Tanzania has successfully restored 3.3 million hectares of degraded forests and landscapes as of December 2024, marking significant progress toward its environmental goals under the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100).

The achievement was announced during a national workshop in Morogoro, where officials emphasized the need to sustain efforts to meet the 2030 target of restoring 5.2 million hectares.

However, the country still faces annual forest losses of 469,000 hectares due to unsustainable activities like overgrazing, logging, and illegal mining.

The government, with support from international partners like the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is implementing policies to address these challenges.

A key obstacle identified is the lack of reliable data on restoration activities, prompting calls for a national stakeholder platform to improve coordination and monitoring.While the progress is commendable, experts warn that without continued efforts, the gains could be undermined by ongoing environmental degradation.