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 c...

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Main Author:	Cordero Cordero, Paula
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17731

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Summary:	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.

Implementation of REDD+ Mechanisms in Tanzania

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