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...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18603

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Summary:	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.

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

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