THE Joint Research Centre of the European Union (Institute for the Environment and Sustainability) and the Tanzania Forest Services (TFS)Agency under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism(MNRT) have today signed a collaboration agreement aimed to help to curb the alarming rate of deforestation in the country.
THE CA is complementary to the on-going NAFORMA , the first ever National forest Assessment in Tanzania, initiate in 2009 and currently in its final stages. Under the agreement, both sides have agreed to cooperate in mapping the land cover changes and forest degradation assessment in support to national readiness initiative for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation).
The signing ceremony was held today Wednesday 27thdMarch at the headquarters of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism in Dar es Saalam.