Carbon Tanzania’s response to recent articles on forest carbon credits
By Marc Baker, and Jo Anderson, Founders, Carbon Tanzania We are sitting on the Chingole Ridge in southern Tanzania, discussing recent articles on carbon credits. About 100 metres away – and 80 metres lower – we can see a dense, green forest. Yet here it is gravely; a stunted, Miombo woodland. If you were to […]
After COP27, the time has come for community-led climate change action.
Now that the dust has settled on COP27 in Egypt, many of us working in climate change are asking what was achieved, and many observers are asking “what is the climate COP really meant to achieve anyway”. To paraphrase Christiana Figueres in the most recent episode of the excellent climate change podcast “Outrage and Optimism”, COP is […]
What impact did our work have in 2021?
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Climate Action East Africa
Climate Neutral Now – Nature-based solution Summary of Carbon Tanzania’s Nature-based solutions Preventing deforestation can mitigate 31% of global emissions, while safeguarding important biodiversity. REDD projects can link sustainable management of biodiverse forests to economic and livelihood improvements. Tanzania currently looses approx 1-2% of forests every year, contributing to approximately 70% of the country’s national emissions. […]
The Impact of our Natural Climate Solutions in 2020
Following 10 years of experimenting and innovating, Carbon Tanzania’s approach to community conservation has reached 16 forest communities in Tanzania, protecting over 650,000 ha of forest and avoiding over 1.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. View and download our 2020 impact report for an in-depth analysis of Carbon Tanzania’s impact in 2020.
Indigenous Voices Protecting Forests
The Hadza Hunter-gatherers of Yaeda Chini, Domanga and Mongo wa Mono villages have been powerful Indigenous voices protecting forests on their ancestral lands for decades. They have applied Carbon Tanzania’s community-led approach to REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) to protect their biodiverse and carbon rich forests and following a decade of successful […]
Can Carbon Finance Pay for the Protection of Forests?
Let’s celebrate Nature! Last month the world celebrated Earth Day, 51 years after the first mass gatherings were held recognising the fundamental importance for human societies of our planetary life-support system. On the 5th June we are urged by the United Nations Environment Programme to celebrate World Environment Day, being promoted as a chance for our generation to […]
Reflecting on 10 years of Carbon Tanzania
A discussion with Marc Baker and Jo Anderson as they reflect on 10 years of innovation and learning while growing Carbon Tanzania
Overcoming Communication Challenges with Carbon Champions
How do you overcome the challenges of communicating REDD project goals and outcomes to a community spread over vast forests? Introducing Carbon Champions.
Creating the Foundations for Successful Community Based Conservation
As the Carbon Tanzania operations specialist, I have just had the privilege to participate in a whirlwind tour of the 12 villages and 2 districts that make up the new Yaeda-Eyasi Landscape REDD project, an expansion of the award-winning Yaeda Valley Project. For the eight year lifetime of the Yaeda Valley REDD Project, Carbon Tanzania […]