GICD

About Us

Greenland Initiatives and Community Development (GICD) is a Non-Governmental organization with registration No. NGO/R/0252 since 2019 in Tanzania, East Africa. The Organization focuses on Promoting conservation and sustainable management of the environment for strengthening Community Livelihoods. We support and promote social and economic initiatives for local community development. GICD works closely with the local community, government authorities and other partners in order to conserve the environment and have a sustainable utilization of the available environmental resources for the present and future generation. The GICD is composed by professional graduates and technicians from various field related to Environment, Forestry, Water resources, Beekeeping and Community Development.

Focus Area

To ensure sustainable biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management.
To support and promote social and economic development initiatives for local community development.
To carry out capacity building and interdisciplinary research to promote sustainable utilization of ecosystem services and community livelihood.
To facilitate and support sustainable environmental management activities
To conduct biodiversity and ecosystem assessments and audit

Core Functions

To ensure sustainable environmental conservation and ecosystem management.
To support and promote social and economic initiatives for rural community development.
To carry out capacity building and interdisciplinary research to promote sustainable utilization of ecosystem services and community livelihood.
To facilitate and support sustainable environmental management, poverty alleviation, sustainable agriculture and livelihood activities among rural and marginalized communities in Tanzania
To conduct biodiversity and ecosystem assessments and audit

Mission

To Promote Sustainable Environmental conservation for Improved Community Livelihoods in Tanzania.

Vision

To Champion the Planning and Implementation of Sustainable Environmental Conservation and Poverty alleviation programs.

Main Goal

To ensure Environmental Sustainability and Community Development in Tanzania

What we do

Climate Change impact has resulted to more negative effects in Arid and Semi arid areas. GICD continue to put more efforts in order to have Sustainable mitigations measures that will enable Livelihoods sustainability especially through environmental conservation. Other stakeholders are invited to join this effort through providing Technical part, Financial and any appropriate assistance. We aim at improving Food security, Water security and Economic stability in rural areas affected by Climate change particularly in Semi-arid areas in Tanzania.

Combating desertification goes with Tree planting and conservation awareness to Community through Ecological Rehabilitation or Restoration program. A comprehensive research about the Planting site Vs Tree species (Tree-site matching) is inevitable in the initial stage. GICD emphasize much on this stage in tree planting program in order to attain the expected results. We have a vast of Experts in Soil, Trees,Wildlife, Social,Economics,Water and Ecosystem in general.

In developing countries like Tanzania, Poverty is mentioned as among of the factor causing unsustainable utilization of natural resources. GICD will continue working closely with local community in supporting Income Generating Activities (IGA`s) like Commercial Beekeeping activities,Mushroom farming and fish farming. We design the projects that have sustainability,Bankability and Nature based solution requirements. For the purpose of reaching a wide range of local community, We call a Joint collaboration from other interested individuals and organization around the world to support our efforts. Let’s make the World to be the Best place to Live for the current and future generation.

The dependency on fuelwood consumption in developing Countries like Tanzania is about 85% compared to other sources of energy eg.Electricity and Gas. This high rate of fuelwood consumption has negatively affected natural forest conservation. There fore, various measures from different stakeholders are required to be put together for the main purpose of conserving the natural forest which provides a very valuable Ecosystem service. Energy Saving stoves adoption is among the project which GICD recommends because it has high energy saving capacity, cheaper,durable, easy to use and it is eco-friendly as it reduces environmental degradation through using less amount of fuelwood when compared to Traditional cooking stoves. Let us join the effort initiated by GICD in assisting the local community to adopt energy saving stoves.

Agroforestry practice is one of the prominent solution in combating environmental degradation. High and lowland community should be encouraged to practice sustainable agriculture which is environmental friend for watersources and forests conservation. We GICD will continue on emphasizing,facilitating and supporting the agroforestry practices for the benefit of community livehood through environment conservation. Lets join hand together in order to attain the sustainability of environmental services for the curent and future generation.

Effect of environmental degradation affect water sources. Due to persistance of drought, water sources becomes dry as a results people and animals strives for water. It is not a Wish, it is a Must to conserve the enviroment inorder to achieve the Sustainable Developmet Goal by 2030.