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APOPO’s HeroTREEs program, in collaboration with Reforest Africa, established two syntropic agroforestry demonstration plots in Tanzania’s Greater Udzungwa Landscape following a two-day training session held at the Udzungwa Botanic Garden in March 2026. The training brought together 46 participants from six villages surrounding the landscape: Mang’ula A, Katurukila, Magombera, Msolwa Station, Kanyenja, and Sole. Representatives […]

By Dr. Tefera Azigew, MD, MPhil, PhD | APOPO Head of TB   Tuberculosis (TB) is both preventable and curable, yet it remains the world’s leading infectious killer. Each year, it claims more lives than any other infectious disease, including HIV and malaria. On March 24, World TB Day highlights the progress achieved as well as the

From February to April 2026, APOPO continued expanding its regenerative agriculture work in Mgeta, in Tanzania’s Uluguru Mountains, through the Mgeta Livelihood Development Foundation (MLDF) Project. During the recent rainy season, the project trained 152 farmers (170 female farmers) and 90 youth in syntropic agroforestry practices. Since the project began in 2025, a total of

Guest Article by Forests4Farming (F4F) on the Joint Mission with APOPO HeroTREEs in Tanzania, March 2026 Authors: Hannes Thaler, Misael Cunha (Forests4Farming) In the Uluguru Mountains, where steep terrain leaves the land highly vulnerable to soil erosion and makes every supply run a full day’s walk away, syntropic agroforestry holds extraordinary significance and potential. Here,

At APOPO’s training center in Morogoro, Tanzania, HeroRAT trainer Happy spends her days training African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and other explosive remnants of war. Using clicker training and positive reinforcement, she helps prepare the animals for work that supports mine clearance operations in countries affected by conflict. Her career took an unexpected

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods 3 March 2026 – This year’s World Wildlife Day theme, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods, highlights the deep connections between biodiversity, traditional knowledge, and sustainable development. In Tanzania’s Morogoro Region, APOPO’s HeroTREEs program offers a practical example of how these connections can

On 23 February 2026, His Excellency Michel Parys, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Cambodia, visited APOPO’s operations in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He was accompanied by his wife, colleagues from the Belgian Embassy, and representatives of the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD). The DGD delegation included Marc Fransen, Desk Officer for

Protecting the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal Morogoro, 21 February 2026  — World Pangolin Day falls on the third Saturday of February each year. Observed annually by conservationists, researchers, and wildlife advocates worldwide, the day raises awareness about pangolins and the urgent threats they face. Pangolins are remarkable animals, uniquely covered in protective keratin scales, the only scaly

APOPO will participate in the 4th National Ecological Organic Agriculture Conference (NEOAC), taking place from 3–5 March in Dodoma, Tanzania. NEOAC brings together those working in ecological and organic agriculture to share practical experience, present new approaches, and discuss how to strengthen sustainable farming in Tanzania and across Africa. At the conference, APOPO will host