Box 338, dodoma, tanzania 2 institute for agricultural policy and market research, justus liebig universitat, 35390 giessen, germany. Participatory forest management in tanzania farming first. This experience is based on the use of pfm ideas, methods and best practice from. 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. Broadly defined, cbf encompasses the management of forest lands and forest resources by or with local people, individually or in groups, and for commercial or noncommercial purposes. Countries such as tanzania, indonesia, india, and nepal have internalised the participatory approaches in which the communities participate in the forest resources management 2,3,4,5. Does tanzanian participatory forest management policy achieve. Pdf rethinking participatory forest management in tanzania. Pfm has been commonly built upon legal reforms establishing the.
Participatory forest management and redd plus in tanzania. To inform future programs and projects it is essential to learn from existing pilots and experiences. Use of participatory forest management as a strategy for. Participatory forest management pfm has been a central part of government as well as a donor focus in the forest sector since the early. It is during this period that the new constitution of kenya 2010. In tanzania, participatory forest management pfm is the overall approach, and. Some of these initiatives have recently received climate finance support to enhance their impact on mitigation. Apr 17, 2017 participatory forest management pakistan 1. Forest governance at village level with potential for. Participatory forest management participatory forest management pfm is a strategy to achieve sustainable forest management by encouraging the anagement or coanagement of forestand woodlandresources by the communities living closest to the resources. Determinants of successful participatory forest management.
Sangeda2, said iddi3 abstract this paper is based on an analysis of the role of communication, education and public awareness raising cepa for communities involved in participatory forest management pfm in. Opportunities and constrains this action research project aims to analyse how the communities could benefit from improved forest management through international funding for reducing. Participatory forest management in west usambara tanzania. The survey involved 159 households, randomly sampled from four.
Uganda and zambia are the most recent states to plan to turn their forestry departments into semiautonomous agencies. Sep 10, 2012 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. Where and how can participatory forest management succeed. Determinant of the effectiveness of participatory forest management in. Does participatory forest management promote sustainable. Participatory forest management in africa food and agriculture. The nou joint forest management project farm africa. United republic of tanzania ministry of natural resources.
Of forest management instead of policing the forests using. Sahel participatory forest management programme pfmp. It is characterised by the forestlocal communities sharing power. Lessons learned and experiences to date page 6 foreword tanzania was one of the first countries on the. Determinants of successful participatory forest management in tanzania policy brief 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. A case study of mufindi district, tanzania manyisye k. Going to scale with participatory forest management. Joint forest management the table below gives an overview of joint forest management in mainland tanzania area of forest covered by jfm management plans 1,612,246 hectares percentage of total area reserved by national or local government under some form of joint management agreement 11. Determinant of the effectiveness of participatory forest management.
Ethiopia is one of the countries piloting one of these approaches. This article deals with participatory forest management pfm in tanzania, mozambique, and laos. The survey involved 159 households, randomly sampled from four villages. Tanzania s land, local government and forest laws mean that rural communities have well defined rights to own, manage and benefit from forest and woodland resources within their local areas through the establishment of village forests. Participatory forest management in tanzania facts and figures. Building on existing analyses that highlight the limited successes of pfm, this study focuses on the equitability and efficacy of pfm governance in tanzania. The faoprofor framework model for assessing and monitoring forest.
The role of participatory forest management in mitigation. Equally, pfm aimed to involve communities adjacent to forests in management of forest resources while at the same time accrue economic benefits. This article deals with participatory forest management pfm in tanzania, mozambique, and laos, focusing on the degree to which the legislation supports local communities security of rights to the forest resources and access to resource benefits, as well as the degree to which the legislation is implemented. Participatory programs have been central to the management of natural resources in many resourcerich countries in the past three decades. The illusion of participatory forest management success in.
Without the introduction of specific safeguards and mitigation strategies, there is a high risk that the benefits of local forest management will be captured by more affluent, literate and socially mobile members of the community, at the expense of poorer and more marginalized households. Participatory forest management pfm is a major approach towards the reconciliation of biodiversity conservation and human livelihood needs. Pdf where and how can participatory forest management. Village forest management as a way to protect biodiversity.
Participatory forest management in tanzania component of. The importance of mangroves tanzanias mangroves represent an ecosystem of ecological and economic significance, out of all proportion to the relatively small area 115,500 ha they occupy. Sustainable forest use and supply of wood products to local people are major aims of pfm. Participatory forestry refers to processes and mechanisms that enable those people who have a. Assessment of a local project in tanzania shows mixed results. Forest management institutions and related knowledge improve unevenly across villages and social groups, respectively. Determinants of successful participatory forest management in. Participatory forest management pfm emerged in the late 1970s in response to the degradation of government owned forests, partly explained by inadequate financial and human resources, and in order to grant or devolve formal management rights to local communities arnold, 2001. Article information, pdf download for when participatory forest management makes money. The programme is coordinated by the participatory forest. This paper assesses the sustainability of forest utilisation under pfm, using estimates of forest. Mar 01, 2014 over the past 20 years, participatory forest management pfm has become a dominant forest management strategy in tanzania, covering more than 4. 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.
Opportunities and constrains of participatory forest management in redd the role of participatory forest management in mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. This has resulted in great variability in the role of participatory forest management and the institutional arrangements that have developed baker, 2003. Pdf participatory forest management in west usambara. Pfm was implemented around the arabukosokoke forest asf, the largest remaining forest block of the east african coastal forest of southern kenya, during the early 1990s. It draws on earlier experiences in the field in a process that includes the following steps. Participatory forest management and redd plus in tanzania english abstract. Lessons learned and experiences to date page 6 foreword tanzania was one of the first countries on the african continent to formally recognise the role. Tanzania was one of the first countries on the african continent to formally recognise the role of communities in managing and owning forests. The key steps in establishing participatory forest management. 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. Participatory forest management for more than a decade in. Different arrangements of decentralized forest management have been promoted as alternatives to centralized and top down approaches to halt tropical deforestation and forest degradation.
Hussein luswaga 1,2, and ernstaugust nuppenau 2 1 department of biology, university of dodoma, p. Since the launch of the first version, a lot has happened in the sector. The introduction of participatory forest management adheres to the national pfm guidelines. Does tanzanian participatory forest management policy. Tanzanias land, local government and forest laws mean that rural communities have well defined rights to own, manage and benefit from forest and woodland resources within their local areas through the establishment of village forests. Participatory forest management pdf as one of the solutions, participatory forest management pfm scheme was introduced during the early 1990s by some. Participatory forest management pfm initiatives have emerged worldwide for a range of aims including improved forest governance, better resource conservation and to increase rural peoples access to and benefits from forest resources. Forest conservation, protected area management, participation, power, tanzania. Participatory forest management pfm and the more recent. Over the past 20 years, participatory forest management pfm has become a dominant forest management strategy in tanzania, cov ering more than 4. This study aimed to explore communities participation in the participatory forest program in tanzania.
O the role of trust between actors in commonpool resource management. Suitable forest areas are identified, using appropriate landuse maps. The importance of mangroves tanzania s mangroves represent an ecosystem of ecological and economic significance, out of all proportion to the relatively small area 115,500 ha they occupy. Ensuring equity and local governance kees and gill vogt and amadou bachir improving governance in pfm through social mapping tools. 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. Despite the increase in forest areas and villages under the participatory program over the last two decades in tanzania, there is little insight into the communities views regarding their participation. Pfm consists of community based forest management cbfm. Abstracttanzania has a progressive forest policy and legal jurisdiction for land and natural resource tenure, coupled with a strong decentralisation process that mandates village institutions with forest management responsibilities. Sangeda2, said iddi3 abstract this paper is based on an analysis of the role of communication, education and public awareness raising cepa for communities involved in participatory forest management pfm. Politics of participatory forest conservation semantic scholar.
This paper assesses the sustainability of forest utilisation under pfm, using estimates of forest condition and extraction rates based on. 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. This field manual has been compiled by ben irwin drawing from farmafrica and sos sahel ethiopia pfmp project experience. Tanzanias land, local government and forest laws mean that rural communities have well defined rights to own, manage and benefit from forest and woodland. In response, participatory forest management pfm was introduced to devolve management and improve livelihoods, forest condition and governance. Participatory forest management in tanzania pdf download. United republic of tanzania ministry of natural resources and. Making forest conservation benefit local communities. Participatory forest management in tanzania component of the. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer.