Improving the Livelihoods of Pastoralist and Hunter-Gatherer Communities in Mongo wa Mono, Northern Tanzania through Payments for Ecosystem Services

This Project Information Note (PIN) outlines an initial application to the Plan Vivo Foundation for working with select pastoralist and hunter-gatherer communities in Mongo wa Mono village, Mbulu District, Northern Tanzania (34°30’/03°30’S). By working in conjunction with both traditional leaders and the elected village government, Carbon Tanzania (CT) and Ujamaa Community Resource Trust (UCRT) aim to create a system of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) through carbon storage, which will enhance and diversify local incomes, strengthen local natural resource management, land tenure, and management capacity, and contribute to local, national, and global environmental conservation aims. This will be achieved by reinforcing and strengthening the implementation of the current land use plan  and village by-laws by creating a long-term payment system for
reforestation using native species and reducing deforestation and the associated causes such as agricultural farming and pole cutting through improved forest conservation and management.