Community Engagement & Support Nyayo Tea Zones Development Corporation exemplifies the true meaning of Ubuntu, ‘I am because you are and vice versa.’ Ubuntu’s core principle rests on enhancing this relationship between humans and their environment. Nyayo Tea Zones does this through conservation of the environment using buffer zones around indigenous gazetted forest areas and livelihoods support to peri-forest communities.The…

Livelihoods. Nyayo Tea Zones Development Corporation apart from being established to guard against encroachment also provides a component of livelihood to the communities. After several years of focus on conservation, the government realized that the previous strategies were not so successful. Despite the efforts, the forest cover was receding to below 10% forcing the government to revisit the strategies employed…

Conservation Forest Conservation was the main purpose for the creation and establishment of Nyayo Tea Zones Development Corporation in 1986. The corporation’s core mandate remains; to ensure that gazetted forests are protected from human encroachment and maintain natural ecosystems. The corporation has over the years implemented forest conservation strategies through the use of buffer zones for the benefit and sustainability…