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7.5+ Billion

Total income generated by communities living adjacent to the Eastern Arc Mountains across key livelihood projects

12
Districts reached with project interventions
9
Protected Areas under active support
7,947Ha
of degraded land rehabilitated
2.8Mil
Indigenous trees planted
4,851
Patrols conducted in the Protected Area
3,973Km
Nature Trails & Drive Routes maintained
1,403Km
of fire lines maintained
95%
reduction in forest fires
24,121
of community members employed as casual Labors
9
Local tour guide groups supported
9
Cultural Tourism Groups supported
37
Beacons installed in Protected Areas
8,986Km
Forest Boundaries Maintained
169
Supported Village Natural Recourses Committees (VNRCs) with respective Village by-laws
9
Villages supported with Land Use Plans development
3.3Mil
Fuelwood Efficient Stoves constructed
16
Biogas Plant technology installed
50%
reduction on fuelwood use
93
schools engaged on conservation education project
12Mil
trees planted in schools and Village Areas
23,970
students engaged as conservation ambassadors
93
tree nurseries established
12
Different types of Income Generating Activities (IGAs) supported and adopted by local communities
205,443
Community members reached on IGAs
1:1.03
Men to Women gender inclusion ratio in project interventions
126
Groups of beekeeping formulated
4,095
Beehives facilitated
62
Groups of fish farming formulated
620
fish ponds owned by communities
16
Groups of cow husbandry formulated
240
cows owned
36
Pigs keeping groups formulated
2,304
pigs owned
34
Groups of Goats keeping formulated
1,904
Goats owned
62
Poultry keeping groups formulated
104,000
chickens owned
Key Features of the Eastern Arc Mountains

13 Blocks

separate Mountain blocks form the EAMs

600Km

of a broad arc formed by EAMs blocks

23 ,000 sq km

of the area covered by EAMs blocks

12 Blocks

of the EAMs blocks are within Tanzania, spreading in over 15 Districts – forming amazing landscapes!

40%

of Tanzania’s remaining Tropical high forests are within the EAMs blocks

535,000 Sq Km

Of EAMs blocks are covered by tropical forests

200 Tons of Carbon

Released into the atmosphere per each hectare degraded

152 Mill. tons of Carbon

Estimated to be stored in EAMs forests, potential for climate change mitigation

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