Friday Feature: Beth O’Donnell, Board Member

Welcome to Friday Feature! Every Friday we will feature someone involved with ARC, including Board members, Junior Board members, field partner staff on the ground in Tanzania, and our volunteers and interns. We hope that this new feature will help you to get to know the many faces behind ARC and connect with our mission […]

By |April 29th, 2011|Friday Feature|0 Comments

Partner Spotlight: Tusk Trust

Protecting Wildlife, Supporting Communities, Promoting Education

The poaching crisis in Tanzania has put many of Africa’s treasured wildlife under great threat. In the past three years alone, nearly 800 African rhinos have been killed for their horns, which are thought to have medicinal purposes in some Asian countries. Unfortunately this crisis is nothing new for African […]

By |April 28th, 2011|Partner Spotlight|0 Comments

In Celebration of Earth Day: ARC Partners with Earth Day Network and Alex and Ani

Pledging to plant 1 million trees in Tanzania in the next two years and a special Earth Day bangle set for ARC

The African Rainforest Conservancy is very pleased to announce its new partnership with Earth Day Network! With our field partner, the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG), we are pledging to plant 1 million trees […]

By |April 22nd, 2011|ARC Celebrates|0 Comments

Friday Feature: Lori Weitzel, Junior Board Member

Welcome to Friday Feature! Every Friday we will feature someone involved with ARC, including Board members, Junior Board members, field partner staff on the ground in Tanzania, and our volunteers and interns. We hope that this new feature will help you to get to know the many faces behind ARC and connect with our mission […]

By |April 15th, 2011|Friday Feature|0 Comments

Join the Junior Board for Happy Hour on 4/26!

We are excited to introduce you to ARC’s Junior Board – a group of eleven young professionals who are passionate about conserving the Eastern Arc rainforest. Members originally hail from Michigan, Illinois, Cape Cod, and Madagascar; their professional careers find them in the fields of finance, fundraising, and filmmaking; they dabble in writing, photography, jewelry making, […]

By |April 12th, 2011|ARC Events|0 Comments

Friday Feature: Gabrielle Francesco, ARC Social Media Intern

Welcome to Friday Feature! Every Friday we will feature someone involved with ARC, including Board members, Junior Board members, field partner staff on the ground in Tanzania, and our volunteers and interns. We hope that this new feature will help you to get to know the many faces behind ARC and connect with our mission […]

By |April 8th, 2011|Friday Feature|0 Comments

Canopy Chronicles: Ecotourism in Tanzania

A partnership with local communities and an abundant natural environment

Did you know that…

  • From 1950 to 2005 international tourism arrivals expanded at an annual rate of ‎‎6.5 percent, growing from 25 million to 806 million travelers.‎
  • Tourism provides 6-7 percent of the world’s jobs.
  • Tourism accounts for an estimated 12 percent of GDP for Tanzania.

Tourism is one of […]

By |April 7th, 2011|Canopy Chronicles|0 Comments