Sustainable Rangelands Initiative

In northern Tanzania, people and wildlife share 92 percent of the available habitat. The Sustainable Rangelands Initiative works to keep these critical areas open and flourishing for the long-term benefit of all.

Through regular data collection and active management, volunteer rangeland monitors use a mobile-based reporting system to update their community networks on pasture quality. The project is generating visible results, including increased grass height, reduced areas of bare ground, and the return of important plant and wildlife species to community-managed grazing areas.

HOW THE SUSTAINABLE RANGELANDS INITIATIVE WORKS

APW conducts a sustainable rangeland management training

Step One

Each participating community receives comprehensive training from APW staff in sustainable rangeland management.

Community rangeland monitors measure grass in a pasture being managed under the Sustainable Rangelands Initiative

Step Three

The team gathers data such as grass height, the percentage of bare ground, and presence of invasive plant species.

A grazing committee discusses the management of their rangelands in northern Tanzania.

Step Five

The grazing committee meets with the local government to decide where and when community members can graze their livestock.

Community rangeland monitors work in a pasture in northern Tanzania

Step Two

A team of community volunteer rangeland monitors allocates plots in local pastures for assessment.

Sustainable_Rangelands_Reporting-compressor

Step Four

The team transmits the rangeland data to the community grazing committee via a mobile-based reporting system.

Green grass growing in a pasture managed by the Sustainable Rangelands Initiative

Step Six

Critical habitats regenerate, leading to the return of important plant and wildlife species.

HOW THE SUSTAINABLE RANGELANDS INITIATIVE WORKS

Step One

Each participating community receives comprehensive training from APW staff in sustainable rangeland management.

Step Two

A team of community volunteer rangeland monitors allocates plots in local pastures for assessment.

Step Three

The team gathers data such as grass height, the percentage of bare ground, and presence of invasive plant species.

Step Four

The team transmits the rangeland data to the community grazing committee via a mobile-based reporting system.

Step Five

The grazing committee meets with the local government to decide where and when community members can graze their livestock.

Step Six

Critical habitats regenerate, leading to the return of important plant and wildlife species.

“Pastures that used to be bare now have grass growing. We also have transport assistance that allows us to monitor and manage areas that were difficult to reach before.”

YOHANA LESIRKON, GRAZING COMMITTEE MEMBER

P.O. Box 11306

Arusha, Tanzania

+255 767 172 086

P.O. Box 624

Bernardsville, NJ 07924

+1 (908) 642-1540

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P.O. Box 11306

Arusha, Tanzania

+255 767 172 086

P.O. Box 624

Bernardsville, NJ 07924

+1 (908) 642-1540

CONNECT WITH US

STAY UP TO DATE

CONNECT WITH US

STAY UP TO DATE

Sustainable Rangelands Initiative