Honeyguide have been training 3 auditors for Responsible Tourism Tanzania. Damian Bell has been training the auditors over the past 23 months using various hotels and lodges as the platform for the training. The 3 auditors have been busy over the past few months training with the criteria and visiting a number of hotels and camps in and around
The Pan-African Ornithological Congress that was held in Arusha, Tanzania from the 14th to 21st October 2012 supported the Honeyguide Foundation. The conference was organized and run by the Honeyguide Foundation with the aim that the surplus funds from the conference would go to support the core costs of the organization. The conference raised over $18,000 for the Honeyguide
Africa Safari 3D, a film produced in Botswana, Nambia, Zambia and Tanzania have donated a new wing for the Microlight. The end of the film was shot in Enduimet with Kilimanjaro as the back drop. The microlight is used for both anti-poaching patrols from the air and also as a general management tool to see and understand changes
The Enduimet Village game scouts graduated after one month of intensive training that included firearms use and safety, first aid, discipline, wildlife law and more. For one month over 60 village game scouts training from 5am until sometimes 10pm in Tingatinga. The training was partly of a refresher course for many of the
Honeyguide present at the 2011 International joint meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation & Africa Section of the Society for Conservation Biology. The Importance of Tourism to Community Conservation was the topic that was presented by Damian Bell in the group that addressed Community-based conservation and development; What is working and Why. This was
Honeyguide Foundation announced today that they have joined the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), an international initiative dedicated to promoting sustainable tourism practices around the world. The GSTC was founded in partnership by the World Tourism Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, UN Foundation, Rainforest Alliance, Sabre/Travelocity and others. GSTC membership is open to all
It is known that in December a spike in poaching occurs , this is generally because of the holiday season brings on a demand for bush meat and ivory poachers hoping to take advantage of the anti-poaching units going on holiday. With BIG LIFE support, Honeyguide Foundation has just purchased and sent into the field
Honeyguide Foundation team members, William Joseph and Bakari Jaha attend the Legacy Foundation Briquette Producers’ Conference held on the November 14th-19th in Arusha. Through a grant provided by the McKnight Foundation, Legacy Foundation was funded to conduct a briquette producers’ meeting/workshop, as a follow-up to the Training of Trainers that was conducted in 2009 for
BIG LIFE Foundation is supporting the community conservation project. Honeyguide Foundation are working with local communities to manage and conserve their natural resources. Through this community conservation project, BIG LIFE have been able to donate much needed equipment to the Village Game Scouts (VGS)of the Enduimet Wildlife Management Area in the West Kilimanjaro and Longido
The Mama Mkaa project produces their first charcoal briquettes from waste from the hotels. These charcoal briquettes are made from waste such as paper, old boxes and a various assortment of garden waste. The team of women will continue to experiment for the next couple of months with various concoctions of organic waste until the produce a charcoal briquette that will burn hot