Tanzania, March 29 -- Dodoma. The government, through the Vice President's Office, has allocated Sh2.6 billion for a climate change adaptation project for the 2025/26-2026/27 period.

The initiative focuses on helping communities and ecosystems adapt to climate change within the miombo woodland zone and is being implemented in selected areas of Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Speaking at the opening of the project's Executive Committee meeting in Dodoma, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Environment) in the Vice President's Office, Baraka Luvanda, said the project targets miombo forest areas in Mainland Tanzania as well as arid zones in Zanzibar.

He noted that the initiative is being implemented in collaboration with the Office of the First V...