Implementation of REDD+ Mechanisms in Tanzania

This paper explains the major issues and lessons derived from the national forest management program and REDD+ initiatives in Tanzania. It finds that addressing the most important drivers of forest degradation and deforestation, in particular the country energy needs and landownership, is essential for success in reducing emissions regardless of the type of program implemented. It also finds that, through the national program, forest users have learned to maximize profit from the sustainable use of the forest; however, the program reports great variability in the success of forest conservation. REDD+ may complement the national program by adding funding and other resources to start projects at the local level while giving additional payments for the permanence of carbon stocks may help to improve the social outcomes of those villages practicing sustainable forest management. However, a careful characterization of the national projects is necessary to generalize how REDD+ can be effectively implemented so that additional economic and environmental benefits are generated over what the national program is already achieving. Addressing this issue is key for identifying the conditions under which REDD+ achieves environmental additionality in Tanzania.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Cordero Cordero, Paula
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-03
Subjects:	ABATEMENT, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURE, AIR, ALLOCATION OF LAND, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, ANIMAL, ANIMAL DIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY, BIOMASS, BUFFER ZONES, BURNING, CARBON, CARBON CHANGES, CARBON CONTENT, CARBON CREDITS, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, CARBON MARKET, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON STOCKS, CARBON STORAGE, CASH CROPS, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT AREAS, CHARCOAL MAKING, CHARCOAL PRODUCTION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CO, CO2, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS, COMMERCIAL FARMING, COMMERCIALIZATION, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONSERVATION EFFORT, CONSERVATION EFFORTS, CONSERVATION INITIATIVES, CONSERVATION PRACTICES, CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, CONSERVATION SOCIETY, CONTROLLED FORESTS, CONVERSION FROM FOREST, DEFORESTATION, DETERMINANTS, DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, ECOSYSTEMS, EFFECTIVE USE, ELECTRICITY, EMISSIONS, ENERGY SOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, FARMS, FERTILIZERS, FIELD WORK, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FIRE MANAGEMENT, FIREWOOD, FOREST, FOREST ACT, FOREST ACTIVITIES, FOREST CHANGE, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST CONSERVATION PROGRAM, FOREST CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, FOREST DEFORESTATION, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST EXPLOITATION, FOREST FIRES, FOREST GOVERNANCE, FOREST HARVESTING, FOREST INVENTORY, FOREST LAND, FOREST LANDSCAPES, FOREST LOSS, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS, FOREST MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS, FOREST MONITORING, FOREST OFFICER, FOREST OFFICERS, FOREST POLICY, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST PROTECTION, FOREST QUALITY, FOREST RESERVE, FOREST RESOURCE, FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST STOCK, FOREST USE, FOREST USERS, FOREST UTILIZATION, FORESTRY, FORESTRY RESOURCES, FORESTS, GAS, HUMAN SETTLEMENT, ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION, ILLEGAL HARVESTING, ILLEGAL TIMBER, ISSUES, LAND CONVERSION, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND REFORM, LAND RIGHTS, LAND TENURE, LAND USE, LAND USER, LAND USERS, LAND-USE, LANDOWNERSHIP, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LIVESTOCK, MANGROVES, MIGRATION, MOUNTAINS, NATIONAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM, NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES, NATIONAL FORESTRY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PATROLLING, PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PLANT, POLICY MAKERS, POPULATION GROWTH, PP, PRICE CHANGES, PRODUCERS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC GOOD, RAIN, RATES OF DEFORESTATION, REDUCING EMISSIONS, RIVER BASINS, ROADS, SHIFTING CULTIVATION, SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SPECIES, SUBSISTENCE USE, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABLE FOREST, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE LAND, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, TIMBER, TIMBER EXTRACTION, TIMBER HARVESTING, TIMBER PRODUCTS, TOURISM, TRADEOFFS, TRANSACTION COSTS, TREE, TREES, TROPICAL FOREST, TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN EXPANSION, URBAN MIGRATION, VILLAGE FOREST, VILLAGES, WATERSHED, WEATHER, WEATHER STATIONS, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WOOD, WOOD PRODUCTION, WOODLAND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19298027/implementation-redd-mechanisms-tanzania https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17731
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