The Foundation for Environmental Education awarded the internationally-recognised Green Flag award to 13 rural schools, in 2023. All of the schools have completed the seven steps programme required for the award. There are now 48 schools that have been awarded the Green Flag, in Tanzania. Another 100 schools are working towards the award, with TFCG support. TFCG is the eco-school partner for Tanzania.

TFCG is committed to finding solutions that combine forest conservation with improving rural livelihoods. Promoting more sustainable agriculture is one of the greatest challenges in conserving tropical forests. Critical for rural livelihoods, agriculture is also the main driver of tropical deforestation. With new funding from the REDAA programme, TFCG will explore ways to integrate community-based forest management with long-fallow swidden agriculture, in southern Tanzania. The Long Fallows project begins in March 2024 and will be implemented in partnership with the University of Leeds and MJUMITA. Read more about the REDAA programme at: www.redaa.org.