RWANDA, Oct. 16 -- TANZANIA has established a revenue-sharing framework under which resource owners receive 61 per cent of earnings from forest carbon projects, as the government seeks to ensure carbon trading benefits communities and supports environmental conservation.

Minister of State in the Vice-Presidents Office (Union and Environment), Hamad Masauni, outlined the arrangement during a ministerial and technical leaders meeting on the sidelines of the Africa Carbon Markets Forum 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda yesterday.

“Under the framework, resource owners receive 61 per cent of the revenue, project proponents 31 per cent and the government eight per cent,” he said.

Eng Masauni further said the arrangement promotes transparenc...