Environmental policy and administrative management

The Friends of Usambara society have realised the problem of human influence in depleting the forests leading to death of flora and fauna of the ecosystem. The rivers are also drying up causing drought and hunger to people living in the Usambara mountains and those in low lands where the rivers are going. The project main objective is to rehabilitate degraded land in Mziasaa and Baga through establishment of household level woodlots and community based training of sustainable management of forest resources. Therefore, the NGO intends to collaborate with local communities at Mziasaa and Baga to regenerate forest resources and empower them to manage restored forests on a sustainable basis. The project intends to initiate and promote viable and profitable alternative sources of income generating activites such as bee keeping, fish farming and growing of a high quality banana and macadamia, it futher intends to educate and sensitize the communities on the use of energy saving stoves.The project will reach its objective by establishment of household level woodlots and community based training of sustainable management of forest resources. The project will therefore have economic and ecological results.

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