ADAP is a Swiss non-governmental organization set up in Geneva in 1997. It supports local community-based natural resource management initiatives in Africa. ADAP assumes that any conservation initiative that does not take into account the needs of the local communities is doomed to failure. ADAP has been supporting projects in Tanzania since 2002 and has a Tanzanian branch since 2008.
ADAP currently manages two projects in western Tanzania: the Katavi-Ugalla corridor project and the Rungwa River corridor project that support the establishment of Joint Forest Management for two Forest Reserves of the Mlele District. In 2022 ADAP will launch a new project “Sustainable development of the Ipole Wildlife Management Area” in the Sikonge District. The project will support Jumuiya ya Hifadhi ya Wanyamapori Ipole (JUHIWAI) in the management of the wildlife management area (WMA) of Ipole and its resources. It will also provide support to the population of the 6 villages of the WMA so that they can benefit from the natural resources in a sustainable manner. The main areas of intervention will be capacity-building, support for the management of the protected area, development of income-generating activities and regional and national networking. The project will end in 2029 and will be divided into 4 phases of 2 years. The main source of funding is the Geneva Federation for Cooperation and Development.
