A Rangers Perspective – Protecting Makame
Carbon Tanzania works with forest communities in Tanzania to protect community owned, threatened forests. The contracts we develop with the communities stipulates that it is our responsibility to develop the carbon project and sell the resulting carbon credits, and that it is the communities’ responsibility to determine the mechanics of how they will protect their […]
Protecting Landscapes for People and Wildlife; REDD+ in the Makame WMA
In January 2016, Carbon Tanzania begins a new challenge, to develop, certify and bring to market a REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation & forest Degradation) project in the Makame Wildlife Management Area (WMA). At 4,500km2 of Acacia-Commiphora woodland, this area supports both Maasai pastoralists and wildlife populations alike. For this blog I wanted to share […]