Does participatory forest management promote sustainable forest utilisation in Tanzania?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Does participatory forest management promote sustainable forest utilisation in Tanzania?

AU - Treue, Thorsten

AU - Ngaga, Y.M.

AU - Meilby, Henrik

AU - Lund, Jens Friis

AU - Kajembe, G.

AU - Iddi, S.

AU - Blomley, T.

AU - Theilade, Ida

AU - Chamshama, S.A.O.

AU - Skeie, Kat

AU - Njana, M.A.

AU - Ngowi, S.E.

AU - Isango, J.A.K.

AU - Burgess, Neil David

PY - 2014/3

Y1 - 2014/3

N2 - Over the past 20 years, Participatory Forest Management (PFM) has become a dominant forest management strategy in Tanzania, covering morethan 4.1 million hectares. Sustainable forest use and supply of wood products to local people are major aims of PFM. This paper assesses the sustainability of forest utilisation under PFM, using estimates of forest condition and extraction rates based on forest inventories and 480 household surveys from 12 forests; seven under Community Based Forest Management (CBFM), three under Joint Forest Management (JFM) and two under government management (non-PFM). Extraction of products is intense in forests close to Dar es Salaam, regardless of management regime. Further from Dar es Salaam, harvesting levels in forests under PFM are, with one prominent exception, broadly sustainable. Using GISdata from 116 wards, it is shown that half of the PFM forests in Tanzania are likely to be too small to satisfy current local wood demand.

AB - Over the past 20 years, Participatory Forest Management (PFM) has become a dominant forest management strategy in Tanzania, covering morethan 4.1 million hectares. Sustainable forest use and supply of wood products to local people are major aims of PFM. This paper assesses the sustainability of forest utilisation under PFM, using estimates of forest condition and extraction rates based on forest inventories and 480 household surveys from 12 forests; seven under Community Based Forest Management (CBFM), three under Joint Forest Management (JFM) and two under government management (non-PFM). Extraction of products is intense in forests close to Dar es Salaam, regardless of management regime. Further from Dar es Salaam, harvesting levels in forests under PFM are, with one prominent exception, broadly sustainable. Using GISdata from 116 wards, it is shown that half of the PFM forests in Tanzania are likely to be too small to satisfy current local wood demand.

U2 - 10.1505/146554814811031279

DO - 10.1505/146554814811031279

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1465-5489

VL - 16

SP - 23

EP - 38

JO - International Forestry Review

JF - International Forestry Review

IS - 1

ER -