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Community Based REDD Mechanisms for Sustainable Forest Management in Semi-Arid Areas (Case of Ngitilis in Shinyanga Region) Pilot Project


Restoration of Ngitilis in Shinyanga Region has played a very significant role socially, economically, and environmentally. Values of Ngitilis to Shinyanga communities extend beyond means through which people get their needs of fodder and wood products. Ngitili is a long-term investment that provides space for balancing immediate household needs, opportunity for diversification, income generation and safety net functions in times of crises. The total monthly value of benefits from Ngitili per person in Shinyanga Region is estimated at Tsh. 14,046. Evaluation of the amount of carbon sequestered and saved from deforestation and degradation in 2008 was about 11,607,376 tons of carbon equivalents to about 42,599,070 tons of carbon dioxide.

Increasing populations of human and livestock as well as increasing human activities in project sites pose severe threats to already well-established Ngitilis. The potential of making use of the growing carbon fund like REDD could also contribute to securing longer term sustainability of ngitilis by providing additional incentives as well subsidizing some of the management costs currently being borne by government and communities to manage ngitili.

Project Description

The Community Based REDD pilot project focuses on strengthening and supporting local communities to continue managing their Ngitilis in a sustainable manner using carbon incentives resulting from REDD. The project will be implemented over four years from January 2010 to December 2013 and is supported by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 

Some of the participants in awareness raising seminar conducted on 11th March 2010 at NAFRAC conference hall, fifth from right is the District Commissioner for Shinyanga Ms. Amina Masenza

Picture: Some of the participants in awareness raising seminar conducted on 11th March 2010 at NAFRAC conference hall, fifth from right is the District Commissioner for Shinyanga Ms. Amina Masenza

 

The overall goal of the project is to reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions through sustainable forest management and carbon market incentives. Its purpose is to assist 250 Ngitili owners in 10 villages of Shinyanga rural and Kahama districts to establish a robust local institutional framework that effectively manages the restored Ngitilis to capture benefits arising from REDD. The potential number of beneficiaries in the two districts is about 6000 households.

The project approaches involve formalization of Ngitili into legal entities in order to address ownership and governance issues and aggregation of Ngitili owners into functional groups to facilitate carbon marketing. Essentially, the project will address key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation which include introduction of alternative and energy efficient technologies, improved land use practices, institutional set up for REDD implementation, management and governance of Ngitilis.

The project will also estimate REDD related costs, determine opportunity costs, assess different mechanisms for carbon trading and benefit sharing to help Ngitili communities successfully participate and benefit from carbon incentives. Mechanisms for private sector involvement and benefit from the REDD process will be assessed to provide inputs to the national REDD strategy development as well as fulfilling the objectives of the national forestry policy.

The project is implemented in partnership with TaTEDO (Centre for Sustainable Modern Energy Expertise), DASS (Development Associates), NAFRAC (Natural Forest Resources Management and Agroforestry Centre), Kahama and Shinyanga Rural District Councils. Other supporting institutions include, SUA (Sokoine University of Agriculture), Clinton Foundation, National REDD Task Force, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (Forestry and Beekeeping Division) and Vice Presidents Office (Division of Environment), NGOs, CBOs and Private companies.
 

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