Environmental Crisis or Sustainable Development Opportunity? Transforming the Charcoal Sector in Tanzania : A Policy Note

The policy note builds on experience from both Tanzania and other Sub-Saharan African countries with similar socioeconomic and environmental contexts. This policy note puts forward and discusses a range of policy measures along the entire charcoal value chain in Tanzania. The development of this policy note benefited from a variety of recent studies on charcoal utilization and trade conducted in the country. This policy note is structured as follows: chapter two provides a broad overview of the charcoal sector in Tanzania and some of the key challenges being faced. It also includes a summary of the key legal and policy measures that have been taken over the past two decades and an assessment of how successful they have been in effecting positive change. Following this, chapter three summarizes experiences reforming the charcoal sector in Tanzania and elsewhere, as well as an assessment of how successful these measures have been. Where possible, key lessons learned are extracted and used to inform policy recommendations. In chapter four, key policy recommendations are made along the production and marketing chains, which are hoped, will provide a useful resource for policy makers and implementers. Chapter five assesses the likely impact of the reforms on reducing deforestation and forest degradation, as well as the positive impacts on boosting employment and improving rural livelihoods. The chapter concludes with an assessment of the costs of the policy recommendations made.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2009-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, AFFORESTATION, AGRICULTURE, AGROFORESTRY, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, ALTERNATIVE FUEL, ALTERNATIVE FUELS, ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT, BENEFIT STREAMS, BIODIESEL, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIOFUEL, BIOFUEL PRODUCTION, BUTANE, CALCULATION, CALORIFIC VALUE, CARBON, CARBON FINANCE, CARBON STORAGE, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT AREA, CHARCOAL, CHARCOAL KILNS, CHARCOAL MAKING, CHARCOAL PRODUCTION, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COASTAL FORESTS, COMBUSTION, COMMUNAL FOREST, COMMUNITY FORESTRY, COMMUNITY FORESTS, CONSUMER PRICES, CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, COOKING, CRUDE OIL, DEFORESTATION, DEFORESTATION RATES, DEGRADED LAND, DEGRADED LANDS, DEMAND FOR ENERGY, DIESEL, DISPOSABLE INCOME, DOMESTIC ENERGY, DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC FACTORS, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECOSYSTEM, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, EFFICIENT STOVES, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY USERS, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY LADDER, ENERGY MARKET, ENERGY MARKETS, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY RESOURCE, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY STRATEGY, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY, EROSION, ETHANOL GEL, EXPENDITURES, EXPLOITATION, FIREWOOD, FODDER, FOREST ACT, FOREST ADMINISTRATION, FOREST AREA, FOREST AREAS, FOREST COVER, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST EXPLOITATION, FOREST LAND, FOREST LANDS, FOREST LAW, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, FOREST MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES, FOREST MONITORING, FOREST OFFICE, FOREST OWNERS, FOREST POLICY, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST REGULATIONS, FOREST RESERVES, FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT, FOREST REVENUES, FOREST SECTOR, FOREST USERS, FORESTRY OPERATIONS, FORESTRY POLICY, FORESTRY SECTOR, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUELS, FOSSIL-FUEL EMISSIONS, FUEL EFFICIENCY, FUEL PRICES, FUEL PRODUCTION, FUEL SOURCES, FUEL SWITCHING, FUEL USE, GASES, GEL, GENERATORS, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, JATROPHA, KEROSENE, LABOR COSTS, LABOR FORCE, LAND CLEARING, LAND TENURE SECURITY, LAND-USE PLANNING, LANDLESS PEOPLE, LIGHTING, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LIQUID BIOFUELS, LOSS OF FOREST, MIX OF ENERGY, NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY, NATIONAL FOREST POLICY, NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCE, NATURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT, NATURAL FORESTS, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PETROLEUM GAS, PLANTING, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POPULATION GROWTH, POWER GENERATION, POWER SUPPLY, PRECIPITATION, PRESENT VALUE, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION OF CHARCOAL, PROPANE, PURCHASING POWER, RAINWATER, RATES OF DEFORESTATION, REDUCING EMISSIONS, REFORESTATION, RENEWABLE ENERGY, REPLACEMENT COSTS, RESINS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL VILLAGES, SMOKES, SORGHUM, STATE FORESTS, STREAMS, SUGARCANE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS, SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY OF ENERGY, TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS, TRANSACTION COSTS, TREES, URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, USE OF ELECTRICITY, USE OF GAS, VILLAGE FORESTS, VILLAGE LEVEL, WASTE PRODUCTS, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WOOD ENERGY, WOOD FUEL, WOOD FUELS, WOOD HARVESTING, WOOD PRODUCTION, WOODLAND RESOURCES, WOODLANDS, WOODY BIOMASS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/11022403/environmental-crisis-or-sustainable-development-opportunity-transforming-charcoal-sector-tanzania-policy-note https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18603
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