Forests are essential to healthy ecosystems and resilient communities. They provide habitats for biodiversity, regulate climate, protect water systems, store carbon and support livelihoods.
Sustainable forest management therefore requires more than ecological interventions. It also depends on effective institutions, transparent governance, community participation and responsible use of forest resources.
Mazingira Yetu promotes forest conservation, restoration and sustainable management through community participation and evidence-based approaches. Our areas of work include sustainable forest management, community-based forest management, forest and landscape restoration, afforestation and reforestation, biodiversity conservation, REDD+, forest-resource mapping and digital forest monitoring.
Biodiversity conservation is also an important part of our environmental work. We support approaches that improve understanding of biodiversity threats while promoting practical conservation actions that recognize the knowledge and needs of surrounding communities.
Protecting forests and biodiversity means protecting ecological systems, livelihoods and the environmental heritage that future generations depend upon.
