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

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dc.creatorDalsgaard, SØren
dc.creatorFunder, Mikkel
dc.creatorHagelberg, Niklas
dc.creatorHarrison, Paul
dc.creatorHaule, Christognus
dc.creatorKabalimu, Kekilia
dc.creatorKilahama, Felician
dc.creatorKilawe, Edward
dc.creatorLewis, Simon L.
dc.creatorLovett, Jon C.
dc.creatorLyatuu, Gertrude
dc.creatorMarshall, Andrew R.
dc.creatorMeshack, Charles
dc.creatorMiles, Lera
dc.creatorMilledge, Simon A.H.
dc.creatorMunishi, Pantaleo K.T.
dc.creatorNashanda, Evarist
dc.creatorShirima, Deo
dc.creatorSwetnam, Ruth D.
dc.creatorWillcock, Simon
dc.creatorWilliams, Andrew
dc.creatorZahabu, Eliakim
dc.creatorBurgess, Neil D.
dc.creatorBahane, Bruno
dc.creatorClairs, Tim
dc.creatorDanielsen, Finn
dc.date2022-05-20T08:35:53Z
dc.date2022-05-20T08:35:53Z
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T08:52:53Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T08:52:53Z
dc.descriptionThe proposed mechanism for Reducing Emis- sions 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 Pro- gramme, receives significant funding from the Norwegian, Finnish and German governments and is a participant in the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. In combination, these interventions aim to mitigate green-house gas emissions, provide an income to rural commu- nities 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 im- plement a national forest inventory, remote sensing of forest cover, enhanced capacity for measuring, reporting and verification, and pilot projects to test REDD+ imple- mentation linked to the existing Participatory Forest Man- agement 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+ pre- sents many challenges. These are being met by coordinated, genuine partnerships between government, non-government and community-based agencies.
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dc.identifierhttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4200
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93114
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFauna & Flora International
dc.subjectCarbon
dc.subjectCopenhagen
dc.subjectCoP 15
dc.subjectREDD+
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectUNFCCC
dc.subjectForests
dc.subjectGreen- house gas
dc.titleGetting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: a case study of progress and challenges
dc.typeArticle

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