Environmental Management (Control and Management of Carbon Trading) Regulations, 2022.

These Regulations consisting of 49 articles aim at (i) providing for the control and management of carbon trading projects; (ii) providing for legal framework necessary for enhancing environmental conservation and country’s contribution towards global efforts on greenhouse gases emissions reduction, and they apply to all types of carbon trading project in Mainland Tanzania. The Regulations provide for (i) the powers of the Minister responsible for environment for the matters relating to climate change including carbon trading. The Minister shall be the Designated National Authority or the National Focal Point; (ii) functions of the Director of Environment, concerning the adivising, monitoring, and assessment of the carbon trading activities; (iii) functions of the e National Carbon Projects Assessment Technical Committee concerning the provision of recommendations related to the projects to the Designated National Authority or National Focal Point; (iv) functions of the proponent; and (v) functions of private sectors, development partners, and civil society organizations.
Part V deals with the requirements necessary for carbon trading, of which the main ones are (i) qualifications of the proponent, in terms of expertise, financial capacity, and legal requirements; (ii) project requirements regarding the registration by the Registrar, o environmental and social impacts assessment, and REDD+ safeguard standards assessment; (iii) steps required for the establishment and operation of carbon trading projects. Under Part IX, the proponent has to take measures on capacity building, awareness raising, and public participation.