Using spatial information to support decisions on safeguards and multiple benefits for REDD+ in Tanzania

REDD+ has the potential to contribute to achieving more policy goals than climate mitigation alone. In Tanzania, REDD+ is expected to deliver multiple benefits, whose nature and extent will depend on the location and type of REDD+ activity implemented. These benefits include sustainable use of forest resources, biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation, maintenance of forest dependent communities’ rights, and improved community livelihoods. The REDD+ safeguards agreed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are intended to guide REDD+ implementation to avoid adverse effects to people and the environment, and to ensure multiple benefits. During the last years, the Tanzanian Forest Service has produced a unique set of forest, socioeconomic and governance related data and maps from 32 000 field inventory plots and interviews with 3500 households and 1100 key informants, which among other sources of data have been used for the production of analysis and maps in this publication.

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Main Authors: 1423211760578 Runsten, L., 184178 FAO, Rome (Italy). Forestry Dept. eng, 174272 Ravilious, C., 1423211760579 Kashindye, A., 1423211760580 Giliba, R., 1423211760581 Hailakwahi, V., 1423211760582 Kashaga, L.R.A., 1423211760583 Khalid, S., 1423211760584 Mbilinyi, B., 1423211760585 Mwampashi, Y., 1423211760586 Pastory, M., 1423211760587 Mant, R., 1423211760588 Osti, M., 1423211760589 Crête, P., 1423211760590 Pekkarinen, A., 1423211760591 Leppanen, M., 1423211760592 Miles, L., 1423211760593 UNEP, Cambridge (United Kingdom). World Conservation Monitoring Centre eng, 408140 Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dar es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania) eng
Format: Texto biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: Dar es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania) MNRT/UNEP, WCMC/FAO 2013
Subjects:forest resources, deforestation, Environmental impact assessment, sustainable forest management, carbon, stock assessment, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, land use planning, Geographical information systems,
Online Access:http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3543e.pdf
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Summary:REDD+ has the potential to contribute to achieving more policy goals than climate mitigation alone. In Tanzania, REDD+ is expected to deliver multiple benefits, whose nature and extent will depend on the location and type of REDD+ activity implemented. These benefits include sustainable use of forest resources, biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation, maintenance of forest dependent communities’ rights, and improved community livelihoods. The REDD+ safeguards agreed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are intended to guide REDD+ implementation to avoid adverse effects to people and the environment, and to ensure multiple benefits. During the last years, the Tanzanian Forest Service has produced a unique set of forest, socioeconomic and governance related data and maps from 32 000 field inventory plots and interviews with 3500 households and 1100 key informants, which among other sources of data have been used for the production of analysis and maps in this publication.