Globally Averaged CO2 Levels Reached 400 Parts Per Million in 2015

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High greenhouse gas levels mark start of new era of climate reality

Globally averaged concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached the symbolic and significant milestone of 400 parts per million for the first time in 2015 and surged again to new records in 2016 on the back of the very powerful El Niño event, according to the World Meteorological Organization's annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.

CO2 levels had previously reached the 400 ppm barrier for certain months of the year and in certain locations but never before on a global average basis for the entire year. The longest-established greenhouse gas monitoring station at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, predicts that CO2 concentrations will stay above 400 ppm for the whole of 2016 and not dip below that level for many generations.

Important of water user association (WUA's) in water conservation

The water user associations (WUA's) play a great contribution in the water conservation in the areas where has arleady formed, one of the research paper of Ezekiel, 2014 show that in  Moshi municipal the water user association play key role in the Shrimatunda and Rau wards in the conflict management, community involvement in decision making, payment of ecosystem management and ensure there is environmental flow in the river Rau and karanga. The strong reason why these WUA's success in water management is because members are coming from the community who surrounding certain water source, this make way for them to participate in the conserving of these sources. 

WHY TREE PLANTING ARE IMPORTANT

Since the time of ancient forest has been important and protected from human activities, different tradition have tried to conserve the forest by having sacred places in the forest.....

JITIHADA ZA DHATI ZAHITAJIKA KUNUSURU ZIWA RUKWA

Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais (Muungano na Mazingira) Mhe. January Makamba ameendelea na ziara ya kikazi katika Mkoa wa Rukwa. Katika ziara yake siku ya leo Waziri Makamba ameshuhudia uharibifu mkubwa wa mazingira hususan pembezoni mwa ziwa Rukwa.

Waziri Makamba amewaambiwa wakazi wa Kijiji cha Nankanga kwamba mwaka 2000 kina cha maji katika ziwa Rukwa kilikuwa ni mita sita, na kwa mwaka 2016 chanzo hicho kimepungua hadi kufikia mita tatu. "Tafiti zinaonyesha kuwa kupungua kwa kina hicho pamoja na mambo mengine kunasababishwa na kilimo cha milimani na kandokando ya ziwa, na ulishaji wa mifugo katika Vyanzo vya maji" Makamba alibainisha

STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING SESIA FOR OIL AND GAS

We congratulate this effort on stakeholders engagement in the developing SESIA for oil and gas sub sector in Tanzania.

The National Environment Management Council (NEMC)in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM) is developing Strategic Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (SESIA) guideline for oil and natural gas sub-sector in Tanzania. This activity is financed by World Bank (WB) through Energy Sector Capacity Building Project (ESCBP).

The SESIA guideline, once in place, will be a framework for guiding specific environmental impact assessments (EIAs) project in Tanzania regarding oil and natural gas. The Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM), being the parent ministry overseeing the activities relating to oil and natural gas in Tanzania, is coordinating other beneficiary institutions under ESCBP.