Gemstone Streamline mode of buy-sell activities, Create a zone/market to be identified with dealership, dealership, create zones for value addition like gemology and other similar activities. processing and cutting, heating, acid-etching, etc. value addition Non mineral Zone officially quarry and sand Sensitize communities on the benefit of organized and resources harvesting areas, introduce limits to sustainable harvesting, regulate and legalize all forms of harvesting clays for blending paint; mining by introducing incentives of mutual participation. marble, murram and other non-precious Charcoal, sand, ballast, hardcore and murram associations to mineral mining to be vetted to prevent be empowered. environmental disasters Land Rehabilitation of degraded places Promotion of planting of appropriate trees and rehabilitate Reclamation Mitigating the effects of floods degraded catchment areas Enforcement of environmental and water resources management laws to deal with poaching, encroaching on catchment areas and wildlife reserves, degradation through mining and charcoal burning and illegal diversion of rivers. Forestry Promotion and protection of Forestry and Gazettement of forest Areas biodiversity Promotion of afforestation activities in forests and farm Table 22: MENR Priorities Projects and Programmes Ongoing Projects and Programmes Project Name/Location Objectives Targets Description of activities Kwa Tom Springs-Lumi One site One site Fencing ,tree planting, and Construction Taveta of a cattle and shoats watering trough and salt lick shed Kirongwe site One site One site Construction of gabions and check dams, Mwatate vetiver grass planting and tree planting NEMA office block Construction of 1 Construction of 1 No Construction works Mwatate No office block office block Proposed Environment Projects and Programmes (NEMA) Objectives Targets Description of activities Project Name/Location Awareness creation on To empower 16 communities Awareness barazas, Workshops and trainings EMCA 1999 and communities with trained associated regulations to environmental stakeholders conservation knowledge Rehabilitation of water To reduce degradation 6 Sites Construction of gabions and check dams, bodies Lakes and Rivers and provide livelihoods vetiver grass planting and tree planting along sites improvement to the Voi river, Njauni River,Mwakuni Valley and surrounding Msangachi river( Wusi/Kishamba Ward) communities on a sustainable basis Removal of Hyacinth at Lake Jipe Protection and Ensure that water 10 Catchments Identification, survey and boundary marking conservation of water sources are protected and areas are protected and gazettement of the water Catchment
Gemstone dealership, processing and value addition Streamline mode of buy-sell activities, create zones for value addition like cutting, heating, acid-etching, etc. Create a zone/market to be identified with dealership, gemology and other similar activities. Non mineral resources Zone officially quarry and sand harvesting areas, introduce limits to harvesting clays for blending paint; marble, murram and other non-precious mineral mining to be vetted to prevent environmental disasters Sensitize communities on the benefit of organized and sustainable harvesting, regulate and legalize all forms of mining by introducing incentives of mutual participation. Charcoal, sand, ballast, hardcore and murram associations to be empowered. Land Reclamation Rehabilitation of degraded places Mitigating the effects of floods Promotion of planting of appropriate trees and rehabilitate degraded catchment areas Enforcement of environmental and water resources management laws to deal with poaching, encroaching on catchment areas and wildlife reserves, degradation through mining and charcoal burning and illegal diversion of rivers. Forestry Promotion and protection of Forestry and biodiversity Gazettement of forest Areas Promotion of afforestation activities in forests and farm Table 22: MENR Priorities Projects and Programmes Ongoing Projects and Programmes Project Name/Location Objectives Targets Description of activities Kwa Tom Springs-Lumi Taveta One site One site Fencing ,tree planting, and Construction of a cattle and shoats watering trough and salt lick shed Kirongwe site Mwatate One site One site Construction of gabions and check dams, vetiver grass planting and tree planting NEMA office block Mwatate Construction of 1 No office block Construction of 1 No office block Construction works Proposed Environment Projects and Programmes (NEMA) Project Name/Location Objectives Targets Description of activities Awareness creation on EMCA 1999 and associated regulations to stakeholders To empower communities with environmental conservation knowledge 16 communities trained Awareness barazas, Workshops and trainings Rehabilitation of water bodies Lakes and Rivers sites To reduce degradation and provide livelihoods improvement to the surrounding communities on a sustainable basis 6 Sites Construction of gabions and check dams, vetiver grass planting and tree planting along Voi river, Njauni River,Mwakuni Valley and Msangachi river( Wusi/Kishamba Ward) Removal of Hyacinth at Lake Jipe Protection and conservation of water Ensure that water sources are protected and 10 Catchments areas are protected Identification, survey and boundary marking and gazettement of the water Catchment
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