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Nguru Forest – Tanzania

A smiling nursery worker crouches between rows of seedlings, with a blue net canopy above her.

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About the project

The Nguru Forest Project in Tanzania aims to improve livelihoods and restore exceptionally biodiverse Afromontane forests through an integrated approach consisting of forest restoration, agroforestry and forest protection.

The project is situated in the Nguru Landscape, a globally recognised biodiversity hotspot with exceptionally high levels of endemism in both flora and fauna. The project region borders two forest reserves, Mkingu (23,888 ha) and Kanga (7,183 ha). The current land use, characterised by low agricultural productivity and high pressure on the forest, is not sustainable from both a community and biodiversity perspective.

Through the introduction of sustainable alternatives, Nguru Forest aims to improve local livelihoods around the forest reserves and conserve and expand the exceptional biodiversity.

I work in the nursery, and I have planted trees from the project in my own farm plot. The project is helping me because with the money I earn, I can send my kids to school.
  • A forested hill with a double rainbow arching over it.
  • Nevi, a nursery worker, is smiling and holding a seedling in a field of other seedlings.
  • Damian, a forest ambassador, kneeling to measure a seedling with mountains in the background.
  • A tree nursery with mountains in the background.
  • A smiling nursery worker crouches between rows of seedlings, with a blue net canopy above her.
  • A forested hill with a double rainbow arching over it.
  • Nevi, a nursery worker, is smiling and holding a seedling in a field of other seedlings.
  • Damian, a forest ambassador, kneeling to measure a seedling with mountains in the background.
  • A tree nursery with mountains in the background.
  • A smiling nursery worker crouches between rows of seedlings, with a blue net canopy above her.

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