Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: A case study of progress and challenges

N D Burgess; B Bahane; T Clairs; F Danielsen; S Dalsgaard; M Funder; N Hagelberg; Paul Harrison; C Haule; K Kabalimu; F Kilahama; E Kilawe; S L Lewis; J C Lovett; G Lyatuu; Andrew R Marshall; C Meshack; L Miles; S A H Milledge; P Munishi; E Nashanda; Deo Shirima; Ruth D Swetnam; Simon Willcock; Andrew Williams; Eliakim Zahabu

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Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: A case study of progress and challenges

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Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: A case study of progress and challenges

N D Burgess, B Bahane, T Clairs, F Danielsen, S Dalsgaard, M Funder, N Hagelberg, Paul Harrison, C Haule, K Kabalimu, …

Oryx, Vol.44(3), pp.339-351

2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605310000554

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carbon

Copenhagen

CoP 15

forests

greenhouse gas

REDD+

Tanzania

UNFCCC

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.

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Title: Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: A case study of progress and challenges
Authors: N D Burgess (Author) - University of Copenhagen
B Bahane (Author) - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
T Clairs (Author) - Bureau for Development Policy, United States
F Danielsen (Author) - NORDECO, Denmark
S Dalsgaard (Author) - Food and Agriculture Organization, Tanzania
M Funder (Author) - NORDECO, Denmark
N Hagelberg (Author) - Freshwater & Terrestrial Ecosystems Branch/DEPI, Kenya
Paul Harrison (Author) - Kilimanyika, Tanzania
C Haule (Author) - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
K Kabalimu (Author) - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
F Kilahama (Author) - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
E Kilawe (Author) - Food and Agriculture Organization, Tanzania
S L Lewis (Author) - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
J C Lovett (Author) - University of Twente, Netherlands
G Lyatuu (Author) - UNDP Tanzania, Tanzania
Andrew R Marshall (Author) - University of York, United Kingdom
C Meshack (Author) - Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, Tanzania
L Miles (Author) - UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, United Kingdom
S A H Milledge (Author) - Royal Norwegian Embassy, Tanzania
P Munishi (Author) - University of Agriculture, Tanzania
E Nashanda (Author) - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Deo Shirima (Author) - University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Ruth D Swetnam (Author) - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Simon Willcock (Author) - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Andrew Williams (Author) - Kilimanyika (Tanzania)
Eliakim Zahabu (Author) - University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Publication details: Oryx, Vol.44(3), pp.339-351
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date published: 2010
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000554
ISSN: 0030-6053
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451155902621
Output Type: Journal article

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