GCCA Tanzania project leader nominated for the BBC Outlook Inspirations

Mbarouk Mussa Omar from the Community Forests Pemba (CFP) has been nominated for the BBC World Service "Outlook Inspirations 2018", a prize rewarding the world's most inspiring stories in 2018.

Mbarouk is from Pemba in the Zanzibar archipelago, a tiny tropical island once known as the “green island.” He trained as an accountant but had always loved nature. When he noticed that the forests in his home were shrinking, he decided to do something about it. In 2007, he began collecting seeds and persuaded his community to start planting trees. In one year they planted 100,000 trees. Now, 10 years on, Mbarouk has helped to plant over two million trees and is on a mission to save his island. The Community Forests Pemba (CFP) project, which falls under the GCCA Tanzania programme, funded by the European Union is yet another example of the incredible efforts of resilient people living on the front lines of climate change.

You can find Mbarouk and the other nominees for “Outlook Inspirations 2018” by searching this website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p066pr27