Since its head office opened in Johannesburg 16 years ago, the African arm of environmental campaign group Greenpeace has made a name for itself, battling governments and corporations to defend […]
Dr. Chelestino Balama, the Director of Forest Utilization Research at the Tanzania Forest Research Institute (TAFORI), recently highlighted the importance of the forestry sector during a visit by forestry and […]
Tanzania’s readiness for COP16 on biodiversity reflects both significant progress and the challenges that remain in meeting international commitments. The country has been actively aligning its National Biodiversity Strategy and […]
We must admit that over 60 percent of Tanzanians live in rural area, where the majority of these are preoccupied with small-scale farming as a means of livelihood. In quick […]
You’ve probably heard of carbon credits. But what about biodiversity credits? There’s no question that the world is losing its biodiversity at alarming rates, with a million species threatened with extinction in […]
A new commentary piece in Nature argues that the much-cited claim that Indigenous peoples protect 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity is not only baseless, but wrong. Although scientists and […]