TNRF Welcomes a New Executive Director

Submitted by Website Officer on 4 May 2012 - 5:10pm
Esther Yamat

 

TNRF is excited to welcome a new Executive Director to our team. Esther Yamat brings a wealth of valuable senior management and strategic development experience to TNRF, having held a number of senior positions in both the public and private sector in Tanzania.

"Joining TNRF is an exciting step for me in my career," explains Mrs. Yamat. "It is allowing me an opportunity to link my past experiences to my passion - of seeing real change and empowering people. TNRF seeks to strengthen citizens' voices, while also addressing issues of governance, accountability and equality in the natural resource sector. I look forward to being part of this change."

Mrs. Yamat is joining us from her most recent post as General Manager of FAIDA Market Link Company, a non-profit company that works with small-holder farmers through capacity building initiatives, organizational development, business training, contract farming as well as linking them to markets.
Prior to that, Mrs. Yamat served as the Community Investment Manager and Sustainability Manager for Barrick Gold Tanzania, one of the world's leading gold mining companies. She has a MBA in strategic management, and a bachelors in business administration.

Karibu sana!
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Tanzania Celebrates Earth Day!

Submitted by Website Officer on 23 April 2012 - 6:12pm
From tree planting to locally-harvested picnics, Tanzanians around the country celebrated Earth Day.  Check out some of the great activities that took place:
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Highlights from Quarter One – Climate Change Adaptation and Planning

Submitted by Website Officer on 13 April 2012 - 1:32pm
Q1 Highlights

TNRF's new program, Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in Drylands Development Planning in Tanzania, is off in full swing.  Learn what we've been up to during the first quarter – Highlights from Quarter One!

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TZ CSOs Support EUs proposition for Disclosure on extractive logging and mining

Submitted by Website Officer on 28 March 2012 - 10:57am
Logging

On March 26th, eight Tanzanian CSOs joined together to make a public statement supporting proposed mandatory disclosure on extractive logging and mining.  The group writes to "re-affirm their commitment to promote transparent, effective and efficient management of extractive resources in practice beyond just empty words."  The public statement is in support of EUs proposed rules for mandatory disclosure on extractive logging and mining.  

Read the entire statement here .

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