Mama Misitu campaign launch

Mama Misitu is a two year advocacy and awareness raising campaign on governance and forest management which was launched on 10th April 2008. The Mama Misitu campaign aims to bring about major improvements in forest governance.

A report on illegal logging in southern Tanzania released in May 2007 by TRAFFIC documented how illegal logging and weak forest governance cost Tanzania billions of shillings in lost revenue each year as well as threatening some of the nation's landscapes and unique biodiversity. Mama Misitu is an initiative of the Tanzania Forest Working Group in response to some of the key recommendations of this report. Mama Misitu is a collaborative initiative with 17 launch partners that has been developed over the last nine months.

The campaign will be working with people at all levels of society to ensure that forests are managed sustainably for the benefit of present and future generations.

The campaign will focus on areas where illegal logging has been most destructive including Coast, Morogoro, Lindi, Tanga, Ruvuma and Mtwara Regions.

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Mama Misitu has been supported by GTZ and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Finland.