Explainer: What Rural Communities in Tanzania Need to Know about Carbon Trading and Land Rights By Kizito Makoye Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/explainer-what-rural-communities-in-tanzania-need-to-know-about-carbon-trading-and-land-rights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=explainer-what-rural-communities-in-tanzania-need-to-know-about-carbon-trading-and-land-rights DAR ES SALAAM, May 19 2025 (IPS) - As global demand for carbon credits rises, Tanzania has become a magnet for carbon offset projects. From Loliondo in Arusha to Kiteto in Manyara, foreign firms and conservation groups are looking for land to capture carbon and sell credits to polluting industries in the Global North. The growing interest in carbon trading has sparked hope, confusion, and concern— putting millions of hectares of village land and the livelihoods of people who depend on it at risk. Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service IPS Inter Press Service · Via Sabotino 45 · Rome, Italy 00195 · Italy