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Tanzania To Restore Coastline With 1 Million Mangrove Trees

A one-year-campaign geared to restore mangrove forest with one million trees along Tanzania's coastline has been launched in Dar es Salaam as a part of a plan to curb effects of climate change in the country. The project is a part of nearly U.S.$2 Million programme supported by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF).

To kickstart the project, 50 Ismaili community student volunteers planted 1,500 mangrove saplings at Mjimwema Mangrove Forest in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam.

Aga Khan Foundation's Head of Climate Change and Resilient Programme Robert Mganzi, said mangrove trees along the coastline have been adversely affected by growing human activities including building settlement and industrialisation addeing that the project will cover Dar es Salaam, Coast, Lindi and Mtwara, which are bordering the Indian Ocean.

Tanzania: Initiative to Restore Tanzania Coastline With 1 Million Mangrove Trees Launched

Daily News, 25 September 2022

A one-year-campaign geared to restore mangrove forest with one million trees along Tanzania's coastline has been launched in Dar es Salaam as a part plan to curb effects of climate… Read more »
Tanzania: Ocean More Turbulent Than Decades Ago, Says Tanzanian Fisherman #AfricaClimateCrisis

Africa Renewal, 8 June 2022

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Tanzania: Coastal Conservation Efforts Get Support From Unlikely Sources

Daily News, 29 April 2020

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Tanzania: Coral Reefs Off the Coast Are Being Destroyed, Most Beyond Repair

The Conversation Africa, 15 January 2017

If current trends continue and countries fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world's coral reefs will suffer severe bleaching on an annual basis, according… Read more »