Norwegian Ambassador visits Jane Goodall Institute

The Norwegian Government funded REDD+ project portfolio in Tanzania is creating significant positive results across Tanzania. Along with the research project on climate change and a selection of pilot projects, the REDD+ Policy Project is helping lay the foundation for Tanzania’s future REDD activities.

Norway will contribute with USD 120 million over 4 years to support access to energy for people in the rural areas of Tanzania. Mr Holmås and Tanzanian Minister of Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo signed the agreement on the High Level Meeting on Energy and the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Oslo recently.

After several years of sorting, editing and designing, a fantastic art catalogue has emerged entitled "Inspired: Three Decades of Tanzanian Art". It was launched on March 27th 2013 at the Residence of the Norwegian Ambassador.

If fewer trees were cut down and the forest was left standing, it would lead to less greenhouse gas emissions. But how can the forest best be safeguarded and maintained? The Norwegian aid champions got to see it all with their own eyes on Zanzibar.