KEY LAND ISSUES IN TANZANIA
Demand for and pressure on Tanzania’s land and resources is growing rapidly. Global interest in acquiring arable land for commercial agriculture combined with population growth, rapid urbanization, and conservation pressure (Tanzania is the only country in the world to allocate more than 25% of its total area to national parks and other protected area status) is driving competition for Tanzania’s increasingly scarce land. Currently, about 30% of Tanzanians are estimated to have insecure land rights.
