Tanzania

An Aerial/Drone Shot of The capital city of Tanzania, Dar es salaam.

Bus rapid transit stations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania are getting EV charging stations

September 18, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

Tanzania has one of the most advanced Bus Rapid Transit systems on the African continent. Known as the DART, Dar Rapid Transit Agency began operations in 2016 and has 29 stations around Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam. In a significant step towards promoting sustainable transportation in Tanzania, the DART has signed a landmark contract with TRÍ to install an advanced electric charging system within the DART infrastructure.

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The TREES program has planted tens of millions of trees across Africa since 2015

March 13, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

Since it was founded in 2015, the Trees for the Future (TREES) mass reforestation campaign has convinced and enabled thousands of farmers to plant tens of millions of trees every year. The program spans nine African countries ranging from Senegal and Mali to Tanzania and Kenya. In less than 10 years, it has reportedly restored a combined area of more than 41,000 hectares, which is about seven times the size of Manhattan.

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inforest in the heart of the savannah. Kakamega Forest. Kenya, East Africa

African court rules in favor of Indigenous land titles, reparations from the Kenyan government

June 28, 2022 | By Peter Schulte | -, Change Milestones

The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled that the Kenyan government must pay reparations for repeatedly evicting Indigenous Ogiek people from ancestral lands in the Mau Forest.

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Ten nations commit to build a massive ‘Great Blue Wall’ to help conserve western Indian Ocean

January 6, 2022 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones, Change Milestones by Kindling

Only around 5-8% of the marine area in the Indian Ocean is under some form of legal protection, a far cry from the goal of protecting 30% of Earth’s land and oceans by 2030.

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Tanzania to offer alternative education for school dropouts including pregnant girls

June 23, 2021 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

Secondary school drop-outs in Tanzania will be offered the opportunity to resume studies in alternative colleges, part of a shift away from a disputed policy under which pregnant girls were expelled from school.

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Endangered rhino numbers ‘soar by 1,000%’ in Tanzania after crackdown on poaching gangs

July 11, 2019 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

The number of endangered rhinos in Tanzania has risen from just 15 to over 150 after a government crackdown on industrial-scale poaching, officials claim.

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Assorted plastic bags of different colors

Tanzania bans the use of plastic bags

May 15, 2019 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones

In a historic conservation move the government of the United Republic of Tanzania has announced the ban on plastic bag use beginning June 1, 2019.

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