Nasi benefits and shortcomings of decentralised forest management in burkina faso 375. Village forest management as a way to protect biodiversity in tanzania authors. Annual report 2014 the tanzania forest conservation group. Tfcg is protecting tanzanias high biodiversity forests for the nation, for the world and for the future. Case study from the united republic of tanzania amina akida1 and rosina blomley2 1 forestry and beekeeping division, ministry of natura l resources and tourism, po box 426, dar es salaam, united republic of tanzania. Participatory forest management in tanzania facts and figures.
It was found some districts have issued harvesting license. Over the past 20 years, participatory forest management pfm has become a dominant forest management strategy in tanzania, covering more than 4. Finding the right institutional and legal framework for. This report public participation in forestry, has been prepared as an input to the clarification of the concept of public participation in forestry and to integrate it more fully and transparently into forest policy making and management. The forestry sector in tanzania 125 fuelling deforestation. In tanzania, only 4 % 35 of the forest reserves have prepared forest management plans and the remaining 96% operate without the plans. Find out more about who we are, what we do, where we work and how you can help. Participatory forest management pfm is a central pillar of tanzanias forest law and policy and has been implemented across tanzania since it was first piloted in babati district in the early 1990s. Community members gain skills to advocate for timely delivery of relevant medications to the ministry of health. Participatory forest management pfm is a central pillar of tanzania s forest law and policy and has been implemented across tanzania since it was first piloted in babati district in the early 1990s. Pfm can contribute to improving rural livelihoods whilst protecting the environment and promoting genderequality.
Both the consumption and production processes of forest products have resulted in increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, particularly through burning forest. Jast joint assistance strategy for tanzania jfm joint forest management lmda logging and miscellaneous deposit account mdgs millennium development goals mnrt ministry of natural resources and tourism mtef medium term and expenditure framework. Sangeda2, said iddi3 abstract this paper is based on an analysis of. United republic of tanzania draft national forest policy november 2008. Towards community participation in forest management abstract this paper is about the emerging theme of joint forest management between communities and the government in tanzania. This study on community participation in natural resources management was carried out in manyoni district.
Naforma fi eld inventory has determined the area of forest and woodlands of tanzania mainland to be 48. Participatory forest management in west usambara tanzania. National forest resources monitoring and assessment of. Tanzanias ability to manage scarce water resources became a national issue in the early to mid1990s. Governance of protected and conserved areas in tanzania. What we want to know more about tfcg has focused its research efforts on issues relating to improving forest management, payments for. Participatory forest management in tanzania pfm is a strategy to achieve sustainable forest management by promoting the management or comanagement of forest and woodland resources by the communities living closest to the resources. Iq of lp96 arrhlygfmnt of sections sexttors title part i piu3lwlmary provisions 1. If after three years, the villagers have managed the forest reserve in accordance with the management plan, they may request through the district forest officer for formal gazettement of a village forest reserve by central government. Finding the right institutional and legal framework for communitybased natural forest management the tanzanian case liz wily cifor special publication center for international forestry research. United republic of tanzania ministry of natural resources and tourism forestry and beekeeping division participatory forest management in tanzania. The tfcg research programme the tanzania forest conservation group operates an active social and biological research programme that is constantly contributing knowledge to efforts to conserve the eastern arc mountains and coastal forests.
August 2014 david manley and thomas lassourd executive summary the leak in july 2014 of an important addendum to a production sharing agreement psa between norwegian national oil company statoil and the government of tanzania has ignited a debate on. As per the arusha declaration of 1967 which aimed at building a socialist state in tanzania, forests were nationalised. Tanzania forest fund 2017 call of project proposals introduction. Village forest management as a way to protect biodiversity. Finding the right institutional and legal framework for communitybased natural forest management. Tanzania forest fund taff is public conservation trust fund established under the forest act cap. Communitybased forest management in tanzania an overview. Tanzania forest conservation and management project. Since that time, a range of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders have been actively involved in promoting pfm across the country. The tanzania forest conservation group conserving tanzanias globally important forests tanzanias tropical forests are islands of natural wealth containing thousands of species of plants and animal found nowhere else in the world and underpinning the livelihoods of millions of. Transaction costs of communitybased forest management. The ministry has no effective mechanism of controlling the issuance of licenses at district level. Communitybased forest management in tanzania an overview of the process by liz alden wily 1 with the cbfm lead team2 october 1999 1 background this paper provides an overview of the process being adopted and advocated towards establishing community management of forests in tanzania.
Thousands of people living in tanzanias nou forest. The approach is known as communitybased forest management. New opportunities in agriculture, and the greater demand for water for irrigation and hydropower, together with the long dry season and several years of lessthanaverage rainfall, contributed to water scarcity and conflicts, while the lack of information on water quantity and quality, and an. In tanzania, fmp is adopted and in 1998 tanzania forest policy was introduced, tanzania fand 2002 orest law was to use pfmin managing her forest resources urt, 1998. Community perceptions towards participatory forest. Participatory forest management in tanzania farming first. The ministry of natural resources and tourism mnrt is implementing the tanzania forest conservation and management project tfcmp with support from the world bank, government of denmark and the global environmental facility gef. Participatory forest management pfm is a strategy to achieve sustainable forest management by encouraging the management or comanagement of forest and woodland resources by the communities living closest to the resources themselves.
The approach is known as communitybased forest management, or cbfm. Changes and continuities in policies and practices 49 i consider the retention of the forests, as well as the founding of new forests stands in the demanded parts of the colony to be not only the foremost, but also the most urgent task of the government quoted in sunseri, 2003. Over the past three decades the perspectives on the role of. This paper is about the emerging theme of joint forest management between communities and the government in tanzania.
Implementation started in july 2002 under the following objectives. Coverage of joint forest management in mainland tanzania 58 table 20. United republic of tanzania ministry of natural resources. Pdf participatory forest management in west usambara. Sustainable forest management in africa forest management through institutional arrangements trading legality with precaution. By doing this, the policies attempt to incorporate environmental and biodiversity values of forests into forest management and utilisation. Partnerships and governance in forest management in. Determinants of successful participatory forest management. Tanzania national forest policy 1998 tanzania forest.
Since the late 1990s, the government of tanzania pursued forest reform policies promoting community participation in forest management as a way to prevent natural forests degradation from human activity, as well as enhancing the benefits of participatory forest management pfm to thousands of villages living within the margins of forests and natural woodlands. Tanzania forest conservation and management project english abstract. The case of selected villages in morogoro district. Increasing deforestation has resulted in adverse impacts in the country. The performance of community based forest management in tanzania. Facts and figures december 2012 1 introduction participatory forest management pfm is a central pillar of tanzanias forest law and policy and has been implemented across tanzania since it was fi rst piloted in babati district in the.
The performance of community based forest management in. Specifically the study focused at community involvement in natural forest management, the practice of participatory planning in the lower local governments, and the factors that influence community participation in natural forest. Participatory forest management participatory forest management pfm was introduced into law with the passing of the forest act of 2002, which provides a clear legal basis for communities, groups or individuals across mainland tanzania to own, manage or comanage forests under a wide range of conditions. National forest resources monitoring and assessment of tanzania mainland v main result results biophysical results forest area. Although it has facets in common with joint forest management jfm and other collaborative approaches, cbfm as being implemented in tanzania is locallydeveloped and to a large degree from the field. Preliminary impacts of management plans and forest certification in the cameroonian forests 361 p.
The government sets the forest policy, rules and regulations to guide forestry. From precolonialism until today in the following, we outline how national forest policies and legislation has evolved from precolonialism until today as summarized in table 1. Tanzania was one of the first countries on the african continent to formally recognise the role of communities in managing and owning forests. Ratings for the forest conservation and management project for tanzania were as follows. Forest management in tanzania martin erro with topbar beehives provided by farm africa to make honey. A case study of mufindi district, tanzania manyisye k. This is done through setting up a framework for joint forest management within forest reserves and for communitybased forest management outside the reserves. Since unced rio 1992 and more recently the third ministerial conference for the protection of. United republic of tanzania ministry of natural resources and tourism rened conference ecosystem services and biodiversity in developing countries participatory forest management for sustainable community development. However, the socialist experiment was beset by economic problems, which also affected the forest sector. Phase i following the methodology illustrated in part ii of the iucn wcpa best practice guidelines, the national process contemplates four phases, starting from a preparatory phase i where the representative of key. Levels of transaction costs in communitybased forest management cbfm in four communities adjacent to the ambangulu mountain forests of the northeast of tanzania were assessed through.
This is done by director of forestry and is optional. Determinants of successful participatory forest management in tanzania by razack b lokina and elizabeth j z robinson in 2007 and 2008 researchers at environment for development tanzania undertook a sidafunded research project addressing the determinants of successful participatory forest management in tanzania. Many thanks to the staff of care tanzania jozani chwaka bay conservation project, director. Despite the adoption of pfm in tanzania, like other developing countries, deforestation and conflicts on forest resources management are still persisting in many forest reserves.
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