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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: A case study of progress and challenges
ORYX, Volume 44, No. 3, Year 2010
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The proposed mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) offers significant potential for conserving forests to reduce negative impacts of climate change. Tanzania is one of nine pilot countries for the United Nations REDD Programme, receives significant funding from the Norwegian, Finnish and German governments and is a participant in the World Banks Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. In combination, these interventions aim to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, provide an income to rural communities and conserve biodiversity. The establishment of the UN-REDD Programme in Tanzania illustrates real-world challenges in a developing country. These include currently inadequate baseline forestry data sets (needed to calculate reference emission levels), inadequate government capacity and insufficient experience of implementing REDD+-type measures at operational levels. Additionally, for REDD+ to succeed, current users of forest resources must adopt new practices, including the equitable sharing of benefits that accrue from REDD+ implementation. These challenges are being addressed by combined donor support to implement a national forest inventory, remote sensing of forest cover, enhanced capacity for measuring, reporting and verification, and pilot projects to test REDD+ implementation linked to the existing Participatory Forest Management Programme. Our conclusion is that even in a country with considerable donor support, progressive forest policies, laws and regulations, an extensive network of managed forests and increasingly developed locally-based forest management approaches, implementing REDD+ presents many challenges. These are being met by coordinated, genuine partnerships between government, non-government and community-based agencies. © 2010 Fauna & Flora International.
Authors & Co-Authors
Burgess, Neil David
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
United States, Washington, D.c.
Wwf-us
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Bahane, Bruno
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Forestry and Beekeeping Division
Clairs, Tim
United States, New York
Bureau for Development Policy
Danielsen, Finn
Unknown Affiliation
Dalsgaard, Søren
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Funder, Mikkel
Unknown Affiliation
Hagelberg, Niklas
Kenya, Nairobi
United Nations Environment Programme
Harrison, Paul
Tanzania
Kilimanyika
Haule, Christognus
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Forestry and Beekeeping Division
Kabalimu, Kekilia
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Forestry and Beekeeping Division
Kilahama, F. B.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Forestry and Beekeeping Division
Kilawe, Edward
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Lewis, Simon L.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Lovett, Jon C.
Netherlands, Enschede
Universiteit Twente
Lyatuu, Gertrude
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Undp Tanzania
Marshall, Andrew Robert
United Kingdom, York
University of York
Meshack, Charles
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
Miles, Lera
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Milledge, S.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Royal Norwegian Embassy
Munishi, Pantaleo K.T.
United Kingdom
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Nashanda, E.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Forestry and Beekeeping Division
Shirima, Deo D.
United Kingdom
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Swetnam, Ruth D.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Willcock, Simon P.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Williams, Andrew
Tanzania
Kilimanyika
Zahabu, Eliakimu Mnkondo
United Kingdom
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Statistics
Citations: 158
Authors: 26
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0030605310000554
ISSN:
00306053
e-ISSN:
13653008
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Case Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Tanzania