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A community member asks questions about the harvesting plan.
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Reducing Charcoal's Threat to Biodiversity: Government Mainstreaming of Sustainable Charcoal Production in Energy-Sector Policy Tools
Grantee Name: 
Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
AMOUNT
US$100,000
DATES
Jan 2018
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Oct 2019
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
AMOUNT
US$100,000
DATES
Jan 2018
-
Oct 2019

Promote a national policy that recognizes that charcoal production can be a force for sustainable forest management. While working with national policy-makers, conduct pilot work in the Kilolo District to demonstrate that household energy needs can be met from charcoal while still ensuring good management of a Key Biodiversity Area.

Strategic Direction: 1 Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.