The Rufiji Delta Landscape Strategy (2025–2050)
The Rufiji Delta Landscape Strategy (RDLS) is a comprehensive, long-term roadmap for the sustainable management and conservation of one of Tanzania’s most ecologically and socio-economically significant landscapes. Developed through an inclusive, multi-stakeholder process and guided by the Four Returns framework, the RDLS outlines a transformative vision for the Rufiji Delta—one that balances ecological integrity, sustainable livelihoods, and climate resilience.
Spanning marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems, the Rufiji Delta provides vital ecosystem services that support thousands of lives. However, it faces growing pressures from deforestation, land degradation, climate change, and governance challenges. This strategy presents actionable solutions grounded in community-led conservation, adaptive management, and long-term collaboration among government, civil society, local communities, and development partners.
The RDLS sets out seven strategic objectives to be achieved between 2025 and 2050, including improved water access, secured land tenure, strengthened institutional capacity, sustainable livelihoods, climate adaptation, and biodiversity conservation. It also integrates a sustainable financing and monitoring framework to guide implementation.
We invite all stakeholders and partners to explore the RDLS and join hands in realising a resilient, inclusive, and thriving Rufiji Delta for current and future generations.
