News about MCDI
Critically endangered plant rediscovered and now protected by a Tanzanian farming community
Local people in Mchakama village expanded their village forest reserve by over 4,000 hectares to protect a critically endangered plant that was...
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5 ways Tanzanian communities are using forests to achieve the SDGs
So, you think it's only the big players - governments, private sector and international NGOs - who can make a difference towards achieving the 2020...
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Africa's first community-owned FSC-certified sawmill for sustainable hardwoods from natural forests
Some of the world’s poorest people have opened up a new and lucrative source of revenue through Tanzania's first FSC-certified community-owned...
Read moreGovernance, carbon management and land-use in Tanzania
This year, CIFOR released a Working Paper on multilevel governance, carbon management and land-use decisions in Tanzania, which includes a comparative...
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Sawn wood ups community earnings by 18%
Since 2013, we have worked with the Tanzanian Government and other partners to support 14 villages in Liwale District to secure rights to forests on...
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FSC-certified communities get techie
Earlier in 2016, our partner, United States Forest Service, generously donated 13 GPS units for communities to use to better monitor their locally...
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How forests are helping to eradicate rural poverty in Tanzania
Today is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Here is how we are using forests as a tool to alleviate rural poverty in Tanzania, where...
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How forests have empowered rural women in Tanzania
“Before, local people weren’t aware of the importance of the forest, now they are more conscious, because of education in the village... I know the...
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Villages want to protect forests - and they're willing to pay for it
40,000 more hectares of forests protected in 12 months
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New National Forest Stewardship Standards for mainland Tanzania up for public consultation.
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