The Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Environments (RISE) Grant Program supports strategies to prevent gender-based violence in the context of natural resource access and control. For that purpose, RISE seeks partnerships between environmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, local and grassroots communities. RISE seeks to fund up to six projects in the range of US$100 thousand to...Read More

Now Accepting Grant Proposals! Due July 7, 2022 Promoting Conservation, Protecting Species The Chicago Zoological Society administers the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Endangered Species Fund is now accepting new proposals for the 2022 funding cycle. Projects should focus on conservation and research of specific threatened, vulnerable or endangered species or a specific habitat that is...Read More

Wild Animal Initiative provides grants for research projects that help us understand and improve the lives of wild animals. Small grants support innovative methods for measuring and monitoring wild animal welfare, population regulation, wildlife rehabilitation and conservation interventions. Grant size varies from US$2 thousand to US$30 thousand. The small grants program is open to anyone,...Read More

On 2nd May 2022, Supervisors Prof. Salim Maliondo (SUA), Prof. Josiah Z. Katani (SUA), Prof. Ulrik Ilstedt (Sweden-SLU) and PhD Reforest Student (Joshua S. Maguzu) visited Shume Forest Plantation and on 4th May 2022 visited Sao Hill Forest Plantation. The aim of the trip was for the supervisors to see the preliminary layout of the...Read More

Farmers explaining  agroforestry practices and systems to the second year BSc. Forestry students in Meru District, Arusha Region. The training is aimed to equip the students with practical knowledge on agroforestry practices, systems  and their applications. BSc Forestry Students Year 2 of 2022 at Meru District Council office, Arusha For more information, please contact, Prof....Read More

Dr. Charles Kilawe is participating  in a fieldwork to assess and map smallholder’s tree based systems and their contribution to bioenergy production and consumption in Rwanda. It is good to see a successful integration of a non-native tree, Eucalyptus globulus subsp. maedenii into small holder’s farming systems. Dr. Kilawe (from Sokoine University of Agriculture), Prof....Read More

The BSc Forestry Students Year 2 of 2022 are conducting the field practical training in silviculture at the SUA Training Forest, Olmotonyi, Arusha. The field practical training of silviculture is offered under the supervision of the Department of Ecosystems and Conservation (DEC) of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). The aim of the field practical training...Read More

The Department of Ecosystems and Conservation (DEC) of the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is aimed to equip BSc Forestry students with best tree nursery management and propagation. Tree seedling production is one of the key steps in scaling up or domestication of any species. Each step has to be properly planned and implemented. The...Read More

The Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA) is a financing program supporting scale-up of clean cooking solutions in six Sub-Saharan African countries. MCFA offers results-based financing for clean cooking companies to grow and scale up their businesses in following countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The deadline for...Read More

Nairobi, Seoul, 6 June 2022. The XV World Forestry Congress (XV WFC) side event organized by the African Forest Forum (AFF) and partners last month, served as a rallying call for African forestry stakeholders to place nature-based solutions in combination with other safety nets, at the heart of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies on the continent....Read More