WWF-Tanzania Fact Sheet
WWF-Tanzania Fact Sheet
WWF-Tanzania Fact Sheet
FACT SHEET
TZ
2012
WWF-Tanzania
Restoring landscapes and reducing deforestation
The Office through Forest project has supported the establishment of both new Protected
Areas as Village Land Forest Reserves and Local Authority Forest Reserves in priority
landscapes. There has been significant achievement with the demarcation of 260,000 ha
within priority landscapes (4,200 ha in Zanzibar and 255,800 ha in Tanzania mainland).
The protected areas developed are strategically located to provide corridors, buffer
functions and connectivity within the landscape areas
Background
WWF has been involved in project work in Tanzania since 1962, but it was in 1990 that it
first established its Tanzania Programme Office (WWF TPO), to develop and manage a
coherent conservation programme for Tanzania and to develop strong links with both the
governmental sectors, institutions and the civil society organizations. It was registered
under the Tanzanian NGOs Act as of February 2004 operating under an agreement with
Tanzanian Government with the latest five year agreement effective from October 2010.
In 2009 WWF-Tanzania changed its status to Country office headed by a Country Director.
Since the establishment in 1990 the Tanzania office has seen an exponential continued
growth with the biggest expansion happening between 2007 and 2010 where the
conservation portfolio annual funding increased from TZS 4.89 (2007) billion to
TZS 11.7 (2010)billion to 16.3 billion (2012) and a staff base of over 100 people in 2012
from 70 in 2007.
Conservation being the core focus WWF Tanzania has been actively involved in the
conservation of natural resources inTanzania in collaboration with government
institutions, local communities and other conservation partners including Civil society
Organizations. While promoting and supporting conservation programmes,
WWF-Tanzania works to ensure that natural environment is well managed and remains
a dependable source of livelihoods for the present and future generations
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MAJOR PROGRAMS:
WWF- Tanzania operates throughout
the country and currently manages a
portfolio of 7 initiatives/ programs
having a suite of 23 projects that has an
average annual budget of USD 8 million
and around 100 permanent staff as of
September 2012.Main programs are
therefore Coastal & Marine, Forests,
Freshwater, Community based Natural
Resources Management, National
Environment Education and Cash-for
Work.
SPECIES
CBNRM
WWF Tanzania in collaboration with
WWF - US has been implementing a
Community Based Natural Resources
Management (CBNRM) Policy program
with funding from USAID since January
2010. The program primary goal is to
enhance communityparticipation in
wildlife conservation through
establishment and management of
Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) on
village land. By registering a WMA,
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FRESH WATER
WWF- Tanzania has six freshwater
programmes/projects. These are:
Ruaha Water Program, Mara River
Basin Management Initiative, Lake
Victoria Catchment Environmental
Education Program, Water Futures
Partnership and two Equitable
Payment for Watershed Services
(in Uluguru and East Usambara
Mountains).
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Species rediscovered
MARINE PROGRAMME
Before 2007, 1,404 km2 near shore
waters within MPAs of which 92% was
effectively unmanaged. Marine parks
that existed became unpopular with
communities and this raised a concern
to introduce co-management approach
in marine fisheries sector by
WWFTanzania through the RUMAKI
program
FOREST
From 2004 to date, WWF has supported
establishment of about 200,000 ha of
new protected forests in Coastal and
Eastern arc forests and Woodlands
occurring in the general land. This is in
addition to restoration of 63,000 ha of
Village land Forest Reserves previously
reported in 2007 in the National Forest
and Beekeeping Data Base. Why is this
important? The rate of deforestation and
degradation in forest resources in
Tanzania is quite alarming.
For example, recent analysis of photo
satellite images by an American research
Jaclyn Hall has revealed that over
16,680 Ha of forest cover in the East
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.WWF TANZANIA
About WWF-Tanzania
Field Offices
Main programs
Forest, Fresh Water, Coastal &
Marine; Climate Change;
Environmental Policies and
Environmental Education, Cash
for Work. WWF-Tanzania has a
suite of around 23 Projects.
Location
.NOVEMBER 2012
WWF-Tanzania manages
10 other field offices
throughout the country.
+100
1990
WWF-Tanzania was established
In 1990, formerly known as Tanzania
Program Office until 2009 where the
status was changed back to a Country
Office.
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