'When I first began work in the forest 15 years ago it was clearly a biologically important place, but it rang with the sound of axes and machetes,' says project leader ...

The United Republic of Tanzania has announced it will protect a globally unique forest ecosystem in East Africa, following research that demonstrated it is under threat from illegal activities ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Conservation efforts often falter on the fault line between ecological ambition and ...

When the international forest conservation scheme known as REDD+ first came to Tanzania in 2008, it brought hopes of slowing deforestation and curbing climate change.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – WWF commends the government of Tanzania’s commitment, announced today, to restore 5.2 million hectares of degraded and deforested land. The commitment is part of the African ...

WWF Tanzania is seeking to recruit a Forest Programme Officer to be stationed at Kilwa field office in Lindi Region. Apply to: [email protected] Apply by: Monday 21st May, 2018 at 1630hrs We use ...

Trees in Tanzania’s southeast region are being burned down, sometimes illegally, to make way for sesame farms. In one small village with a thriving community-owned forest project, sesame ...

A new type of snake, a species of bush viper, was discovered in southern Tanzania during a recent biological survey. The snake's exact location is being kept secret to protect the visually ...

Coast Region has a total forest reserve area of 444,440 ha. However, due to ongoing unsustainable harvesting of the forests, most of the forest reserves area have become grass land.

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A surge in illegal logging is devastating native forests in coastal Tanzania's Rufiji district, despite efforts by authorities to curb forest ...

03/28/2017 March 28, 2017. Through local conservation projects and guiding tourists, villagers living around Tanzania's Amani Nature Reserve are protecting the land they once exploited.

Tanzania: Meet Coucal the Rampaging Killer of Birds in the Forest. 21 June 2014. Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) By Reginald Stanislaus. ... In a different state of art, ...