Carbon Neutral Safaris
Tarakwai Safaris works with Carbon Tanzania, a forest conservation business that aims to inspire travellers and the travel industry to consider the carbon impact of their safari on both the local and global environment.
Carbon emissions from vehicles, energy, aircraft and industry are adding to the acceleration of climate change with the world’s poor feeling the effects most acutely.
When you travel with us the emissions generated by your accommodation and safari vehicle have already been offset with Carbon Tanzania's certified carbon offsets. Carbon Tanzania is Tanzania’s leading supplier of high quality, forest carbon offsets that are certified by international third party verification organisations. The payments received from offset sales flow directly to the forest communities who protect their threatened forest.
We purchase offsets from Carbon Tanzania's award winning Yaeda Valley REDD project.
Carbon Tanzania is able to link carbon offsets with conservation through their method of generating these offsets. When threatened forests are cut down they release their stored carbon. By protecting threated forests from deforestation the trees are able to continue to capture and store carbon. It is this stored carbon that is measured as a carbon offset. Carbon Tanzania works with indigenous communities to protect their forest and its wildlife. The communities earn an income when the offsets are sold which is used to fund development projects as determined by the community.
Carbon Tanzania’s forest protection project directly benefits over 63,000 people across Tanzania and protects over 650,000 ha of forest.
Latest developments:
In 2021, the people of the Madame Savannah project in Makame WMA earned US$430,000 from carbon revenue in just one year. The revenue was used to enhance natural resource protection activities, improve governance, build health care services and develop educational opportunities.
In 2020, the people of the Ntakata mountains project allocated over US$148,000 of carbon revenue to building and developing education opportunities. But children can’t learn on an empty stomach so the community decided to use some of the carbon revenue to introduce hot meals in schools to over 570 students.