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REDD) on Forest-Dependent Livelihoods by Gender in Tanzania and the Role of the Institutional Framework for Equitable Benefits International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation Vol. 5(3), pp. 165-175, March 2013 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/IJBC DOI: 10.5897/IJBC12.107 ISSN 2141-243X ©2013 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper The impact of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) on forest-dependent livelihoods by gender in Tanzania and the role of the institutional framework for equitable benefits Agnes G. Mwakaje1*, Judika King’ori2, Sylvia Temu1,2, Razack Lokina3 and Henry Chalu2 1Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 2Business School, University of Dar es Salaam P. O. Box 35097, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 3Department of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Accepted 24 January, 2012 Tanzania has been receiving significant funding from donor countries for the implementation of programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). REDD is seen as an opportunity to enhance conservation and livelihoods. But what is the impact of REDD on gender? This is an area of inquiry that has not been critically looked into. This study was an attempt towards filling this information gap. It was conducted in Kilosa District. A total of 294 households were selected randomly for interviews. There was also consultation with focus groups and key informants. Structured and semi-structured questionnaires were used to gather information. The data was analysed using statistical and livelihoods models. The findings reveal a high level of dependence on the forest for livelihoods by the communities but nevertheless they were in favour of the REDD programmes if the programmes will enhance their livelihoods and they will be fully involved in managing the programmes. Male respondents were more interested in knowing a period to wait before they could start benefiting from the programmes while women were more concerned about the sustainability of the benefits they would receive. We conclude that for the REDD programmes to be successful, gender issues must be identified and mainstreamed. Key words: REDD, gender, livelihoods, institutional framework, Tanzania. INTRODUCTION Tanzania has been receiving significant funding from already been published in Tanzania, which was donors, including Norway and the World Bank, for developed by the REDD task force with the assistance of implementing the programmes to reduce emissions from the REDD secretariat in the country. There are a number greenhouse gases as a result of deforestation and of ongoing REDD activities in the country. In addition, degradation (REDD). Tanzania is one of the nine there is capacity building, whereby the UN-REDD countries piloting the United Nation’s REDD programmes programme in Tanzania is teaming up with the World (Burgess et al., 2010). A draft of the REDD strategy has Bank Institute (WBI), the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), and the ASB-Partnership at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) to deliver training workshops on the opportunity cost of the REDD (UN- *Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]. REDD 2010) programme. Tel: +255 (0) 784391220. At present, REDD is seen as an opportunity to enhance 166 Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv. support for conservation as well as promote sustainable programmes. The findings from this study will inform livelihood options to reduce the pressure on forests. It is REDD stakeholders, including the communities, non- argued that REDD systems could offer benefits to poor government organisations, civil society organisations, people, particularly in terms of increased, stable and policy makers and the international community on how long-term financial and non-financial benefit flows to rural best REDD programmes could be implemented to areas (Peskett et al., 2008). address REDD but also to enhance equitable benefit In Kilosa District there is a REDD project by the name sharing for forest-dependent livelihoods. of “making REDD work in Kilosa District”, Tanzania. The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as a result of deforestation and degradation in Tanzania in Objectives of the study ways that provide direct and equitable incentives to The general objective of the study was to come to an communities to conserve and manage the forests understanding of the likely impacts of REDD on forest- sustainably. The project supports the development of a dependent livelihoods by gender in Tanzania, using the Community Carbon Cooperative hosted by the existing case of Kilosa District. Specifically the study sought to Network of Tanzanian communities engaged in address the following objectives: participatory forest management (http://www.planet- action.org/web/85-project-detail.php?projectID=6706). 1. To investigate the level of dependency on the forest for The Cooperative will aggregate voluntary emission livelihoods in Kilosa District by gender, reductions from it. The project involves about 50,000 ha 2. To find out the gender-based perceptions and (MJUMITA, 2010). expectations of REDD programmes, However, what is the likely impact of REDD on forest- 3. To analyse the current forest management institutional dependent livelihoods, particularly in terms of gender? frameworks in Tanzania and the implication on REDD This is an area which has not been critically looked into. programmes. Both climate change itself and related policies are likely to have wide-ranging effects on gender relations, especially in developing countries (Terry, 2009). To date, The theoretical background of REDD by gender gender issues have hardly figured in the international policy discourse, including the UN Framework REDD is an effort to create a financial value for the Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for (Terry, 2009). Gender-related inequalities are pervasive developing countries to reduce emissions from forested in the developing world. Although women account for lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable almost 80% of the agricultural sector in Africa, they development (UN-REDD, 2009; Gurung, 2011). Both remain vulnerable and poor (Danton, 2002). The threats climate change itself and related policies are likely to posed by global warming have failed to impress on have wide-ranging effects on gender relations in policy-makers the importance of placing women at the developing countries like Tanzania. Poor women face heart of their vision of sustainable development (Danton, many gender-specific barriers that limit their ability to 2002). cope with and adapt to the changing climate (Terry, REDD clearly presents some opportunities for social 2009). According to Terry (2009), these barriers must be outcomes but also risks and serious negative outcomes. removed in the interests of both gender equity and Current discussion on the social impacts of REDD is adaptation efficiency. weak with respect to the gender dimension (Gurung, Women are the primary users and managers of forest 2009). What is most tragic is that women may suffer, resources and, because of their local knowledge and high especially from the false solutions for climate change dependence on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for being negotiated internationally. Apart from this their livelihoods, it means they have a major role to play hypothetical thinking there has been inadequate empirical in protecting the forest (Coad et al., 2008). Seventy evidence to test this fear. Undertaking studies on the percent of the 1.3 billion people in the developing world impact of REDD on livelihoods by gender and case by living below the threshold of poverty are women. It is case is important before the implications of a robust important that the consequences of climate change and policy are realised. REDD should not lead the already marginalised sections This study was an attempt at contributing to this goal. It of communities into further deprivation (Danton, 2002). examined the impact of REDD on forest-dependent According to Danton (2002), if a climate change policy is livelihoods in Tanzania, focusing on Kilosa district. The about ensuring a sustainable future by combining focus of the analysis was on gender. The District was development and environmental issues, it must take into chosen for three reasons. First, the poverty level in the account the interests of not simply all the stakeholders district is high. Secondly, the dependency on forest but should also consider gender-based issues. It is resources for livelihoods is high. Thirdly, it is one of the argued that the Global Environment Facility and the districts in Tanzania that are under pilot REDD + Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol Mwakaje et al. 167 can play a role in ensuring sustainable development, forest governance (CIFOR, 2012). Policy makers and provided they are implemented in a way that women and advocates of joint forest management (JFM) agree that the poor are not at disadvantage (Danton 2002). women should be full participants and that their Forests contribute to the livelihoods of many of the 1.2 involvement is especially important because of the nature billion people living in extreme poverty, and the large of women's work (Locke, 1999). majority of these poor (over 70%) are women (UNDP, In Tanzania, the management of local natural 2011). In developing countries, gender roles are defined resources by village communities is widely accepted as by cultural norms and practices. The primary an institutional imperative. It is therefore essential to responsibility
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