Our Impact - Eastern Arc Mountain Conservation Endowment Fund (EAMCEF)

Our Impact

Measurable Impact on Protected Areas and Climate Change Management, Community-Based Conservation, and Livelihood Improvements.

Project Interventions

37 Beacons installed in Protected Areas
8,986 Km Forest Boundaries Maintained
169 Supported Village Natural Recourses Committees (VNRCs) with respective Village by-laws
9 Villages supported with Land Use Plans development
3.3 Mil Fuelwood Efficient Stoves constructed
16 Biogas Plant technology installed
50% reduction on fuelwood use
93 schools engaged on conservation education projects
12 Mil 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
50.9% men, 49.1% women: gender inclusion 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 of Pigs keeping groups formulated
2,304 pigs owned
34 Groups of Goats keeping formulated
1,904 Goats owned
62 of Poultry keeping groups formulated
104,000 chickens owned

7.5+ Billion

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

KEY FEATURES

What makes the Eastern Arc Mountains unique?

13

separate Mountain blocks forms the Eastern Arc Mountains

Kilometres of a broad arc formed by EAMs blocks

square kilometres of the area covered by EAMs blocks

of the EAMs blocks are within Tanzania, spreading in over 15 Districts

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

Million Square kilometres of the Eastern Arc Mountains blocks are covered by tropical forests

Tons of Carbon released into the atmosphere per each hectare degraded

Mill. tons of carbon estimated to be stored in the Eastern Arc Mountains forests, potential for climate change mitigation