{"id":8909,"date":"2024-01-09T20:39:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=8909"},"modified":"2024-01-09T20:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:39:28","slug":"vacant-project-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/vacant-project-manager","title":{"rendered":"Vacant: Project Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends of Lake Tanganyika – Tanzania
\n<\/strong>Friends of Lake Tanganyika (FOLT) is a non-governmental organization established in 2012 and registered under the Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organization Act No.24, 2022, with registration No: 00NGO\/008484. FOLT is headquartered in Katumbi Village in Uvinza District, Kigoma Region. FOLT\u2019s mission is to end extreme poverty, hunger and environmental degradation across the Lake Tanganyika Basin by providing local communities access to equitable use of natural resources and how to sustainably manage those resources. FOLT envisions a sound Lake Tanganyika basin where people and nature thrive together.<\/p>\n

The Mahale Mountains Agroforestry Project
\n<\/strong>FOLT, in partnership with the Belgian NGO WeForest, is planning to implement the 6-year Mahale Mountains Agroforestry Project. The project\u2019s main goal is to reduce pressure on natural forests and improve the living conditions of smallholder farmers in Uvinza District in the Greater Mahale Ecosystem (GME) through the establishment of agroforestry<\/a> systems on 2,500 smallholders hectares from 2024 to 2029.<\/p>\n

The objectives are as follows:<\/p>\n

Objective 1: Agroforestry Systems: <\/a><\/strong>To establish agroforestry systems and other tree crops with smallholder farmers to decrease pressure on natural forests by increasing farm productivity and tree cover in the landscape.<\/p>\n

Objective 2: Livelihoods:<\/strong> To increase and sustain production<\/a> of food, fodder and fuelwood for household consumption and potentially support the development of top agricultural value chains.<\/p>\n

Objective 3: Environmental Education:<\/strong> To sensitize project communities on climate change and forest<\/a> and landscape restoration to conserve natural resources such as fishing and chimpanzee habitat; as well as build interest and commitment in participating in the agroforestry project activities.<\/p>\n

Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Core duties include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n