Z’bar: ‘Illegal timber paradise’

Zanzibar is increasingly becoming a transit point for timber illegally harvested on Mainland Tanzania, a senior government official in the Isles revealed in the city yesterday.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Jun

EA vows to combat illegal timber trade

>Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda have declared their intention of working together to curb the illegal timber trade that is stripping Africa of its forestry resources.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Jul

INSIGHT: Tanzania joins league to combat illegal timber trade

>The economic costs of illegal logging are not only staggering globally and in the region but also greatly handicapping national efforts and the endeavour of our neighbours to exploit the potential of forests to improve the quality of life of their people.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Sep

TZ joins forces with nieghbouring countries to fight illegal timber trade

The groundbreaking decision was finalised in Durban, South African and was facilitated by the WWF

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Mar

SPECIAL REPORT: Tanzania, Kenya to end the Sh16bn illegal cross-border timber trade

In 2013, the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC, and WWF—the leading organisation in wildlife conservation and endangered species—carried out a rapid assessment on the Tanzania and Mozambique border to establish the extent of illegal cross-border timber trade.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Feb

Z’bar govt says illegal logs to be shipped back

The government of Zanzibar has said that the contraband logs from Madagascar, which were impounded recently, would be returned to where they came from due to lack of legal powers to prosecute the importers or confiscate their consignment.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Mar

In the midst of a piece of paradise

In 2012, before moving to Tanzania, I travelled from my home in America to the village of Litembo in the most southwestern part of Tanzania.

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

06 Oct

Hawkers' Paradise and Other Promises

Hawkers' Paradise and Other Promises
AllAfrica.com
Were Tanzania's presidential candidates to be believed, hawkers would be free to display their wares wherever they choose, small traders would have unlimited access to loans and education would be free at least up to secondary level. Those are some of ...

 

10 years ago

East African Business Week

11 Nov

Exploring a Quiet Paradise

Exploring a Quiet Paradise
East African Business Week
Mwanza — About 50 miles off the north of Mwanza port lies the small island of Ukerewe. The island is located in the Lake Victoria and harbours some of the most strikingly beautiful and untouched tropical beaches and landscapes in Africa. The amount of rich ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Mar

TZ, Kenya sign MoU on timber theft

>Tanzania and Kenya have signed an MOU to combat illegal logging that cost billions of shillings in government revenue.

 

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