By Whitney Larkin | Executive Director
Did you know that the Coastal Forests of Tanzania are among the ten most threatened in the world? We're not talking about the most threatened in Africa or East Africa for that matter, we're talking about the entire world. This is huge and this is why for over twenty-three years ARC has been at the helm to conserve Tanzania's forests. And thanks to people like you who support and champion our work we are currently working to conserve over 250,000 acres of high-biodiversity forest in eight mountain and coastal regions throughout Tanzania (this encompasses nearly 150 villages and 300,000 people).
One of the Coastal Forests we are currently supporting is the Ruvu South Forest Reserve (RSFR) - one of the most extensive areas of coastal forest in Tanzania. The government of Tanzania has long neglected the reserve, which has allowed illegal charcoal production to take off due to the forest's proximity to the major urban center of Dar es Salaam. While working hard to advocate for joint management of this forest (national policy and law support community participation in the management of government forest reserves), ARC's field partner the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG) has been supporting a variety of forest management, advocacy, and development activities with the ten villages that neighbor RSFR to help mitigate forest loss (remote sensing analysis and field surveys indicate that this forest will be gone in less than 20 years if loss continues at its current rate).
Give today to help us save what is left of Tanzania's rainforest!!! On behalf of all of us at ARC, THANK YOU for helping us conserve Tanzania's forests for generations to come.
If you live in or near New York City, we would love for you to join us at our 23nd annual Artists for Africa Benefit this January 29th at The Bowery Hotel, where you can learn even more about our mission to support grassroots community development and conservation projects in Tanzania. We will be celebrating Thomas Kaplan, the founder of Panthera, and Sarah Collins, the inventor of Wonderbag, by honoring them with our New Species Award and Environmental Innovation Award. More details about this special event for our cause can be found here or purchase tickets here.
Asante Sana!
By Whitney Larkin | Executive Director
By Cameron Bradley | Development Director
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