WORLD ENVIRONMENT
DAY 2007
Melting Ice - A Hot Topic
TANZANIA
Dar es Salaam
To mark World Environment Day 2007, Media Works International will hold a photo/video
exhibition. The exhibition will be held from 2 - 5 June, and will show clips
highlighting various environmental issues in order to raise awareness among
the citizens. The event will also include a workshop for senior media editors
on environmental reporting to the public and bicycle races.
For more information, please contact:
Madanga Shaaban Madanga
Media Works International
P.O. Box 35171
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Tel: (255) 22 2460943
Fax: (255) 22 2460943
E-mail: msmadanga@hotmail.com/msmadanga@gmail.com
Dar es Salaam
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, Roots & Shoots clubs will
be promoting awareness about environmental issues by organizing educational
activities for the public in Dar es Salaam and Mkuranga. This will be in coordination
with over 25 school clubs on three projects. The first project will be to plant
up to 5000 trees on school grounds and at students’ homes, the second
project will be an essay competition for primary and secondary school students,
who will have an opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings about what
they can do to preserve the environment, and the third project will be and environmental
fair to educate the public about current environmental issues.
Roots & Shoots will provide school clubs with enough saplings to plant on their school grounds and for each Roots & Shoots member to plant at their home. Each student will also be assigned the task of writing an essay about the ways in which they can personally take action to preserve the environment. Each club will design an educational poster for a community-wide environmental fair on 26 May. The clubs will conduct a small research project about any environmental issue and then they will be provided with materials to develop a poster which will be an original artwork. The posters will be exhibited at the fair. Roots & Shoots will also create and distribute an environmental brochure for all those attending the fair. The environmental fair will move to Mkuranga on 2 June.
For more information, please contact:
Abdallah Mambia
Roots and Shoots Program of the Jane Goodall Institute
P.O. Box 727
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
E-mail: daresalaamrootsandshoots@gmail.com
Website: www.rootsandshoots.org
Dar es Salaam
For World Environment Day 2007, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group will organize
an event that will have activities such as drama, music and art displays about
forests and climate change. The events will take place in Matombo Village, Lulanda
Village and near Ikwiriri in Rufiji District. The aim will be to raise awareness
about the importance of conserving the Eastern Arc Mountain and the coastal
forests, particularly in the face of climate change. The activities will be
sponsored by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, UNDP / GEF and Songas.
The event is open to all those who would like to participate.
For more information, please contact:
Nike Doggart
Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
P.O. Box 23410
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Tel: 255 22 2669007
E-mail: ndoggart@tfcg.or.tz
Website: www.tfcg.org
Mwanza
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Mwanza Non-Governmental Organization's
Network will participate in a tree planting exercise in Mwanza and a campaign
to advocate for the conservation of natural resources to help stop further global
warming.
For more information, please contact:
Adam Ndokeji
Mwanza Non-Governmental Organization's Network
P.O. Box 2516
Mwanza
Tanzania
Tel: 255 028 2502188
Fax: 255 028 2502188
E-mail: mngonmza@hotmail.com
Website: www.mwanzacommunity.org
Mtwara
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Forum for Conservation of
Nature (FOCONA) will organize a seminar to discuss the possible impacts of climate
change on the coastal ecosystems as well as ascertaining the vulnerability of
coastal communities. The celebrations will also include a clean-up campaign
to sensitize the community on the benefits of a clean environment and the problem
of hazardous wastes and to advocate for minimum use and recycling of plastic
materials. FOCONA will also mobilize students from secondary schools in Mtwara
Municipality to participate in a debate to offer their views on whether climate
change is taking place or not. This will be followed with a public lecture on
the topic: Climate Change: Its Sciences and Implications.
For more information please contact:
Robert Katikiro
Forum for Conservation of Nature (FOCONA)
P.O. Box 476
Mtwara
Tanzania
Tel: 255 71 3517296
E-mail: foconamtwara@yahoo.com
Website: www.foconamtwara.org
Mtwara
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park
will devote a whole week to a number of activities all geared at sensitizing
the community on environmental conservation, particularly in the context of
marine environment.
The park will organize beach cleaning, which will involve the participation of both secondary and primary school students from Msimbati and Mangoji villages. The essence will be to disseminate knowledge about the effects of plastic waste to marine ecosystem, with specific cases of the sea turtles which often come to the park’s beaches for nesting.
The park will also organize a drama competition focusing on the World Environment Day theme: Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?. The winners will be awarded prizes on 5 June which will mark the peak of the celebrations. Other activities that will be carried out during the week will include a public lecture to instill the marine conservation and preservation of biodiversity ethics on the public. There will also be an environmental conservation campaign, a public address from the guest of honor and an exhibition of various marine species facsimile such as sea turtles, coelacanths and dugong.
For more information please contact:
Robert Katikiro
Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park (MBREMP)
P.O. BOX 845
Mtwara
Tanzania
Tel: 255 23 2333259 / 71 3517296
Fax: 255 23 2333259
E-mail: mnazibay@marineparktz.com
Website: www.marineparkstz.com
SOURCE: World Environment Day UNEP