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Tanzania imetia saini mkataba wa moja ya miradi mikubwa ya mikopo ya kaboni inayotokana na ardhi Afrika Mashariki.
Mradi huu unahusisha mbuga sita za kitaifa, zenye ukubwa wa hekta milioni 1.8 (ekari milioni 4.4).
Tanzania, ambayo ina raslimali ya misitu ya karibu hekta milioni 48, imeibuka kuwa moja ya washiriki wa Afrika wanaoongoza katika biashara ya kimataifa ya mikopo ya kaboni.
Haya yanajiri huku viongozi wa dunia wakiwa Dubai kwa mkutano wa COP28 unaolenga kutafuta njia za kukabiliana na mabadiliko ya tabia nchi.
Pesa zinazolipwa na shirika zinakusudiwa kwenda kwenye miradi ya kupunguza kaboni, kwa hivyo kwa kila tani ya kaboni dioksidi (CO2) iliyotolewa, mkopo unawakilisha tani ya CO2 ambayo ilinaswa.
Mkataba huo mpya ni muungano kati ya wakala wa usimamizi wa mbuga za wanyama nchini Tanzania, Tanapa, na kampuni ya Carbon Tanzania, inayopatikana nchini.
Baadhi ya mapato kutokana na mauzo ya mikopo ya kaboni yataenda kwa Tanapa na jumuiya za mitaa, Carbon Tanzania ilisema Alhamisi.
Kando na kuwezesha biashara ya mikopo ya kaboni, mradi pia "utazingatia ulinzi, uhifadhi, na usimamizi ulioimarishwa wa maeneo haya ya hifadhi ya taifa, kulinda mazingira yao ya asili na rasilimali muhimu za wanyamapori", kampuni hiyo iliongeza.
Hifadhi sita za taifa zilizotengwa kwa ajili ya mradi huo ni Burigi-Chato, Uwanda wa Katavi, Mto Ugalla, Mkomazi, Mkondo wa Gombe na Milima ya Mahale
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Tanzania has signed a deal for one of East Africa's biggest land-based carbon credit projects.
The project covers six national parks, spanning 1.8 million hectares (4.4 million acres).
Tanzania, which has forest resources of nearly 48 million hectares, has emerged as one of the leading African players in the global carbon credit trade.
It comes as world leaders are in Dubai for the COP28 summit aimed at finding ways to tackle climate change.
Carbon credits work like this: an organisation that pollutes can buy a credit which is worth one tonne of carbon dioxide.
The money paid by the organisation is meant to go towards carbon-lowering schemes, so for every tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted, the credit represents a tonne of CO2 that was captured.
In this way, the overall amount of (CO2) and other pollutants produced is supposed to stay the same, or even be lowered.
The new deal is an alliance between Tanzania's national park management agency, Tanapa, and Carbon Tanzania, a locally based company.
Some of the revenue from the sale of carbon credits will go to Tanapa and local communities, Carbon Tanzania said on Thursday.
Aside from facilitating the trade in carbon credits, the project will also "focus on the protection, conservation, and enhanced management of these national park areas, safeguarding their natural ecosystems and vital wildlife resources", the company added.
The six national parks designated for the project are Burigi-Chato, Katavi Plains, Ugalla River, Mkomazi, Gombe Stream and Mahale Mountains.
The project will receive additional funding from Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited, an agricultural and manufacturing company owned by prominent Tanzanian businessman Mohammed Dewji.
In February, Tanzania entered a preliminary agreement for an even far bigger carbon credit deal, covering 8.1 million hectares, nearly 8% of Tanzania's total land mass.
February's agreement was entered with Blue Carbon, a UAE company that says it provides nature-based solutions and carbon removal projects using modern approaches.
In recent years, there has been an increase in carbon-offsetting companies taking control of land in sub-Saharan Africa for multi-year carbon-credit projects, which some critics say is a form of neo-colonialism.
Blue Carbon has been particularly criticised by environmentalists.
The company says its projects are done under strict regulation and benefit local communities. It also says that countries partner with it voluntarily.
The Emirati company has also signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) relating to carbon credits with other African countries, including Liberia, Kenya, Zambia and Angola.
If finalised, these proposals could produce deals granting Blue Carbon control of massive areas of land in these countries for use in carbon credits production.
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Mradi huu unahusisha mbuga sita za kitaifa, zenye ukubwa wa hekta milioni 1.8 (ekari milioni 4.4).
Tanzania, ambayo ina raslimali ya misitu ya karibu hekta milioni 48, imeibuka kuwa moja ya washiriki wa Afrika wanaoongoza katika biashara ya kimataifa ya mikopo ya kaboni.
Haya yanajiri huku viongozi wa dunia wakiwa Dubai kwa mkutano wa COP28 unaolenga kutafuta njia za kukabiliana na mabadiliko ya tabia nchi.
Pesa zinazolipwa na shirika zinakusudiwa kwenda kwenye miradi ya kupunguza kaboni, kwa hivyo kwa kila tani ya kaboni dioksidi (CO2) iliyotolewa, mkopo unawakilisha tani ya CO2 ambayo ilinaswa.
Mkataba huo mpya ni muungano kati ya wakala wa usimamizi wa mbuga za wanyama nchini Tanzania, Tanapa, na kampuni ya Carbon Tanzania, inayopatikana nchini.
Baadhi ya mapato kutokana na mauzo ya mikopo ya kaboni yataenda kwa Tanapa na jumuiya za mitaa, Carbon Tanzania ilisema Alhamisi.
Kando na kuwezesha biashara ya mikopo ya kaboni, mradi pia "utazingatia ulinzi, uhifadhi, na usimamizi ulioimarishwa wa maeneo haya ya hifadhi ya taifa, kulinda mazingira yao ya asili na rasilimali muhimu za wanyamapori", kampuni hiyo iliongeza.
Hifadhi sita za taifa zilizotengwa kwa ajili ya mradi huo ni Burigi-Chato, Uwanda wa Katavi, Mto Ugalla, Mkomazi, Mkondo wa Gombe na Milima ya Mahale
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Tanzania has signed a deal for one of East Africa's biggest land-based carbon credit projects.
The project covers six national parks, spanning 1.8 million hectares (4.4 million acres).
Tanzania, which has forest resources of nearly 48 million hectares, has emerged as one of the leading African players in the global carbon credit trade.
It comes as world leaders are in Dubai for the COP28 summit aimed at finding ways to tackle climate change.
Carbon credits work like this: an organisation that pollutes can buy a credit which is worth one tonne of carbon dioxide.
The money paid by the organisation is meant to go towards carbon-lowering schemes, so for every tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted, the credit represents a tonne of CO2 that was captured.
In this way, the overall amount of (CO2) and other pollutants produced is supposed to stay the same, or even be lowered.
The new deal is an alliance between Tanzania's national park management agency, Tanapa, and Carbon Tanzania, a locally based company.
Some of the revenue from the sale of carbon credits will go to Tanapa and local communities, Carbon Tanzania said on Thursday.
Aside from facilitating the trade in carbon credits, the project will also "focus on the protection, conservation, and enhanced management of these national park areas, safeguarding their natural ecosystems and vital wildlife resources", the company added.
The six national parks designated for the project are Burigi-Chato, Katavi Plains, Ugalla River, Mkomazi, Gombe Stream and Mahale Mountains.
The project will receive additional funding from Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited, an agricultural and manufacturing company owned by prominent Tanzanian businessman Mohammed Dewji.
In February, Tanzania entered a preliminary agreement for an even far bigger carbon credit deal, covering 8.1 million hectares, nearly 8% of Tanzania's total land mass.
February's agreement was entered with Blue Carbon, a UAE company that says it provides nature-based solutions and carbon removal projects using modern approaches.
In recent years, there has been an increase in carbon-offsetting companies taking control of land in sub-Saharan Africa for multi-year carbon-credit projects, which some critics say is a form of neo-colonialism.
Blue Carbon has been particularly criticised by environmentalists.
The company says its projects are done under strict regulation and benefit local communities. It also says that countries partner with it voluntarily.
The Emirati company has also signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) relating to carbon credits with other African countries, including Liberia, Kenya, Zambia and Angola.
If finalised, these proposals could produce deals granting Blue Carbon control of massive areas of land in these countries for use in carbon credits production.
You may also be interested.
BBC
