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Learning from the other: Benefit sharing lessons for REDD+ implementation based on CBFM experience in Northern Tanzania

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  • Jacob, Thabit
  • Brockington, Dan

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A key challenge facing interventions in forestry sector is how to ensure that benefit-sharing arrangements meet the needs and aspirations of poor rural people. In particular, as interest and effort builds around REDD+, it is important to remember that it, and any other intervention, are likely to be shaped by the history of Tanzania’s forestry sector, especially community based forest management. This paper examines benefit lessons for REDD+ from a well-known Tanzanian Forest Reserve which has begun to participate in selling carbon. The example is particularly important as it is one of the oldest cases of village-based forest management in the country. To explore this case a total of 101 households from two reserve-adjacent villages were randomly interviewed along with key informant interviews, transect walks, participant observation, and focus group discussions. Findings of the study revealed that majority of respondents felt benefits are concentrated on an elite due to weak governance mechanisms. We argue that local governance and central oversight will enhance good benefit sharing under REDD+ and future interventions in the forest sector.

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  • Jacob, Thabit & Brockington, Dan, 2020. "Learning from the other: Benefit sharing lessons for REDD+ implementation based on CBFM experience in Northern Tanzania," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:97:y:2020:i:c:s0264837717301059
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.028
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