The 20th Tanzania Economic Update (TEU) shows that accelerating a fertility decline has the potential to enable the country to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend, which refers to how improved health and reduced fertility can drive economic growth. When a country experiences better health outcomes and fewer births, …
COMMUNITIES from two villages of Mbulu District in Manyara Region have started leaping the benefits of their responsible forest conservation behaviour with a 38m/- pay check during the first six months of 2014. Carbon Tanzania said in a recent report posted on its website that the two villages, Domanga and …
Have you heard? Interpol, the world’s largest police organization, recently launched a Most Wanted List of environmental fugitives. Already, two suspected bad guys have been caught. The groundbreaking public appeal is the first time ever that Interpol is asking the public to assist in the capture of environmental crime fugitives, …
DAR ES SALAAM - The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) on Sunday appealed to the public to help offer information that will lead to the arrest of nine most wanted suspects. The suspects were accused of carrying out environmental crimes, including wildlife trafficking, illegal fishing, illegal logging and illegal trading …
Marine researchers in the country have discovered large volumes of Nile tilapia within Nyumba ya Mungu dam that are known to outcompete indigenous species. Speaking exclusively to the 'Sunday News' on Saturday, the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) Director General, Dr Semvua Mzighani, said that the new species bring hope …
COMPLETION of a water project worth 186m/- will assist residents of Namkongo village who have had to walk long distance to fetch water from wells in neighbouring villages. Speaking after unveiling the water project, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Secretary General, Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, said the project was part of …
The QUALMAT (Quality of Maternal and Prenatal Care: Bridging the Know-do Gap) project has introduced an electronic clinical decision support system (CDSS) for pre-natal and maternal care services in rural primary health facilities in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Tanzania.
A SENIOR official in the Forestry and Beekeeping Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Kastory Matembele Timbula, shows a beehive to the Chief Technical Advisor of the National Forestry and Beekeeping Programme, Ms Anna-Leena Simula, at Gole village in Handeni District. HANGING in trees, a number …
FARMERS and rural communities commonly vulnerable to effects of climate change will start receiving regular information for sustainable planning. This becomes possible as the government and UNDP-Tanzania promote access to relevant climate data to help reduce the impact of climate change in all development sectors. The assurance was given in …
MINISTER of State in the Vice-President's Office ( Environment) Dr Binilith Mahenge, has commended North Mara Gold Mine for conforming to the highest environmental protection standards. "I am impressed to see that North Mara Gold Mine has heavily invested in environmental programmes and I believe other mines will take a …
THERE is a significant increase in the number of patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) amongst young people in the country. According to Kibong'oto National Tuberculosis Hospital (KNTH) Director, Dr Riziki Kisonga, the most affected are people in the age of between 25 and 46. Dr Kisonga said that until July …
FOUR local firms have received 400,000 U$ (over 600m/-) grants from United States African Development Foundation to help enhance rural electrification. At a presentation ceremony held in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday and presided over by Energy and Minerals Minister, Professor Sospeter Muhongo and USADF President and Chief Executive Officer, …
A SOLUTION to the chronic water problem in Sengerema District is in sight, thanks to the signing of a 20bn/- water and sanitation project. The Sengerema Water and Sanitation Project contract was signed here on Tuesday, paving the way for China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), the project contractor, to …
LONGIDO, a largely pastoral district in the northern part of the country, located about 70km north of Arusha near the Namanga border with Kenya has experienced a dramatic depletion of natural forests, soil erosion, change of weather, loss of biodiversity, water catchments and soil fertility, resulting in abject poverty. To …
We surveyed 3199 first- and final-year medical and nursing students at 16 premier government institutions in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia. The survey contained questions to identify factors that could predict students’ intentions to migrate. Primary outcomes were the likelihoods of migrating …
Tanzania will extend piped water supplies throughout most of its cities and cut leakages by more than half in the second stage of a development program, the Daily News reported, citing Water Minister Jumanne Maghembe. The government and donors will finance 5.6 trillion shilling ($3.3 billion) of water-infrastructure projects, Maghembe …
Poor countries have had to divert large chunks of their budget to adapt to climate change and run the risk of crowding out spending on health and education, a new report suggests. Over four years from 2008-11, Ethiopia committed 14% of its national budget to climate change, or nearly half …
The international community has fundamentally failed to put in place at sufficient scale either the financing or the delivery mechanisms needed to strengthen the resilience and enhance the adaptation capabilities of vulnerable people. As a result, government and household budgets in the poorest countries have been left to foot the …
Groundwater is essential to modern human survival during drought periods. There is also growing geological evidence of springs associated with stone tools and hominin fossils in the East African Rift System (EARS) during a critical period for hominin evolution (from 1.8 Ma). However it is not known how vulnerable these …
Despite the huge death numbers, experts believe elephants can survive if countries are willing to invest in wildlife security Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent’s death rate of the world’s largest mammals because of an increased demand for …
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent's death rate of the world's largest mammals because of an increased demand for ivory in China and other Asian nations, a new study published Monday found. Warnings about …
