The 4th issue of TZ-REDD Newsletter is out!  This issue provides updates on the REDD pilot projects in Tanzania, including the two new projects run by WCST and WWF.  The newsletter also gives an overview of the Draft National REDD Strategy and the feedback given by various stakeholders; a report about the CARE HIMA gender and REDD+ training; resources from abroad and more.  

Go here to read the entire newsletter online, or download a pdf version of the newsletter here.

An Overview...

By Marc Baker

In early April, the Daily News reported that the government wishes to fast track the plans for a soda ash factory at Lake Natron (http://dailynews.co.tz/home/?n=18633&cat=home). Given this recent attention, TNRF member, Marc Baker of Ecological Initiatives, provides an overview of Lake Natron, its diversity, Lesser Flamingos and what a soda ash factory could mean for this fragile environment. 

Last week ForumCC hosted a workshop for the new Ecosystem and Livelihood Adaptation Network (ELAN), which is an initiative spearheaded by IUCN, WWF, CARE and IIED. The objectives of this workshop were to deliver a brief training on the role of ecosystem management approaches in building human resilience, to assess readiness, interest, and needs of practitioners and policy makers in Tanzania for enhancing integration of ecosystem approaches into human adaptation practice and policy. 

Learn more about ELAN here .

Read more about the workshop and get all presentations and documents here.

Last week, Tanzania's application to seek World Heritage Status for the Eastern Arc Forest Mountains was revoked.  In light of recent misgivings regarding the this issue, a group of NGOs joined together to provide some clarification on the processes that have been followed and the intentions behind the nomination.