LETS NOW BE OPEN AND CRITICAL ABOUT THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS 

                            

 17 June 2011 – The estimated two billion people living in the world’s arid lands are among those most vulnerable to hunger and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today, calling for sustainable development to ensure those areas are productive enough to support their populations.

“The management, conservation and sustainable development of dry forests are central to combating desertification,” Mr. Ban said in a message marking World Day to Combat Desertification, which is celebrated on 17 June.

He emphasized that degraded land can be made productive through sustainable practices.

The UN General Assembly designated 2011 as the International Year of Forests to bring attention to the value of forests and the social, economic and environmental costs of their loss. The theme of this year’s World Day to Combat Desertification is “Forests keep drylands working.”

In his message, Mr. Ban advocated for investment in drylands for the betterment of local communities.

“Too often, investing in drylands has been seen as unproductive or risky, instead of a necessary avenue for improving the well-being of local communities and national economies,” he said.

Through the upcoming events of the General Assembly’s high-level meeting on desertification, land degradation and drought in September and the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012, the Secretary-General urged governments and their partners to “bring greater focus to the quest for solutions to this urgent challenge of sustainable development.”

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Achim Steiner noted the importance of forests for the livelihood of the residents of the world’s drylands.

“The analysis indicates that investing an additional $40 billion a year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation rates by 2030, increase rates of tree planting by around 140 per cent by 2050 and catalyze the creation of millions of new jobs” stated Mr. Steiner.

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is recognizing this year’s World Day to Combat Desertification with an environmental non-governmental organization (NGO) in Spain through a ceremony to designate the soccer star Carlos Marchena as a Drylands Ambassador of the UNCCD.

In recognition of the Day, Lesotho is celebrating a successful tree-planting effort and revival of previously degraded land in Leribe district. In Senegal, activities include a tree planting ceremony, while events are also being staged in Egypt, Argentina, the Republic of Korea, Iran and Benin.

The Day, first observed in 1995, is designed to serve as a reminder that desertification is a problem that can be addressed through community participation and cooperation.

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MABADILIKO YA HALI YA TABIA NCHI NI ADUI WA MAENDELEO

 

Ndugu Mtanzania ni lazima kila mmoja wetu atambue athari zinazotokana na mabadiliko ya hali ya Tabia nchi, kwani tumekuwa katika msukumo mgumu wa kupoteza uasilia wa maisha yetu kwa namna moja au nyingine. Kupambana na Tatizo hili ni lazima kila mwananchi atambue jinsi gani ya kupambana na mabadiliko haya. Jukumu ni la kwetu sote tusiiachie serikari na Jumuhia nyingine. Fuatalia Blog hii mara kwa mara uone ni jini gani Tunaweza kupambana na hili janga.

Imetayalishwa na Envirofamily Tanzania 2012

 

                                                  

HONGERA KWA WATANZANIA WOTE KWA KUSHEREHEKEA SIKU YA NANE NANE, IKIWA KAMA SEHEMU YA KUHADHIMISHA SIKU YA WAKULIMA. ENVIROFAMILY TANZANIA KWA KUPITIA BLOG YAKE, INAWATAKIA WATANZANIA WOTE, AMANI NA MSHIKAMANO KATIKA KUHAKIKISHA TUNATUNZA MAZINGIRA YATAKAYO LETA RUTUBA BORA NA HALI YA HEWA ILIYO SALAMA KWA MAENDELEO YA NCHI NA KILIMO KWA UJUMLA.

      

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              SEMA NA MAZINGIRA YAKO

KAMA UNA MAKARA INAYOHUSU MAZINGIRA NA AFYA YA JAMII KWA UJUMLA, TUMA KWA EMAIL IFUATAYO- envirofamilytz@gmail.com UTAPATA FULSA YA MAKALA YAKO KURUSHWA KATIKA BLOG HII INAYOHUSU JAMII NA MAZINGIRA YAKE. KWA KUPITIA BLOG HII, KWA PAMOJA TUNAWEZA KUIFANYA JAMII KUWA NA MTAZAMO SAHII JUU YA MAZINGIRA SAFI NA SALAMA.

1. FUATA HATUA ZIFUATAZO KWENYE KUTUMA.

• Andika makala yako kwa makini na lugha sahii
• Pitia makala yako kwa uangalifu
• Tuma ujumbe mfupi kwa kutumia Email adress yetu tuliyokupa hapo juu kisha andika jina lako namba ya simu pamoja na eneo unalokaa.
• Tuma makala yako kwa Email address uliyopatiwa hapo juu.

                                           Imeandaliwa na Phillip Wangwe. 2012.

 

GIVE THE WAY WATER TO PASS-YAPE MAJI NJIA YA KUPITA.

Miongoni mwa vitu vinavyo changia uaribifu wa vyanzo vya maji ni pale wanajamii wanapo haribu uasilia wa vyanzo hivyo. Envirofamily Tanzania inawaomba wanajamii kuwa waangalifu dhidi ya huaribifu wa vyanzo hivyo. Mabadiliko ya Tabia Nchi ni miongoni mwa tatizo kubwa linalotawala nyanzo zote katika maisha. Tuwe marafiki na mazingira yetu ili tufanikishe malengo yetu. Envirofamily kupitia Blog hii itatoa mitazamo mbali mbali ikiwemo elimu kwa Jamii husika juu ya swala hili la muhimu katika Dunia yetu.Kutakuwa na mfululizo wa makala kwa muda wa mwezi mmoja, hivyo ndugu waosaji na wafuatiliaji wa blog hii fuatilia mara kwa mara na tunaitaji maoni yako juu ya swala hili. Envirofamily imelenga kushirikisha mawazo ya wanajamii katika kutatua maswala mbalimbali. (Wangwe P. 2012).

Envirofamily Tanzania (2012).

     MAJI NI UHAI, TUTUNZE VYANZO VYA MAJI. KWA FAIDA YA SASA NA MAISHA YA BAADAYE.

Ndugu Mtanzania, Jukumu sio la serikari peke yake, bali sote tunahusika. Hakikisha unatunza vyanzo vya maji kwa kutokata miti ovyo, kutochoma moto na kilimo kisicho sahii.Mabadiliko ya tabia Nchi yanapelekea kuwepo kwa matatizo mbalimbali yanayo athiri maisha yetu na viumbe hai vingine hapa duniani.

Mtanzania amka uyapende mazingira yako kwa faida yetu sote. 

  

NEW PROGRAM IN KUNDUCHI

POSTED BY PHILLIP WANGWE. AS A MASSAGE TO PEOPLE.

If sustainable development is truly to be our common goal, it must engage the interests and actions, not only of government experts, but of all Tanzanians in all walks of life.  Environmental management must be everybody's responsibility.  Everyone has the opportunity to make environmentally-responsible choices that can reduce or minimise risky impacts on the environment and promote sustainable development.  That responsibility can only be met through cooperative efforts at all levels of society.  The actions of all Tanzanians as consumers and producers, as business operators and as policy-makers have an impact on the environment.  Section 32 of National Environmental Policy (1997).

 As it is stated in the National Environmental Policy; While actions of one person or group alone may appear insignificant, those of twenty-five million Tanzanians do matter when combined at local, regional and national levels.  The protection of the environment shall be the responsibility of each and every Tanzanian, just as the quality of the environment is a concern for each and all. Section 32 of National Environmental Policy (1997).

Dar-es-salaam is among of the regions in Tanzania which are under great pressure of many environmental problems including in coastal surroundings pollution, toxic wastes dispositions, deforestation and destruction of mangroves and othe aquetic plants,  and illegal use of natural resources.

 The dream of having sustainable environmental management is facing some  challenges due to the lack of awareness campaign in many coastal communities base line, especially in Dar es salaam public beaches and fishing sites along the Dar es salaam Indian ocean beach including Kunduchi beach village. The aim of this program is to install in  this community the culture of coastal environmental conservation and management through the anti-pollution campaign based on providing awareness workshop. All this project aims on aquring community participation towards formulation of the major project which is to be conducted in Kunduchi beach fishing area as to ensure a permanent solution against environmental distruction at this fishing area.

The program prepared by.

Phillip Wangwe under Envirofamily Tanzania