By Bisola Adeyemo
The Norwegian government has concluded plans to fund Tanzania’s capacity building initiative to tackle environmental conservation as well as to reduce emissions caused by deforestation.
To this effect, 3million US dollars was disbursed by the Norwegian government to fund Tanzania’s projects.
The capacity-building initiative will be implemented through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) project in efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation as well as to foster conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.
The grants which were provided through the Norwegian Development Agency (NORAD),will be under International Union for Conservation for Nature (IUCN) supervision and will be operating within three years.
The IUCN Coordinator for Eastern and Southern Africa, Mr Charles Uluchina said in Morogoro recently that the REDD+ project will be implemented by the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) in collaboration with IUCN in the Ifakara area, Kilombero district of Morogoro region and Ihemi located in Iringa region.
Mr Uluchina said recently that if the second phase of the project is properly implemented, donors could add another five years.
He said they will work closely together to ensure that the support provided works as intended so that donors can continue to fund Tanzania’s projects.
