Enviroment and Solid Waste

Environment Management

Sumbawanga Municipality has a total of 18 natural forests with an area of 26,052Ha where the Government owns the Mbizi forest which has a total 23,467Ha. In 2013 a total of 852,890 trees were planted and up to August 2014 the total of 765,992 trees have already been planted and the work is on progress to realize the target of planting 1,400,000 trees by the end of 2014. The entangled challenge is that, for years thousands of tones of trees are cut to make charcoal for domestic use. An ideal solution is to introduce alternative sources of revenue to the supply side (charcoal makers) and provision of environmentally friendly and affordable source of energy for domestic consumption (demand side). Potential Investors can introduce tourism activities in forests through establishment of, say, walking trails and tents.  Also, solar power and affordable natural and biogas is highly needed to curb continued dependency on fire woods and electricity the price of which is far beyond the general income elasticity of many Tanzanians.

Natural Forests in Sumbawanga Municipality June, 2014

Planted Forests, Sumbawanga Municipality June, 2014