DODOMA, Sept. 25 -- A total of 46 investors from different parts of the world have shown interest in collaborating with Tanzania Forest Services (TFS) to establish carbon credit projects in forests and water sources managed by the agency.

TFS senior assistant conservation commissioner and section manager for seed biology, Mr Hansen Mashimba, disclosed the figure to the Daily News in Dodoma during an exclusive interview, adding that applications for the establishment of the projects had been received and were at different stages of processing.

Asked where the prospective investors were coming from, the manager said they were from Europe and Asia and were teaming up with local investors to seize carbon credit opportunities in Tanzanias fo...