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Forest Reform In Tanzania: A Review of Policy and Legislation

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dc.creator Lokina, Razack B.
dc.date 2016-03-24T13:34:53Z
dc.date 2016-03-24T13:34:53Z
dc.date 2014-07
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T09:04:50Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T09:04:50Z
dc.identifier Lokina, R.B., 2014. Forest Reform in Tanzania: A Review of Policy and Legislation. African Journal of Economic Review, 2(2), pp.125-149.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1374
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4558
dc.description Community participation in forest management has existed in the United Republic of Tanzania for a long time, but on a small scale. It is common to find trees of certain species are being protected and managed for traditional reasons. It has been observed that forests and woodlands that are managed using traditional knowledge and practices are accorded high respect by concerned communities. Thus, fires or encroachment does not affect them. While the strategy of setting aside forests and woodlands for protection remains the centerpiece of management of these resources in the United Republic of Tanzania, this has been the result of evolutionary process from a conventional to a participatory approach of forest management. In this regards, Tanzania has been considered among successful countries in African in implementing Participatory Forest Management (PFM) as promoted through both Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) and Joint Forest Management (JFM). Policy provisions and legal framework has been important stepping stones for involvement of different players in forest conservation. In addition, legal reforms have tried to invert the colonial approach that excluded local communities from management and ownership of most resources in their vicinity. PFM typically has been implemented on a forest-by-forest or village-by-village basis, rather than using a landscape approach. But protecting one forest through PFM may displace villagers’ Non Timber Forest Product (NTFP) harvest into other less protected forests, possibly causing greater ecological damage. A landscape approach to PFM would take into account even those forests that are not used by villagers before PFM is introduced but that might be once PFM reduces or eliminates access to alternative forests.
dc.language en
dc.publisher African Journal of Economic Review
dc.subject Participatory Forest Management
dc.subject Policies
dc.subject legislation
dc.subject Forest
dc.subject degradation
dc.subject deforestation
dc.title Forest Reform In Tanzania: A Review of Policy and Legislation
dc.type Journal Article


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