Welcome to our self-training hub for conservation practitioners working with Native Tree Species in Tanzania. Here, you’ll find a collection of practical and accessible materials—available in both English and Swahili—designed to help you enhance the quality and quantity of native tree seeds and seedlings for your restoration efforts. These resources have been carefully curated from a diverse range of contributors, spanning from policy to practice, and representing sectors including community-based organizations, conservation NGOs, academia, government, and the private sector.

Webinar Native Tree Species Tanzania (2026)

Webinar about the critical aspects of phenology and propagation of Tanzania’s native tree species: Flowering and fruiting cycles, seed collection techniques, storage methods and best practices.

Webinar Marketing of Native Tree Species (2026)

Webinar about how to market native species smartly in Tanzania.

Video Seeds of change: The power of native tree species for people and the planet (2026)

4-minute graphic video explaining why native tree species are important. Native tree species are the backbone of healthy ecosystems. Restoration often relies on just a few familiar species, leaving biodiversity behind. Instead, it needs diversity. Restoration needs diversity and comes down to planting the right trees in the right places for the right purpose.

Video Tanzania’s Native Tree Species (2026)

Tanzania is home to more than 1750 native tree species. While restoration efforts are well-intentioned, it sometimes relies on inappropriate species. To address this, the project prioritised 100 native tree species for restoration. An extensive capacity building programme has trained people across Tanzania, strengthening the native supply chain from seed collection to seed production. The web hub brings all the information together.

How To Plant a Tree (2026)

Preparing Potting Medium, Potting and Potting Arrangements (2026)

Pricking Out (2026)

Proper Method of Seed Collection and Seed Quality (2026)

Sampling and Preparation for Seed Collection (2026)

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (2026)

These three resources provide an introduction to Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI). Gender Equality refers to ensuring that people of all genders have equal rights, opportunities and responsibilities. Social inclusion means enabling veryone to participate is equally in society and activities,  regardless identity, background, status or tribe.

The second resource provides an overview of the current GESI situation in Tanzania and the third resource takes a more practical approach by outlining ways in which organisations can become more GESI inclusive.

BGCI kuweka kipaumbele ya spishi (2025)

Uwekaji kipaumbele wa spishi kwa urejesho wa ikolojia nchini Tanzania

Climate Resilient NTS (2025)

Considerations for climate-adapted NTS selection and discussion to understand the well and commonly planted NTS and their response to changing climate, Fandey HM.

Practice for Threatened Tree Conservation (2025)

Saving Tanzanian Trees from Extinction. Practice for threatened tree conservation. Highlighting the importance of species-specific conservation. Mashimba, FH.. Tanzania Forest Service Agency

Plant Health Tanzania NTS Project Training Programme (2025)

Plant Health Tanzania NTS Project Training Programme (2025). Unique Royal Hotel, Dodoma, Tanzania

Seed collection Kiswahili Moduli: 3 (2020)

Seed collection Kiswahili Moduli:3-Ukusanyaji wa mbegu na utunzaji baada ya mavuno (2020)

BGCI Mtandao mkubwa zaidi wa uhifadhi wa mimea dunia (2019)

Moduli ya4: Ukusanyaji wa Chapisho-Kusafisha, Kukausha na Kuhifadhi