Majamba, Hamudi I.2016-03-162016-03-162005Majamba, H.I., 2005. Assessment of the Framework Environmental Law of Zanzibar, An. Law Env't & Dev. J., 1, p.17.1746-5893http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1006In order to fully comprehend the application of the corpus of laws in Tanzania in general, and the legislation regulating environmental conservation and management in particular, it is important to highlight some of the important events of country's history. Our brief narrative commences at the point when German claimed direct control and administration of territory knoen as Tanganyika from the Germany East African company. The control of the terrotory was handed over to Britain under the League of nations mandate after the defeat of the Germany in World War I. After World War II, Tanganyika became a UN Trust territory under British control being granted independence by Britain in 1961. A year later it became a Republic.enAssessmentFrameworkEnvironmental LawTanzania ZanzibarJournal Article