KILIMANJARO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND, TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA
NATIONAL POLICY RELEVANT
TO CONSERVATION
The key policies relevant
to the rebabilitation and conservation of the environment and management
of natural resources include :
The Forest Policy, approved in 1998, whose main objectives are :
- to ensure sustainable supply of forest products and services,
- to enhance capacity to manage and develop the forest sector in collaboration with other stakeholders.
- to ensure ecosystem stability through conservation of forest biodiversity, water catchments and soil fertility.
- to increase employment and foreign earnings through sustainable forest based trade and industrial development.
Land Policy, approved in 1995 and amended in 1999. This policy aims at rationalizing land ownership and utilization with a view to preventing depletion of the natural resource base.
The Regional Administrative Secretary Mr Paul Chikira, (right)
and the Regional Natural Resources
officer Mr Daniel Issara (left), planting a millenium tree on the 1st January
2000.
The National Environment
Policy, adopted in 1997. The overall objectives of the National environmental
Policy are :
- to ensure sustainability, security and equitable use of resources for meeting the basic needs of present and future generations without degrading the environment or risking health or safety
- to prevent and control degradation of lands, water sources, vegetation and air which constitute our life support systems
- to conserve and enhance our natural and man-made heritage including the biological diversity of the unique ecosystems of Tanzania
- to improve the conditions and productivity of degraded areas including rural and urban settlements in order that all Tanzanians may live in safe, healthy, productive and aesthetically pleasing surroundings
- to promote international co-operation on the environment agenda and expand our participation and contribution to relevant bilaterial, sub-regional, regional and global organisations and programmes, including implementation of Treaties.
The revised National Agricultural Policy, adopted in 1996.
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