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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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.
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.
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 inTanzania covering the four pathways;
Equitable benefits from conservation
Law enforcement through strengthening local norms against IWT
Costs of living with wildlife ‘Human wildlife conflict’
Alternative livelihood improvement/Income Generation Activities (IGAs)