Title: The Roadmap to REDD Implementation in Tanzania: Potential Challenges and Opportunities Pius Z. Yanda, Emma T. Liwenga
1 The Roadmap to REDD Implementation
in Tanzania Potential Challenges and
OpportunitiesPius Z. Yanda, Emma T. Liwenga
Claude G. MungongoInstitute of Resource
Assessment, University of Dar es SalaamP.O. Box
35097 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2- WHAT IS REDD ?
- Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation - REDD is based on the idea of rewarding
individuals, communities, projects and countries
that reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions from
forests. - REDD is seen as a significant, cheap, quick and
win-win way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. -
3- REDD is based on the idea of reward
- individuals,
- communities,
- projects and
- countries
- that reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions from
forests.
4Why REDD?
- Has the potential to deliver large cuts in
emissions at a low cost within a short time frame - Enhances biodiversity conservation
- Enhances ecosystem management
- Contributes to reducing poverty
- Hence Enhance sustainable development
5Can REDD payment alone be an incentive ?
- Not sure
- Consider
- Opportunity costs
- Ecosystem management costs
- Monitoring and evaluation
6How can sustainable development be achieved
through REDD initiative?
- Enhancement of ecosystem management and
biodiversity conservation - Effective conservation of ecosystems
- Provision of alternative livelihoods e.g.
beekeeping - - Provision of alternative sources of fuel wood
through establishment of woodlots
7How can it be achieved?
- Contribution to reducing poverty
- Supporting rural development activities with
funding from REDD Fund - Promotion of environmentally friendly livelihood
activities like beekeeping - Through incomes from carbon market
8Which forests would be appropriate for REDD?
- Catchment forests
- Forests high in biodiversity resources
- Forests in fragile landscapes
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10- Issues for Consideration during REDD
Implementation
11Who Qualifies for Rewards
- Who owns forests at different levels?
- Who deserves payments at the national,
sub-national, community and household levels? - How do we deal with legal and illegal
deforestation? E.g. deforestation for
livelihoods? - How do we graduate rewarding packages at the
individual levels on the basis of compliance?
12Who Qualifies for Rewards
- Are forests in the public land also public?
- Do villagers know which forests belong to their
village? - Do individual households in the villages own
forests ? - How do we reverse the REDD philosophy so as to
reward stewardship at the community level ?
13What is the Appropriate Timing for the Reward
- When will an individual begin to be paid?
- If it is as per the present REDD concept, what
happens to individuals during the realization
phase? - Should we use holistic approach with combined
adaptation and mitigation by emphasizing on
ecosystem services? - In this regard then should we see benefits to be
cumulative and gradual, payment for REDD being
one of the medium and long-term ecosystem
benefits?
14Rewarding Approach
- What will be the rewarding arrangement?
- Should the out-grower approach be applied?
- What will be the basis for payment under such
arrangement? - Alternatively, are the rewarding package under
PFM adequate for REDD? - Can we improvise PFM packages to suit REDD
rewarding scheme?
15Rewarding Approach
- Should we consider rewarding arrangements through
improvement of landscape management with the aim
of promoting land productivity? - But then how does one discriminate those
individuals that have not complied? - How does one reward individuals on the basis of
compliance?
16Social Issues
- How do we control land grabbing and
marginalization of the poor anticipating
commercialization of trees through REDD? - How do we discourage shifting cultivation and
enhance productivity per unit area? - How do we reduce dependence on fuel wood and
charcoal as major sources of energy? - What are the implications to gender relations of
transforming trees as a cash crop to the
household livelihoods
17How Are We Addressing these Issues
18Stakeholders Consultations
- Zonal Stakeholders consultation are underway in
eight zones - Two have been conducted
- Issues covered during consultations are
- Lessons learned from PFM and WMA
- Incentive schemes
- Benefit sharing mechanisms
- Participatory monitoring
- Drivers of deforestation
- Governance and tenure
19Next Steps
- National Stakeholders workshop
- Results from zonal stakeholders consultations
- In-depth studies reports
- Expert groups meetings to review thematic areas
- Drafting of National REDD Strategy
- Sharing draft with stakeholders for further
improvement
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20Thank you for listening