Carbon Offsets and their Role in Moving Toward a Zero-carbon Economy

Forest carbon offsets

Carbon Tanzania’s work leads to a reduction in carbon emissions by designing and implementing high-quality conservation projects that encourage local communities to manage their land and natural resources in a sustainable and economically smart way. More and more, companies are recognising that while we strive towards a zero-carbon future through reducing and replacing fossil fuels […]

The World Green Economy Summit – a Reflection on the Worlds New Direction.

Carbon Tanzania at World Green Economy

The World Green Economy Summit felt like a far cry from Carbon Tanzania’s usual working environment, for someone who is used to walking though forests and sleeping under the stars, this hi-tech business driven summit in Dubai was not my ‘natural’ environment. So why were we there? This summit is one of the leading global […]

Is REDD+ working in the Yaeda Valley?

Epic verify Yaeda Valley - Carbon Tanzania

Carbon Tanzania has been collaborating with the Hadza Hunter-gatherer communities of the Yaeda Valley for the past 5 years, supporting them to protect their traditional forested lands where their ancient lifestyle sees them living off the wildlife-rich savannah woodlands. By enforcing their land rights that enshrine a plan to never farm the woodlands, forest carbon […]

Code REDD

Code REDD - Carbon Tanzania

In October 2017 Carbon Tanzania’s application to become a member of Code REDD was accepted. We are now a part of a global network of REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) project developers who, through their membership of this industry organisation, seek to support and scale the UN REDD+ framework to reach its full […]

Sharing the Revenue from Carbon Offsets – What Really Happens?

Revenue sharing Yaeda - Carbon Tanzania

As part of our contractual agreement with the communities in Yaeda Valley, the Carbon Tanzania team heads to Yaeda for meetings in May and November every year. These scheduled meetings are attended by the ward government, village government, partner organizations and members of the Hadza communities, some of whom can walk for a day or […]

Can Offsetting Become as Common as Recycling?

Can offsetting become common practise - Carbon Tanzania

Do you remember why you first started recycling all those years ago?  The environmental activities that the vast majority of us partake in daily, whether it is recycling, conserving water or composting, have become second nature and occur at an almost subconscious level. Have you ever offset your carbon emissions? Many readers have not. Conserving […]

David Beroff

Director of Operations

David is a dedicated conservationist with both an excellent academic record and extensive field experience in designing and implementing practical conservation and agricultural project work. At Carbon Tanzania, he oversees the highly technical aspects of project operations, while also using his interpersonal and language skills to communicate the many and complex details of our projects to our partner communities and field collaborators.

Alpha Jackson

Director of Finance

Alpha is a Certified Public Accountant with a degree in accountancy and finance. Alpha is responsible for overseeing all the finance and accounting systems both within the company and across our projects. Alpha’s work with the communities also ensures that they are able to plan the financial management and implement best practices in the allocation of the revenues from their successful natural resource protection activities.

Marc Baker

Co-founder

Marc oversees project operations, often in the field as well as from the Arusha base, and leads the search to find and develop new areas where our approach can deliver lasting results. As a co-founder of Carbon Tanzania, maintaining a connection with the landscapes in which Carbon Tanzania works is critical to Marc.

Jo Anderson

Co-founder

After an established career as one of East Africa’s leading professional outdoor, trekking and wildlife guides, Jo co-founded Carbon Tanzania. Jo’s focus is to ensure business sustainability through financial management and sales, and to ensure that the company has the financial capacity to scale when opportunities arise.