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Chimps & Crocodiles: Welcome to Tanzania’s Mahale Mountains

There are no roads in the Mahale Mountains National Park. There’s not much else in the way of infrastructure, either. The park sits on the eastern shores of the enormous Lake Tanganyika, which is not only the world’s longest freshwater lake, but also the second deepest. Both the Mahale Mountains and Lake Tanganyika sit on […]

Tanzania Aims to Sign $42 Billion Host Agreement for Gas in July

  Long-delayed negotiations between Tanzania and oil majors for a $42 billion onshore liquefied natural gas plant were concluded in May, paving the way for agreements to be signed in July. The East African nation could confirm a host government agreement and an amended production-sharing deal with the project’s consortium that includes Equinor ASA, Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil […]

‘It’s a carbon bomb’: Exploring Sweden’s foresting industry

Sweden is one of the world’s biggest exporters of wood-based materials. We meet the foresters trying to promote more sustainable practices for the industry. Europe is blessed with magnificent forests. They are vital to us: they clean our air and even help combat climate change. But they are also highly in demand. We cut down […]

Fingerprinting Wood to Curb Illegal Deforestation

More than a quarter of global forest loss is driven by commodity production, which includes logging wood. Though illegal deforestation supplies some of the timber in products such as furniture and window frames, independently verifying origins of the wood in finished products is a daunting task. Now, researchers are finding new ways to fingerprint timber. The chemical […]

Developing countries ‘left behind’ in clean energy shift

Investment in clean energy in developing economies needs to rise seven-fold by the end of the decade, the International Energy Agency has warned, calling for “urgent action” to mobilise cash. Less than a fifth of the roughly $1.7tn of investment expected to go into clean energy this year is set to be spent in emerging and […]

KenGen eyes Tanzania geothermal deals

KenGen is eyeing drilling deals in Tanzania in what looks set to cement the Kenyan electricity producer as the leading geothermal power company across the continent. KenGen acting managing director Abraham Serem told the Business Daily that the firm is awaiting a response from the Tanzanian government for two projects whose value remains undisclosed. Entry into Tanzania […]

Job opportunities at TCCIA, June 2023

Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA) is a private sector association which was established in 1988 with the support of the Tanzanian Government to strengthen the private sector. The establishment of the TCCIA was an important step as the Government was moving from centralized, planned economy towards a more open, mixed economy giving […]

Tracking forest carbon from space

Researchers used data gathered by NASA’s GEDI mission, launched in 2018, which uses a system of lasers to build 3D maps of forests, allowing the amount of biomass and carbon to be measured. Roehrdanz describes GEDI as a “gamechanger” as it’s the first time lidar tech has contributed to a global carbon mapping of protected areas […]

Job opportunities at public service, June 2023

On behalf of Tanzania People’s Defense Force – Civilian (TPDF), Tanzania Police Force, National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), The Centre for Agricultural Mechanization and Rural Technology (CAMARTEC), Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), The Government Chemist Laboratory Authority (GCLA), Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA), […]