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MPs unhappy with wantonly tree felling, call for swift measures
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to avert the trend
MEMBERS of Parliament from two committees Lands, Natural Resource and Tourism and Industries, Trade and Environment have expressed concern over current swift rate of natural forest deforestation, promising to advice the government act by taking concrete measures to stop it.
MPs from two committees: Lands, Natural Resource and Tourism and Industries, Trade and Environment chairmen Aloyce Kwezi and David Kihenzile making their remarks at the meeting that involved their committees and the natural forest conservators in Dodoma over the weekend. Photo: Correspondent Gerald Kitabu
They made the promise in Dodoma over the weekend after the discussion with the natural resource conservators at a meeting aimed at raising awareness so that the two parties could have common understanding and advise the government on the best ways of conserving and managing the swift disappearing natura
Natural forest conservators worried over deforestation
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Natural forest conservators worried over deforestation
NATURAL forest conservators in the country are worried over current swift rate of deforestation which stands at 469,000 hectares annually, saying if this trend goes on unabated; the natural forest on the village land will disappear within 50 years or less.
TFCG executive director Charles Meshack.
The natural forests conservators from Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG), Mpingo Conservation Development Initiative (MCDI), and Tanzanian Community Forest Conservation Network (MJUMITA) said the current swift annual deforestation rate for the forest on the village land has left only five million hectares which are under community-based forest management (CBFM) but the rest 17 million hectares of forests on the village land are not under any kind of CBFM