CC DARE in Tanzania

Country status in brief

Tanzania is signatory to the UNFCCC and submitted her Initial National Communication in 2003. As a least developed country, Tanzania completed the NAPAs in 2005.

CC DARE mission

A CC DARE scoping mission was undertaken in October 2008, where a stakeholder consultation was held with a broad representation of national climate adaptation actors.
Agenda
CC DARE Overview
Agriculture and Forestry
Vulnerability and Adaptation

Proposals submitted

Tanzania submitted 8 proposals for funding through the CC DARE programme. The range of project proposals was varied: ranging from agriculture and water sectors to indigenous methods of weather forecasting as an adaptation tool.
The two approved projects are:

• Identification, documentation and dissemination of indigenous forecasting to adapt to climate change within selected communities
• Improving smallholder livelihoods through woodlots management: An adaptation to climate variability & Change in Makete District, Tanzania

Project implementation started in March 2009.

Contact Persons

UNFCCC National Climate Change focal point:
Richard Muyungi, tanzania37@hotmail.com

CC DARE anchor persons for Tanzania:
Richard Munang, richard.munang@unep.org

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