Tanzania To Restore Coastline With 1 Million Mangrove Trees

A one-year-campaign geared to restore mangrove forest with one million trees along Tanzania's coastline has been launched in Dar es Salaam as a part of a plan to curb effects of climate change in the country. The project is a part of nearly U.S.$2 Million programme supported by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF).

To kickstart the project, 50 Ismaili community student volunteers planted 1,500 mangrove saplings at Mjimwema Mangrove Forest in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam.

Aga Khan Foundation's Head of Climate Change and Resilient Programme Robert Mganzi, said mangrove trees along the coastline have been adversely affected by growing human activities including building settlement and industrialisation addeing that the project will cover Dar es Salaam, Coast, Lindi and Mtwara, which are bordering the Indian Ocean.

This article originally appeared on All Africa

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