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Participatory Forest Management in Tanzania: 1993 - 2009
Tanzania was one of the first countries on the African continent to formally recognise the role of communities in managing and owning forests. A number of pilot activities implemented in the early 1990s under the Sida-funded LAMP project in the well-known forests of Duru-Haitemba, Mgori and Suledo paved the way for im...
Tanzania was one of the first countries on the African continent to formally recognise the role of communities in managing and owning forests. A number of pilot activities implemented in the early 1990s under the Sida-funded LAMP project in the well-known forests of Duru-Haitemba, Mgori and Suledo paved the way for important changes in our forest policy and legislation. Tanzania is now considered a leader on the continent with regard to PFM implementation. A report published by the Forestry and Beekeeping Division (FBD) in 2008 confirmed this, stating that now PFM is either being established or operational in over 2,300 villages and covering over 4 million hectares of forest land.