Journal article
Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: A case study of progress and challenges
Oryx, Vol.44(3), pp.339-351
2010
Abstract
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, DenmarkB Bahane (Author) - Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaT Clairs (Author) - Bureau for Development Policy, United StatesF Danielsen (Author) - NORDECO, DenmarkS Dalsgaard (Author) - Food and Agriculture Organization, TanzaniaM Funder (Author) - NORDECO, DenmarkN Hagelberg (Author) - Freshwater & Terrestrial Ecosystems Branch/DEPI, KenyaPaul Harrison (Author) - Kilimanyika, TanzaniaC Haule (Author) - Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaK Kabalimu (Author) - Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaF Kilahama (Author) - Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaE Kilawe (Author) - Food and Agriculture Organization, TanzaniaS L Lewis (Author) - University of Leeds, United KingdomJ C Lovett (Author) - University of Twente, NetherlandsG Lyatuu (Author) - UNDP Tanzania, TanzaniaAndrew R Marshall (Author) - University of York, United KingdomC Meshack (Author) - Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, TanzaniaL Miles (Author) - UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, United KingdomS A H Milledge (Author) - Royal Norwegian Embassy, TanzaniaP Munishi (Author) - University of Agriculture, TanzaniaE Nashanda (Author) - Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaDeo Shirima (Author) - University of Agriculture, TanzaniaRuth D Swetnam (Author) - University of Cambridge, United KingdomSimon Willcock (Author) - University of Leeds, United KingdomAndrew Williams (Author) - Kilimanyika, TanzaniaEliakim Zahabu (Author) - University of Agriculture, Tanzania
- Publication details
- Oryx, Vol.44(3), pp.339-351
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0030605310000554
- ISSN
- 0030-6053
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Tropical Forests & People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451155902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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