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The Katavi Region of Tanzania is facing rapid population growth, fueled by internal migration, which is putting considerable pressure on forests. The population of the Mlele District tripled between 2002 and 2017, leading to deforestation, encroachment into reserves, and conflicts…

From left to right: Milker, Rashidy and Elizabert On June 8 and 9, the Youth 4 Nature Conference was held in Arusha, Tanzania, co-organized by the Honeyguide Foundation. Part of our team was able to attend and talk to other…

On 9 and 10 February 2024, Plan-les-Ouates' Social Action and Youth Department organised a Solidarity Forum at the Espace Vélodrome in Plan-les-Ouates (Geneva municipality). The themes of the event were climate change and solidarity projects. ADAP was present alongside the…

ADAP has won a new grant! Since September, ADAP has been able to benefit from funding from the USAID Tuhifadhi Maliasili project to help improve living conditions for communities and ensure sustainable management of the Ruaha Rungwa - Inyonga and…

  Our projects JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT IN THE KATAVI-UGALLA CORRIDOR and COMMUNITY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF THE RUNGWA CORRIDOR FORESTS were presented by the "Esprit solidaire" TV set on Leman Bleu on 7 November 2023. Thanks to Leman Bleu TV and the…

Conference "NBS Tanzania 2023: Building an impact economy on Nature Based Solutions" - 16 November 2023, Hyatt Regency, Dar es Salaam This first edition of the NBS conference Tanzania focused on the issues of carbon impact certification and the potential…

Discover now the results of the systematic camera trap monitoring of large and medium mammals in Kululu Forest (Tanzania) finalized in 2022, through a collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

In the Rungwa and Katavi forests, the rainy season is favorable to the development of mushrooms... and to their consumption!

The Association for the Development of Protected Areas is pleased to announce the start of its new project "Sustainable Management of the Ipole Wildlife Management Area".

In October 2021, 41 village forest guards (VFG) completed the three-month training at Likuyu Sekamaganga Community Based Training Center and 20 of them are currently in training.

Better knowledge for better protection; a masters student is studying wild dogs in Western Tanzania.

ADAP is engaging in the co-management of forest reserves in the Miombo woodlands of western Tanzania.

Support our projects and buy tasty, natural Tanzanian honey. This honey comes from wild African bees that live in a forest of 850km2, co-managed by several village communities in Tanzania.

Technical workshop on the methodologies of conducting forest surveys and wild edible mushroom assessments in the Miombo woodlands organized by the Association for Development of Protected Areas (ADAP), and the Tanzania Forest Services Agency (TFS) on 30 June 2021 in Tabora.

ADAP is the recipient of a sub-award from the Wildlife Conservation Society. With these funds, it supports the development and modernization of the beekeeping sector, and the monitoring of wildlife with camera traps as part of the Ruaha-Katavi Landscape Program.

The year 2020 should have been a key year for both the environment with meetings at the global level and our project activities in the field. The combined effects of climate change and a global pandemic made things go differently.

Forests and people: when communities conserve Red Listed species. First results from the camera traps monitoring in 2019.

The conference room of the Natural History Museum was full! The audience from all walks of life came in large numbers despite the heavy rain that night in Calvin's city.

ADAP is pleased to invite you to its conference-debate "L'abeille fait son buzz, stratégie win-win ou alibi au service d'un développement non durable?" on November 23rd, 2018 at 6pm at the Geneva Museum of Natural History.

The IUCN Council approved the admission of ADAP as a Member of the Union. A chance for us to participate in this great network of nature protection and to make our voice heard in its decisions.

ADAP is pleased to announce that it will start a new project in Tanzania "Community Forest Management of the Rungwa Corridor" in the Sikonge and Mlele districts, funded by the Geneva Federation for Cooperation.

The effectiveness of village guard anti-poaching patrols has greatly improved, thanks in particular to the latest training provided by the PAMS Foundation Tanzania and the Tanzania Wildlife Authority. Almost every patrol has led to arrests.

Just before the holiday season, ADAP presented its new website.