Carbon Tanzania aims to reduce the threats of global climate change by turning carbon dioxide emissions into natural Tanzania forests. Working with rural communities in Northern Tanzania, Carbon Tanzania's projects not only contribute to conserving and protecting local ecosystems, but they also provide opportunities for improved local livelihoods.
About us
At Carbon Tanzania we have created a team of experts, please feel free to contact us with any questions and queries.
Marc Baker - Coordinator
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Marc Baker is a director of Ecological Initiatives based in Arusha and has worked in conservation and ecotourism since 1998. He worked as a consultant for the UNDP – GEF cross border biodiversity project from 1998 – 2000 conducting a range of biodiversity surveys in Tanzania and Kenya before setting up his own company. Marc has worked as a consultant for Danida, Care International and the Wildlife Division of Tanzania on biodiversity assessments, management issues and out of protected area tourism viability. He founded Carbon Tanzania in 2007 with the specific aim of driving in country value added carbon offsets directly to communities, to ensure both biodiversity protection and a community based understanding of climate change mitigation.
Fred Nelson – Technical Advisor community operations
Fred Nelson has worked on community-based natural resource management, ecotourism, and conservation policy in eastern Africa since 1998. From 2000-2005 he served as the first Tanzania programme director for the Sand County Foundation Community Based Conservation Network, working with a number of pastoralist communities in northern Tanzania and helping to establish the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum. In 2007 he founded Maliasili Initiatives, a consulting firm working to address biodiversity conservation and natural resource management challenges using innovative, collaborative, and market-based strategies. He is a member of the IUCN Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group and IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy.
Jessie Davie – Company Carbon Assessments
Jessie Davie Jessie Davie is an independent consultant operating in Tanzania. Since 2005 she has been active in the climate change movement. She has served as a field organizer for two grassroots campaigns in the United States and more recently was the Sustainability Coordinator for the University of Montana. She has expertise in Greenhouse Gas auditing—quantifying carbon footprints—and developing institutional carbon reduction strategies.
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