Carter Coleman

Overview

Carter Coleman is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Agrica lived in Tanzania between 1987 and 1996 and maintained strong links while away primarily through the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG) a widely respected community development and reforestation organization he established in 1991. The TFCG which pioneered local forest management in Tanzania works in 140 villages in 4 mountain ranges has planted 10 million trees trained 10000 villagers in agro forestry assisted hundreds of self help groups in micro enterprises and protects some 1200 km2 of high biodiversity rainforest. The president of the New York based African Rainforest Conservancy Carter is a former journalist who reported for Time in Africa the author of two books and a magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University.