Rangeland Guardians

For the latest project updates and progress - September 2023

This project is an evidence based collaboration driven by local Tanzanian NGOs - the project team have been collaborating on projects focusing on rangeland conservation and sustainability since 2016.

Ujamaa Community Resource Team - UCRT

A grassroots Tanzanian non-profit working with minority groups in northern Tanzania since 1997. Its mission is to promote and enhance communities’ capacity to improve their livelihoods and to sustainably manage their natural resources.

Paine Eulalia Makko

UCRT Executive Director

Fred Loure

UCRT Manager

Neema Michael

Rangeland conservation officer & Community mobiliser (Currently on Maternity Leave)

Catherine Losurutia

Rangeland conservation officer & Community mobiliser (covering Neema's Maternity Leave)

Oikos East Africa

Oikos East Africa (OEA) is a Tanzanian NGO working with communities in northern Tanzania rangelands since 1996. Their working principle is that sound environmental conservation strategies can guarantee health and wellness to current and future generations, increase the economic independence of vulnerable communities and tackle climate change

Mary Birdi

Gender specialist

Plakizia Msalilwa

Community Development Officer

Istituto Oikos

The conservaion organisation, Istituto Oikos, has been working with OEA to build capacity in Tanzania since 1999. IO/OEA ensure that interventions are based on sound scientific knowledge and rigorous analysis of environmental data.

Silvia Ceppi

Conservation biologist and technical specialist

University of York

UoY (and in particular, Dr Colin Beale) has 15 years experience working in Tanzania’s savanna ecosystems, including running a large USAID project focussed on experimental rangeland restoration, and long-term research into the processes shaping natural savannas.