Botanists surveying a remote forest reserve on Pemba Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago have discovered a forest of rare trees — the only place in Africa where they’re known to occur in the ...

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in Tanzania. Scientists have named the canopy-piercing tree Tessmannia princeps ...

WWF Tanzania is a registered International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with local registration under the United Republic of Tanzania. It has legal status and formal agreement with Government ...

Tanzania government is satisfied with the results of the REDD+ pilot project which was implemented in the country Tanzania government is satisfied with the results of the REDD+ pilot project which was ...

By Ryan Truscott Despite their name, tree hyraxes — small, furry, nocturnal African mammals — don’t always live in trees. In Tanzania’s Pare mountains, near the border with Kenya, they’ve adapted to ...

With the government reportedly attracting over 20 corporations that want to invest over $20 billion (Sh46.9 trillion), the production and sale of carbon offsets are finally turning a profit in ...

TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Forest protection agencies in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and Madagascar will step up joint efforts to combat the rapidly expanding trade in illegal ...

BABATI, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Magdalena Gwasuma ducks carefully into a small, dark cage at the back of her house, where rows of fresh oyster mushrooms sit on wooden shelves. “I ...