Blog | Increasing climate resilience of refugees and host communities in Tanzania: Challenges and opportunities

Deforestation has been identified as the major environmental challenge throughout Kigoma region, and underlying factors include: illegal expansion of agricultural activities and/or settlements in the forest, grazing and improper livestock keeping in the forest, charcoal making, uncontrolled forest fires, and pit-sawing and pole cutting. The region is becoming degraded through over-exploitation of natural resources, and […]