Projects and activities of the UNEP Regional Seas Programme: protection, sustainable management and development of marine and coastal environments.

A very brief description of the Tanzanian component of "Reducing Biodiversity loss at selected crossborder sites in East Africa", a GEF project. The project aims to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss at four cross-border sites of global significance in East Africa. Primary project activities include faciltitating communities and district development agencies to work together with forestry, wildlife, and environmental agencies in promoting sustainable resource use. The project also works to balance resource demand and supply through the encouragement of resource management plans and alternative economic activities. The project functions at both national and district levels. Links are given to the GEF, Tanzanian Association of Foresters, FAO, World Wide Fund for Nature etc.

The Eastern African DataBase and Atlas Project (EAF/14) was initiated in 1993 by UNEP to improve the knowledge and management of coastal resources of Eastern Africa. The main components are the producing maps and atlases and developing a GIS based database of the coastal zone of Eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoros and Seychelles.
The database covers the land-sea interaction area, approximately 50km of the land and 50km of the ocean. You can download summaries of the atlases and lists of the ArcView based GIS layers available, and contact the project teams for more detailed data.

FARM (Food & Agricultural Research Management) works to help poor rural communities produce more food so they do not have to depend on
handouts of aid. Working alongside local farmers, FARM-Africa identifies the problems limiting agricultural production and finds appropriate solutions, such as control of crop pests, treatment of livestock diseases, or soil and water conservation. Its projects include establishing rural drug shops to improve animal healthcare, experimenting with different types of crops, teaching rudimentary veterinary skills and irrigating crops from seasonal river diversions.

Overview of German technical assistance (GTZ) to the wildlife sector in Tanzania. Conservation of natural resources and protection of the environment and biodiversity are priorities of German development policy. The aims are to secure the biological diversity in important wildlife ecosystems, in particular Selous, Saadani, Katavi-Rukwa and Kagera; benefits are yielded for the local communities and the nation on a sustainable basis; and communities countrywide manage and conserve natural resources on their land.

The Trust exists solely to fund the Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania and to save the endangered African black rhino. It also manage a successful captive breeding and translocation program to save the endangered African wild dog and an outreach program for the residents of villages surrounding the reserve.