Community Based REDD Mechanisms for Sustainable Forest Management in Semi-Arid Areas (Case of Ngitilis in Shinyanga Region) Pilot Project
The Community Based REDD pilot project focuses on strengthening and supporting local communities to continue managing their community forests (Ngitilis) in a sustainable manner using carbon incentives resulting from REDD.
The purpose of project is to assist 250 Ngitili owners in 10 villages of Shinyanga rural and Kahama districts in order to establish a robust local institutional framework that will effectively manage the restored Ngitilis to capture benefits arising from REDD. The project so far has managed to map Ngitilis, build 80 improved stoves, construct 5 biogas plants and distribute more than 150,000 seedlings to the beneficiaries.