Tanzania Forest Fund is a Public Conservation Trust Fund established under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism as a sustainable funding mechanism for supporting forest protection, conservation, management and development in Tanzania Mainland. The Fund is established under sections 79 to 83 of the Forest Act Cap. 323 and was made operational in July, 2010 through Treasury Circular No. 4 of 2009. Tanzania Forest Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees and the day-to-day operations are carried out by Fund Secretariat headed by an Administrative Secretary.