Governance structures for REDD+ Experiences from Tanzania
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Climate Change Iimpacts and Adaptation and Mitigation Project (CCIAM) - Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)
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Lessons and Implications for REDD+ Implementation Experiences from Tanzania, chapter 13, pg. 111-335
This chapter discusses national goverĀnance structures for REDD+ in Tanzania. It also docuĀments experiences from REDD+ pilot projects and discusses what findings from these imply for the national REDD+ strategy. The present strategy is advocating a national/fund whereas NGOs favour a market solution. Our research shows that establishing REDD+ will demand substantial developĀments in local land/forest governĀance structures including clarifying property rights and developing management plans. Capacities and competences at district, but also at national levels are weak. There are also important challenges related to ensuring participation and handling of conflicts that REDD+ implies. In this regard, a āfundā-based model seems favourable to ensure democratic accountability as well as national capacity builĀding and avoidance of leakage. However, Tanzaniaās public administration faces serious problems regarding transparency and managing of decentralisation. Thus, involving NGOs in the REDD+ Fund will help enhance openness. Moreover, learning from their experiences with engaging local comĀmunities in REDD+ is also helpful in making decentralisation effective.
This chapter discusses national goverĀnance structures for REDD+ in Tanzania. It also docuĀments experiences from REDD+ pilot projects and discusses what findings from these imply for the national REDD+ strategy. The present strategy is advocating a national/fund whereas NGOs favour a market solution. Our research shows that establishing REDD+ will demand substantial developĀments in local land/forest governĀance structures including clarifying property rights and developing management plans. Capacities and competences at district, but also at national levels are weak. There are also important challenges related to ensuring participation and handling of conflicts that REDD+ implies. In this regard, a āfundā-based model seems favourable to ensure democratic accountability as well as national capacity builĀding and avoidance of leakage. However, Tanzaniaās public administration faces serious problems regarding transparency and managing of decentralisation. Thus, involving NGOs in the REDD+ Fund will help enhance openness. Moreover, learning from their experiences with engaging local comĀmunities in REDD+ is also helpful in making decentralisation effective.
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National goverĀnance structures, REDD+, NGOs favour, REDD+ Experiences, Tanzania