Integrated Sustainable Charcoal Value Chain Promotion Project

About this project

<p>Charcoal is a primary source of energy for cooking in Tanzania with 60.6% of urban households using it. Its value chain further provide employment to more than 380,000 people in rural and urban areas. In Dar es Salaam, it is responsible for 50-70% of the national consumption of charcoal. Over 2.3 million tonnes of charcoal were consumed in 2012, and this is expected to double by 2030. Challenges in the charcoal sector are also largely driven by inadequate law enforcement, policy and regulatory capacity, and poor technologies. Over a number of years, a good number of stakeholders have been playing a great role in sustainable forestry management. However, these initiatives have not succeeded in addressing the trio of livelihood options for the rural people, revenue demand and targets by District and Central Government, and sustainability of forest resources.</p><p>The Action will promote effective and efficient integrated approaches for improvement of sustainable forest management and charcoal production in rural areas of Pwani region with the view to increase environmental and charcoal value chain sustainability while promoting socio-economic development.</p>

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Tanzania

Sectors

Forestry education/trainingFuelwood/charcoalForestry development

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Main focusClimate adaptation · Also contributesDesertification · Also contributes

Places

TZ - Pwani

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-PC-27562.

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