BIOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN FOUR CLUSTERS OF KITETO DISTRICT

Submitted by Website Officer on 4 March 2020 - 7:47pm

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
  • NAPALAI: Partimbo, Ilera, Laala and Namelock
  • ALLOLE: Amei, Lembapuli, Lesoit and Lolera
  • KIMBO: Kimana, Mbigiri and Orpopong
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"SUSTAIN ALL LIFE ON EARTH"

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.

When: 
3 March 2020 - 8:00am
Location: 
Mweka Moshi , Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
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Kilimanjaro TZ

TNRF RECEIVES RECOGNITION AMONGST TOP 2019 GLOBAL THINK TANKS

Submitted by Website Officer on 13 February 2020 - 4:55pm

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TNRF amongst top think tank Organisations in Sub Saharan Africa
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Tanzania Natural Resource Forum has been named amongst the most influential and effective think-tank organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa that plays a critical role for government by achieving as a bridge between knowledge and policy.

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4TH CBNRM FORUM HELD SUCCESSFULLY

Submitted by Website Officer on 13 February 2020 - 2:59pm
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PS MNRT Prof Adolf Mkenda giving a speech
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Tanzania Natural Resource Forum convened the Fourth National Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Forum at Gold Crest Hotel, Arusha- Tanzania on 13th December 2019. This follows other similar earlier forums the first in 2012, the second in 2013 and the third in 2016. The main objectives of these forums were to call upon and facilitate a platform for the multi-stakeholder exchange of information, sharing experiences and agreeing on a common course for the success of CBNRM in Tanzania.

This 4th CBNRM forum focused its discussion in the Wildlife Sector in Tanzania, particularly on Engaging Communities in curbing Illegal Wildlife Trade in Tanzania covering the four pathways;

  1. Equitable benefits from conservation
  2. Law enforcement through strengthening local norms against IWT
  3. Costs of living with wildlife ‘Human wildlife conflict’
  4. Alternative livelihood improvement/Income Generation Activities (IGAs)
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