Community Forests is growing ecosystem-based poverty reduction, gender equity, and climate security for communities across the Zanzibar Archipelago.
Our work in Zanzibar is built on relationships of trust and respect, and the understanding that Community Forests Pemba and the community members are the experts. We prioritise a community-led approach, actively listening to and supporting community needs.
The most resilient climate solutions come from the vast wealth of local knowledge and lived experience with the impacts of climate change.
Mangrove Restoration
Mangrove forests are crucial resources for maintaining the livelihoods of fishing communities. We are working with our team in Zanzibar to reforest these critical coast forests for climate resilience and livelihood opportunities.
Spice Agroforestry
Spice agroforestry promotes forest regeneration alongside the production of high-value spice crops, concurrently storing carbon and reversing trends of deforestation, soil depletion, and economic decline.
Permaculture Gardens
Women in Zanzibar are now producing food directly outside of their homes. These intensive kitchen gardens provide families with an immediate source of nutritious crops for household consumption and to sell at markets, supporting women’s economic empowerment and equality.
Women’s Empowerment
Climate change impacts all of us, but not all of us equally. That’s why we design projects that specifically benefit women and work under a mandate to ensure that more than 50% of project beneficiaries in Zanzibar are women. We recently surpassed that mark: now our beneficiaries in Zanzibar are 80% women!
Rebalancing the Scales
Communities in Zanzibar are facing unique and disproportionate impacts of climate change while being among the least responsible for its causes. We work to overcome and dismantle barriers faced by our partners, Community Forests Pemba, and equitable access to resources needed to overcome the climate crisis.
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Support Our Work
The communities we work with in Zanzibar are some of the most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis. Your support helps communities and their environments adapt and thrive in a changing climate.
Our Impact
Community Forests Pemba works to increase the adaptive capacity of at-risk communities in the Zanzibar Archipelago. Here’s a look at what has been accomplished:
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90+
Communities
Improving the climate resilience of vulnerable communities.
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1300+
Kitchen Gardens
Increasing food security and promoting gender equality.
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2,059
Acres of Spice Forests
Agroforests that are better for farmers and the climate.
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20+
Acres of Reforested Mangroves
Restoring critical coastal ecosystems.