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Tanzania:
Salty Soils Drive Farmers Into Forest Reserve
AlertNet, 31 January 2012
Thousands of farmers in Tanzania's Rufiji Delta have been accused of destroying mangroves as they search for new land to grow their rice crops, which are being damaged by… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Pangani Rare Mangroves 'Vanishing'
Daily News, 28 January 2012
CARELESS destruction of the mangrove forest in Pangani district, Tanga region, has accelerated the disappearance of eight unique mangrove species rarely found in other places in… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Timber Logging in Rufiji Continue
Daily News, 29 December 2011
Remnants of torched farm huts suspended from the ground by burnt out logs mostly mangroves, are testimony that something went terribly wrong in Rufiji Delta. Ash is scattered all… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Rufiji Farmers Allowed to Continue Farming but No Compensation Yet
Daily News, 27 December 2011
FRUSTRATED Rufiji Delta paddy rice farmers whose huts and coconut trees were destroyed by Mangrove Management Project officers last October in a bid to evict them from a forest… Read more »
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Tanzania:
WWF Plans in Rufiji Delta Suffer Setback
Daily News, 25 December 2011
A PLAN to start baseline survey in Rufiji delta by World Wildlife Fund for Nature which wants to help villagers get paid through REDD, has suffered a setback from the torching of… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Mtwara Mangrove Protection Succeeds
Daily News, 18 November 2011
NOW that Rama Ngole, a fisherman of Msimbati Village in Mtwara Rural District, understands the importance of preserving the surrounding coastline he has joined other villagers to… Read more »
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Tanzania:
WWF Fears Backlash On Rufiji Delta Mangrove Forest Initiative
Daily News, 14 November 2011
TORCHING of paddy rice farm huts and felling of coconut trees in the Rufiji Delta mangrove forest reserve, carried out recently by Mangrove Management Project, may affect future… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Rufiji Delta Project Still On
Daily News, 31 October 2011
Replacing community conservation of mangrove forests at Rufiji delta in favour of fortress conservation by the state to meet carbon trading needs will not work. Read more »