Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania
Research initiatives and practical experiences have demonstrated that forest-related data collected by local communities can play an essential role in the development of national REDD+ programs and its' measurement, reporting, verification (MRV) systems. In Tanzania, the national REDD+ Strategy...
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| description | Research initiatives and practical experiences have demonstrated that forest-related data collected by local communities can play an essential role in the development of national REDD+ programs and its' measurement, reporting, verification (MRV) systems. In Tanzania, the national REDD+ Strategy aims to reward local communities participating in forest management under Participatory Forest Management (PFM). Accessing carbon finances requires among other things, accurate measurements of carbon stock changes through conventional forest inventories, something which is rarely done in PFM forests due to its high cost and limited resources. The main objective of this paper is to discuss experiences of Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment (PFCA) in Tanzania. The study revealed that villagers who participated in PFCA were able to perform most steps for carbon assessment in the field. A key challenge in future is how to finance PFCA and ensure the technical capacity at local level. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ce5e6474d6647b3bf317956160a05332025-02-03T06:12:02ZengWileyInternational Journal of Forestry Research1687-93681687-93762012-01-01201210.1155/2012/126454126454Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from TanzaniaKusaga Mukama0Irmeli Mustalahti1Eliakimu Zahabu2District Natural Resources Office, Liwale District Council, P.O. Box 23, Liwale, TanzaniaDepartment of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 59, 00014 Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Forest Mensuration and Management, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3011, Morogoro, TanzaniaResearch initiatives and practical experiences have demonstrated that forest-related data collected by local communities can play an essential role in the development of national REDD+ programs and its' measurement, reporting, verification (MRV) systems. In Tanzania, the national REDD+ Strategy aims to reward local communities participating in forest management under Participatory Forest Management (PFM). Accessing carbon finances requires among other things, accurate measurements of carbon stock changes through conventional forest inventories, something which is rarely done in PFM forests due to its high cost and limited resources. The main objective of this paper is to discuss experiences of Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment (PFCA) in Tanzania. The study revealed that villagers who participated in PFCA were able to perform most steps for carbon assessment in the field. A key challenge in future is how to finance PFCA and ensure the technical capacity at local level.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/126454 |
| spellingShingle | Kusaga Mukama Irmeli Mustalahti Eliakimu Zahabu Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania International Journal of Forestry Research |
| title | Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania |
| title_full | Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania |
| title_short | Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania |
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