DR BILAL TO GRACE NATIONAL MEETING ON WORSENING LOSS OF FOREST COVER IN TANZANIA
Dar
es salaam will today host the National Forestry Conference to
deliberate the worsening deforestation and forest degradation in the
country and it will be officially opened by Vice President Dr Mohamed
Gharib Bilal.
The one-day conference, jointly organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, UONGOZI Institute and the Development Partners Group on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, aims to raise awareness on issues of sustainable forest management in Tanzania.
A statement released yesterday by UONGOZI institute said Tanzania is endowed with about 48 million hectares (ha) of natural forest and woodland resources.
“Many Tanzanians are heavily dependent on forestry resources for their livelihoods through the trading of wood and non-wood forest products.
However, in most cases, the forests and woodlands including the majority of forest reserves are not well managed and in that context, rates of deforestation and resource degradation are alarmingly high,” says the statement in part.
The conference is expected to bring together key decision and policy makers and relevant stakeholders from the public sector, private sector, civil society and religious organisations.
It is also expected that the meeting will kick-start the development of a national roadmap and action plan that will ensure immediate responses to the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation.
The National Forestry Conference will thus establish a national platform to ensure forests and woodlands and their biodiversity and wildlife are sustainably managed.
The one-day conference, jointly organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, UONGOZI Institute and the Development Partners Group on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, aims to raise awareness on issues of sustainable forest management in Tanzania.
A statement released yesterday by UONGOZI institute said Tanzania is endowed with about 48 million hectares (ha) of natural forest and woodland resources.
“Many Tanzanians are heavily dependent on forestry resources for their livelihoods through the trading of wood and non-wood forest products.
However, in most cases, the forests and woodlands including the majority of forest reserves are not well managed and in that context, rates of deforestation and resource degradation are alarmingly high,” says the statement in part.
The conference is expected to bring together key decision and policy makers and relevant stakeholders from the public sector, private sector, civil society and religious organisations.
It is also expected that the meeting will kick-start the development of a national roadmap and action plan that will ensure immediate responses to the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation.
The National Forestry Conference will thus establish a national platform to ensure forests and woodlands and their biodiversity and wildlife are sustainably managed.
SOURCE:
THE GUARDIAN
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