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TANAPA rewards communities for conserving environment

RUAHA National Park (RNP) has awarded the community and individuals who have conserved the environment through the competition of community environmental awards scheme (CEAS), the scheme will be used to reward community for environmental conservation. The scheme has already rewarded the communities and individuals who have managed to conserve village natural forest, water sources and natural vegetation, the award ranging from one million to 2m/- respectively. Among the communities and water users associations (WUAs) benefited in the competition include MBUTILU of Wanging’ombe District, Njombe Region who have managed to protect more than 400 water sources, Mabadaga Village for conserving their 900 hectares of village natural forest in Mbarali District, Mbeya and JUWABODOFYA water users association in Madibila, Mbarali district for protection the water sources for Mfyamba River and others in Mufindi District, Iringa Region. RNP Outreach Officer, Mo...