Saadani national park cover an area of 1100 km2 , located in eastern Tanzania .It offers the unique combination of terrestrial and maritime ecosystems with main vegetation complexes; A heterogeneous forest-savanna-grassland mosaic; The ancient coastal forest on the Zaraninge Plateau; A shoreline with salt flats, coastal fringe forests, herbaceous dune vegetation and mangrove forests; mangrove...
Tree cutting for farmland expansion is threatening Tanzania’s natural forests. Due to lack of knowledge on using manure and fertilizers, farmer normally seek virgin land that is believed to be more productive. As a result they end up clearing natural forests. Let us together support farmers in getting environmental friendly productive means.
Livestock grazing along and inside protected areas is one of the major threat as it mostly results to habitat loss and degradation. Strong and immediate interventions are needed in order to reduce this especially in highly threatened areas like Saadani National Park.
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Plans to protect air, water and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.
ECOWICE have established mushroom project to support community in obtaining alternative source of food and income. The project involved raising environmental awareness, training on mushroom farming and spawns production, support for mushroom production infrastructures and equipments, processing, packaging and marketing. The project will be conducted in 5 districts of Morogoro, Maswa, Handeni,Babati and Karatu whereby...
ECOWICE is currently supporting communities to have alternative means of generating income and food rather than depending on forest and wildlife resources. The project will involve awareness raising on forest conservation and promotion of alternative means generating income activities, including beekeeping and mushroom farming in Maswa, Handeni, Babati, Karatu and Ludewa districts
In most cases the communities adjacent Saadani National park engages on activities that contribute to forest degradation. They cut trees for making charcoal (and sell along the highway), fuel wood and building poles. ECOWICE conducted training on modern beekeeping as the alternative source of income.
In Tanzania you can make money by collecting plastic waste; These plastic waste are ready to be sold for recycling. The business for plastic bottles and hard plastic materials is currently growing that has become one of the source of income to Tanzanians especially those living in urban
ECOWICE staffs has been trained on how various google products for the organization development. The training was organized by Raleigh Tanzania in collaboration with google.
