APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution

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APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution
APOPO HeroTREEs - a Climate-Smart Solution

Project Report | Nov 29, 2016
Rooting for Success

By Nadia Chergui | Donor Care Officer

HeroTREEs Participants
HeroTREEs Participants

We are delighted to announce that the project has officially commenced.

On October 27, Tawero Village in Tanzania, hosted the opening ceremony. About 70 enthusiastic local farmers, along with the community leaders, attended the event. Guest of honour, the Honourable Ashura Abdallah, Ward Executive Officer from Mlimani, officially opened the event.

At the opening ceremony, 22 tree seedlings, predominantly Jackfruit, were planted by honored guests and village leaders.

What your support has helped to achieve

  • Since April 2016, trained farmers working with project have planted 2,000 trees in and are preparing another 18,000 seedlings.
  • A further 13,000 seedlings will be planted in this year’s rainy season in Mlimani Ward (Ruvuma, Tulo and Kisosa) and Mgambazi in Magadu Ward.
  • Three of these villages have already established tree nurseries.

Education - The Root of Success

  • Education on the benefits of trees and selection, as well as management involving the farmers, will be key to the sustainability of the program.
  • Teaching focuses on organic crop production, composting, soil and crop health. The project provides a hands-on training approach to promote sustainable solutions for farmers.
  • Farmers will continue to learn about the benefits of nitrogen-fixing trees and how their litter production and can improve farm productivity.
  • Advice to help farmers maintain tree health and growth will be given throughout.

The forests hugely support the biodiversity in this area and play a vital role in safeguarding the climate by naturally sequestering carbon. We are proud of APOPO taking this step to restore degraded landscapes and reduce the deforestation, which is driven by basic needs, such as subsistence farming and reliance on firewood for fuel.”

Janet Maro, Founder SAT

Thank you for your support

The forests of the Uluguru Mountains are of critical importance to indigenous village communities, the cities of Morogoro and Dar es Salaam, and the survival of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. Furthermore, the project area is of vital importance to for Morogoro city's water supply.

On behalf of the communities involved, please keep supporting this vital work.

Planting
Planting
One of the nurseries
One of the nurseries

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Location: Morogoro, Tanzania - Tanzania, United Republic of
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Project Leader:
Emma Mortiboy
Morogoro , Tanzania Tanzania, United Republic of

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