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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Seeing the wood for the trees: An assessment of the impact of participatory forest management on forest condition in Tanzania
ORYX, Volume 42, No. 3, Year 2008
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Over the past 15 years the Tanzanian government has promoted participatory forest management (both joint forest management and community-based forest management) as a major strategy for managing natural forests for sustainable use and conservation. Such management is currently either operational or in the process of being established in > 3.6 million ha of forest land and in > 1,800 villages. Data from three case studies of forests managed using participatory and non-participatory forest management approaches suggest that community involvement in forest management is correlated with improving forest condition. In our first case study we demonstrate increasing basal area and volume of trees per ha over time in miombo woodland and coastal forest habitats under participatory forest management compared with similar forests under state or open access management. In our second case study three coastal forest and sub-montane Eastern Arc forests under participatory forest management show a greater number of trees per ha, and mean height and diameter of trees compared to three otherwise similar forests under state management. In our third case study levels of cutting in coastal forest and Eastern Arc forests declined over time since initiation in participatory forest management sites. We conclude that participatory forest management is showing signs of delivering impact in terms of improved forest condition in Tanzanian forests but that further assessments need to be made to verify these initial findings. © 2008 Fauna & Flora International.
Authors & Co-Authors
Blomley, Tom
Tanzania, Dodoma
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
Pfliegner, Kerstin
United Kingdom, Norwich
University of East Anglia, Faculty of Social Sciences
Isango, Jaconia
Tanzania, Morogoro
Tanzania Forestry Research Institute
Zahabu, Eliakimu Mnkondo
Tanzania, Morogoro
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Ahrends, Antje
United Kingdom, York
University of York
Burgess, Neil David
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
United States, Washington, D.c.
Conservation Science Program
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Citations: 214
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0030605308071433
ISSN:
00306053
e-ISSN:
13653008
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Case Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Tanzania