In Tanzania, Green Resources has given away 120,000 seedlings to villagers, schools and churches. More than 60 organisations and invididuals have established their own forests on the basis of these seedlings.
Separately, Sao Hill Industries (SHI) is already buying logs from dozens of farmers in Iringa, Mufindi and Njombe districts.
SHI is converting the farm forests into value added products and ploughing significant funds into the local economy.