Dar es Salaam, April 18 -- THE government has prepared a special strategy to enable Tanzanians to participate in carbon trading through the National Carbon Monitoring Centre (NCMC).

Deputy Minister of State in the Vice Presidents Office (Union and Environment), Mr Reuben Kwagilwa, told the National Assembly in Dodoma yesterday that under the arrangement, village governments and individuals owning private forests can engage in the trade.

Mr Kwagilwa was responding to Mbogwe lawmaker Nicodemus Maganga (CCM), who sought clarification on the governments strategy to empower local citizens and companies to participate in carbon trading, which requires advanced technologies.

“In terms of investment, citizens and village governments can ...