania Natural Resource Forum
Expiration Date:
20 February 2009

The Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) is a collective civil society-based initiative to improve natural resource management in Tanzania by addressing fundamental issues of natural resource governance.

Maajabu Field Coordinator

Organization:
Community based Conservation Films, Maajabu Film Crew, Tanzania Natural Resource Forum
Expiration Date:
27 February 2009

We are looking for an enthusiastic, environmentally motivated candidate, full of initiative, computer literate on Apple computers with a good working knowledge of Final Cut film editing software and with experience and passion for environmental conservation.

Value Chain Analysis - Full Data Collection

09/03/2009 - 8:00am
13/03/2009 - 5:00pm

The 15-person research team for the Value Chain Analysis of the pastoralism economy will conduct the full data collection.

Community-based Payments for Ecological Services: From Potential to Practice - Operationalizing Initiatives in Tanzania

20/02/2009 - 9:00am
20/02/2009 - 5:30pm

Background

Mobile Cinema

Film show in MkuruAbout the mobile cinema

RSS feed
[?]
RSS Feed
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.

For more info, click [?]