Usambara Biodiversity Conservation

Usambara Biodiversity Conservation, Tansania

71.1  VQS-Score 

Our project aims to preserve biodiversity in the Eastern Arc Mountains rainforest. To achieve this, we focus on reversing deforestation around the Forest Nature Reserve, promoting environmental conservation education, and alleviating extreme poverty through agroforestry initiatives.

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Schlüsselelemente
Projektaktivitäten
Wiederaufforstung
Reforestation
The project is planting trees to re-establish forest cover in an area of forest that has been deforested.
Agroforstwirtschaft
Agroforestry
The project is planting trees on agricultural land for multiple purposes, including the agricultural use of trees, combined with agricultural crops and/or livestock.
Pflanzmethoden
Direktsaat
Direct Seeding
The sowing of seeds directly into the soil where the trees are to be established.
Ökologischer Nutzen
CO2-Abscheidung
CO2 Capture
The project holds ideal characteristics for carbon sequestration (CO2 offsets). This include a tropical climate zone, fast growing wood species, certain type of forest and project management.
Erhaltung der Fauna
Fauna Conservation
Animal species protection is a part of the plantation management, such as creation of safe habitats.
Vermeidung von Entwaldung
Avoid deforestation
The project sustainable forest management aids to stop deforestation and forest degradation.
Sozialer Nutzen
Studierende und Ehrenamtliche
Students & Volunteers
Projects welcoming students in the context of internships or receiving volunteers.
Ökotourismus
Ecotourism
The project accommodates guests under ecotourism programs.
Ernährungssicherheit
Food security
Through a selection of tree species generating edible by-products (fruit, nuts, seeds, edible leafs) the project contributes to improving nutrition of local communities and help the region becoming more resilient to famine.
Armutsbekämpfung
Poverty Relief
The project creates employment opportunities for poor local communities and reduces exposure and vulnerability to extreme weather events.
Bildung
Education
The project helps girls and boys access quality education in properly equipped schools.
Geschlechtergleichheit
Gender equality
The project aims to reduce inequality between women and men, empowering female farmers/workers.
Umweltbewusstsein
Environmental awareness
The project cultivates environmental education for adults and/or children to raise environmental awareness.
Soziale Integration
Social inclusion
The project promotes initiatives for marginalized group’s social inclusion through education and training.
Lokales Kulturerbe
Local heritage
Local cultural and environmental heritage is promoted, by documenting and preserving traditional practices for future generations knowledge.
Andere Schlüsselaspekte
Regelmäßige Updates
Frequent project updates
The project communicates regularly (more than once a month) letting you know what’s going on in the field.
Das Pflanzteam

Standards zur Reduzierung von Treibhausgasen

Tree-Nation Methodology

Projektbeschreibung

The Eastern Arc Mountains are a global biodiversity hot spot, and this biodiversity must be maintained. Tree nursery projects to reforest lands in the Usambara Mountains African Rainforest are an excellent way to achieve this imperative. Population growth puts further pressure on the Forest Nature Reserve as people need building materials, cooking fuel, and other tree products. The project has the objective to enhance tree planting in and around villages adjacent to Nature Forest Reserve and the Jegestal water source. By assuring adequate tree availability to communities in the Usambara Mountains, we can avoid the unsustainable illegal use of the Reserves.

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