Strengthening dialogue and opportunities for knowledge and information sharing.
CBNRM
Promoting Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) as the focus for strengthening citizens voice in the forestry, rangelands, wildlife and fisheries thematic areas.
Climate Change
Communicating climate change as a cross cutting area of engagement through TNRF’s work.
TNRF’s mission is to bring together diverse stakeholders and improve communication and understanding between them to secure consensus and better management of natural resources so that people are able to make a living and the resources are protected and made sustainable.
The statement describes the evolution of the climate systems and outlook for the October to December, 2019 rainfall season, advisories and early warnings to various weather sensitive sectors including Agriculture..........Download here
Maajabu Unit
This unit aims to produce films that help communities share their voices and opinions on issues regarding governance of natural resources. View TNRF-Maajabu films here
Tanzanian policy makers have an opportunity to spearhead the implementation of the country’s industrialisation agenda through integrated and people-centered land-based investments.....Read More
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European Union (EU) delegation through a consultant conducted a midterm Result Oriented Monitoring (ROM) mission to assess the current progress of Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) implementation in Tanzania. The visit took place from 16th-20th February, 2020. The ROM team included International Land Coalition (ILC) and EU consultant.
This mission involved meetings with the Manyara Regional Secretariat in Babati, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (Dodoma), National Land Use Commission (Dodoma), Office of the District Executive Director, District Commissioner, KINNAPA and consultative meetings with the community members from OLENGAPA and NAPALAI clusters in Kiteto. TNRF on behalf of PRM partners gave a presentation on the progress of project implementation in four clusters
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In preparation for the Result Oriented Monitoring (ROM) mission to Tanzania the European Union (EU) Tanzania had a technical visit to project sites in Kiteto to assess the progress of Participatory Rangelands Management Project (PRM) implementation. The visit took place from 10th - 12th February, 2020. The technical team comprised of focal persons from EU, Manyara Regional Secretariat, National Land Use Planning Commission, Kiteto District Council, KINNAPA and TNRF.
The EU focal person, the technical Advisor Dr. Mathew Mpanda first had a discussion with the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development in Dodoma to understand the support and collaboration between the project and the Ministry for purposes of sustainability and to inform national policy processes. Thereafter the team visited two clusters of OLENGAPA and NAPALAI whereas they had an opportunity to meet community members and saw ongoing activities in these two clusters.
Issues highlighted during the technical visit:
EU technical advisor appreciated the work done so far is confident that the project will achieve its intended results within the time frame.
PRM project need to build synergies with other EU funded projects in northern Zone like Oikos project on women empowerment
For sustainability, the project should continue working communities, local government, national government and other partners to ensure best practices are shared accordingly as part of knowledge management.
The project needs to invest in print and TV/Radio communication to share the progress and success of the project. This can also act as a fundraising tool for PRM up scaling.
Rolling out of Community Investment Funds should be fast racked for the project to have time to monitor the progress and success
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Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) and partners under the technical guidance from International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and National Land Use Planning (NLUP) Commission (Tz) carried out ecological survey from 5th - 15th Feb, 2020 to collect data for purposes of feeding into the Management Plans for all the four shared grazing areas / clusters.
In each cluster (KIMBO, OLENGAPA, NAPALAI and ALLOLE), with support from the community members, sampling points were identified which will also act as monitoring sites for the rangeland investments projects to be rolled out after management plans.
Management plans as per the Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) process in our local context, precedes rolling out of the Community Investment Funds and its development must take into consideration the current ecological status of grazing areas, proposed investments activities, simple monitoring strategies among others.
This activity was done in all the 15 villages as follows:
OLENGAPA: Ngapapa, Enganguangare, Orkitikit and Lerug
Submitted by Website Officer on 3 March 2020 - 3:15pm
WORLD WILDLIFE DAY
Today, 3rd March 2020 Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF), Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and its agencies, together with other wildlife practitioners are commemorating the world wildlife day at the College of African Wildlife Management Mweka (CAWM), Moshi-Kilimanjaro.
On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3rd March, the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.