KILIMANJARO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND, TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA

Kilimanjaro Environmental Conservation Management Trust Fund, Tanzania, East Africa.

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REGIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT LAND DEGRADATION

The Regional Authority has for many years been concerned with the accelerating land degradation due Youths planting trees on Mount Kilimanjaro.to the above factors and has all along been assisting all endeavours leading to reduction of the problem. During the late sixties and immediately after the drought years of the seventies, each District had embarked on a lifelong tree planting exericse. Afforestation and re-forestation as well as rehabilitation of infrastructure are being given priority in the Kilimanjaro Region. These efforts were supported by the government through financial and technical support to back-stop the community efforts in tree planting.

Some of the other efforts by Government and non-governmental agencies and organisations include :

  • The Bonite Tree Planting Campaign started by the Chairman of IPP, Mr. Reginald Mengi some time in 1988. Through this campaign, over 31,183,793 trees have been planted during the last ten years.
  • The Tanzania Forest Action Plan (TFAP) which was launched in 1989. It has assisted the Region in Mwanga District Agro-forestry Programme and tree planting, especially natural trees, community forest management and water catchment forest management.
  • KVFP (Kilimanjaro Village Forest Project); a project assisted by the Government of Japan through JICA to develop and improve re-forestation and extension technologies in relation to social forest activities in semi-arid areas in order to contribute to the development of village forestry in Tanzania. This project is implemented in Same district.
  • TIP - a non-governmental organisation from Holland, assisting the villSeedling containers to contain seedlings for planting on Mount Kilimanjaro.ages in the Same and Mwange Districts in agro-forestry practices in hilly areas and rehabilitation of traditional infrastructure and its management.
  • MIFIPRO - a non-governmental organisation from Belgium working in the Mwanga District, assisting them in traditional irrigation and agro-forestry practices.
  • KIRECA (Kilimanjaro Region Environmental Consultative Council) - a resident non-governmental organisation which gives consultancies on environmental conservation.
  • East African Cross Border Biodiversity Project - a UNDP/GEF funded project operating in South Pare mountain ranges to combat biodiversity loss.
  • Mali Hai Club - a non-governmental organ which deals with conservation education.

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