ECOBOMA, GCCA Tanzania Final Factsheet

The GCCA Tanzania programme started with the first phase from 2011 to 2013, during which three community-level projects on climate change adaptation were funded: (i) Resilient Landscapes for Resilient Communities in Pemba;  (ii) Empowering Vulnerable Rural Communities to Adapt and Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change in Central Tanzania; and (iii) Enhancing Climate change adaptation and mitigation capacities of vulnerable communities in eco-villages of different ecosystems of the Uluguru Mountains. All three projects used the eco-village approach to increase the climate change resilience of the target communities.

The second phase of GCCA Tanzania built on the first phase and sought to extend the eco-village approach. Through an open call for proposals with detailed guidelines, 5 projects were selected and funded, with implementation periods from 2015 to 2019. 

ECOBOMA - A Climate Resilient Model for Maasai Steppe Pastoralists

Location: Arusha, Masaai steppe

The EcoBoma project was implemented by a consortium led by Istituto OIKOS, in partnership with Arusha and Meru district councils and the Nelson Mandela - Africa Institution of Science and Technology. The project aimed to improve the adaptive capacity of vulnerable Maasai Pastoralists to the adverse effects of climate change through the application of the EcoBoma model: a low cost, culturally acceptable, replicable model of holistic solutions to vulnerable pastoral systems.