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Anthropogenic Drivers of Forest Change in Miombo Ecosystems of South-eastern Tanzania: Implications for REDD+

Tanzania Economic Review

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Title Anthropogenic Drivers of Forest Change in Miombo Ecosystems of South-eastern Tanzania: Implications for REDD+
 
Creator Kulindwa, Kassim; University of Dar es Salaam
Lein, Haakon; University of Dar es Salaam
Hepelwa, Aloyce S; University of Dar es Salaam
Mshale, Buruani I; University of Dar es Salaam
 
Description As the basic purpose of REDD+ is to avoid deforestation and forest degradation, a good understanding of processes that cause deforestation is obviously of importance. However, many REDD+ programs and policies have rather limited focus on the underlying processes behind forest change. Much of the on-going work within the REDD+ framework focus on building institutional capacity (‘REDD readiness'), finding ways or measuring and monitoring carbon, developing institutional facilities, and on the international financing of REDD+. It appears that the discussion of what actually causes deforestation is seen as a more or less resolved and settled issue. This paper argues for a more contextualized understanding of the drivers of forest change in human-dominated Miombo ecosystems of southern Tanzania. This is achieved through addressing two basic empirical research questions: How is the forest changing; and what factors influence forest change? The study is based on quantitative and qualitative data covering both socio-economic and ecological aspects collected in 12 villages of Kilwa and Lindi districts in southern Tanzania. The study shows that there are considerable micro-level variations from village to village as regard both the extent and drivers of deforestation/forest degradation.
 
Publisher Dar es Salaam University Press
 
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Date 2017-10-24
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/1052
 
Source Tanzania Economic Review; Vol 6, No 1 (2016): TER
2507-7740
0856-3373
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/1052/978
 
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