Can Indigenous Peoples be part of true conservation?

Indigenous people in conservation - Carbon Tanzania

Can Indigenous Peoples be part of the solution to wildlife conservation challenges in the 21st Century? Every August we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples which aims to highlight the diversity and unique nature of 5000 or more cultures around the world. The UN estimates that there are over 370 million indigenous […]

What has Biodiversity ever done for us?

Biodiversity - Carbon Tanzania

The most watched television show in the UK in 2017 was the final episode of “Blue Planet II” narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The documentary highlighted the effects that plastic pollution is having on marine ecosystems, suggesting that micro-plastics in the food chain may cause whale calves to be stillborn. The response in the UK […]

Are all Forests Created Equal?

Forested landscape

Every March we celebrate the International Day of Forests, another of the many international “days” that seem to appear on our social media feeds almost every day of the year. But do these days stimulate increased interest in or action on their subjects? For me the purpose of these days is to simply highlight a […]

Evidence of the Importance of Protecting Hadza lands

Importance of protecting Hadza land - Carbon Tanzania

Why diverse ecosystems are the key to our digestive system – yet more evidence of the importance of protecting the Hadza lands in the Yaeda valley.   Last weekend, it was a pleasure to spend an evening dining with Jeff Leach, talking about microbes, digestion and as he so aptly puts it ‘pooh’. The perfect […]

Stop the Trade and Protect Biodiversity

Stop the wildlife trade - Carbon Tanzania

The theme for World Environment Day 2016 is “stop the illegal trade in wildlife”, not just animals but plant life too, as every stolen item erodes our biodiversity.  The term “illegal wildlife trade” conjures up images of ivory taken from an elephant and sold on the black market, shipments of pangolins or orangutans and the […]

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.