B. Key Environmental Issues
In the forests sector, key environmental issues include:
- Over or mis-exploitation of forests resulting in:
- degradation of water sources with impacts on human health, wildlife and fisheries, water supply to towns, etc.
- degradation of wildlife habitat
- depletion of fuelwood and other forest produce supplies with resulting consequences for rural, wood-dependent Tanzanians
- global warming effects
- loss of biodiversity
- Over or mis-exploitation of fisheries and marine resources resulting in:
- loss of fish and fisheries products for fisheries-dependent Tanzanians
- loss of biodiversity
- loss critical coral reef habitat and shoreline protection
- water pollution, with impacts on human health and the environment
Relevant Institutions, Laws and Subsidiary Legislation Related to Environment
Institutions:
- Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources
- Divisions of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife
- Ministry of Lands
- District or Local Government
- Ministry of Energy and Minerals
- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority
- TANAPA
- Ministry of Water
Laws and Subsidiary Legislation Related to Environment:
- Forests Ordinance
- National Parks Ordinance
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area Ordinance
- Wildlife Conservation Act
- Protected Places and Areas Act
- Public Land (Preserved Areas) Ordinance
- Local Government Acts
- Mining Act
- Land Ordinance
- Fisheries Act
- Business Licensing Act
- Explosives Act
- Tropical Pesticides Research Institute Act
- Penal Code
- Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act
- Town and Country Planning Ordinance
- Water Laws
Possible Licenses and Permits Required:
- Commercial Harvesting Licenses - Forestry
- Permits to remove forest produce from protected areas
(National Parks, Game Reserves, Ngorongoro
Conservation Area, Protected Places and Areas, and Public Land Preserved Areas)
- Relevant Local Government Licenses
- Fisheries Licenses
- Application for Registration of a Fishing Vessel
- Certificate of Registration of a Fishing Vessel
- Application for Fishing Vessel License
- Fishing Vessel License
- Application for an Export License for Fish and Fish Products
- License for Fishing or Dealing in Fish or Fish Products
- Certificate of Ownership for Fish and Fish Products
- Evidence on Dynamite Fish
- Business License
- Planning Consent for Declared Planning Area
- Water Rights
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