A MINISTER of State in the Vice-President’s Office (Union Affairs and Environment), Mr January Makamba, has said his ministry requires 90 million USD (over 180bn/-) to implement five major environmental projects in a period of five years.
The projects are capacity building for
environmental Management and Climate Change issues in Tanzania (USD 5
million), Operationalisation of the National Environmental Trust
Fund--NETF (USD 10 million) and Implementation of the National Tree
Planting and Management Strategy (USD 50 million).
Others are Enhancing National Capacity
for Implementation of the Environmental Management Act (USD 5 million),
and Promoting Alternative Energy Sources to reduce charcoal consumption
in Tanzania (USD 20 million).
Speaking at a meeting with development
partners from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), members of the European Union and
the International Donor Community, Mr Makamba said the money would be
obtained from the government budget and other sources including funds
from donors.
The Germany ambassador to Tanzania, Egon
Kochanke said the technical team of the donor community would meet to
decide on the amount of money that would be released to finance the
projects outlined by the minister.
“We have several funds for environmental
projects and because we have bilateral programes the next meeting will
come up with a good conclusion,’’ he said at a joint media briefing at
the Ministry of Finance and Planning.
According to the minister, the
implementation of the projects would be coordinated by the Vice
President’s Office (VPO) and implemented through various actors mainly
public and private stakeholders in the country.
To ensure sustainability of the National
Environment Trust Fund, Mr Makamba said, the government has committed
2bn/- budgetary allocations to support it in the next financial year and
that other additional sources of funds have been identified so as to
ensure predictable and sustainable financing mechanism.
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