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The United Nations Collaborative
Programme
on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
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Roughly 40 per cent of Tanzania is covered by forests and woodlands. However, expanding arable land from the lowlands towards the mountains, rapidly rising energy needs and commercial logging are all factors contributing to deforestation and forest degradation in the country. In May, the inception report was approved which, together with the arrival of key programme staff in July marked the start of the implementation phase of Tanzania’s National Programme.
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| National Programme Updates |
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Bangladesh, Cambodia, Tanzania and Zambia Host Workshops on Greenhouse Gas and National Forest Inventories
March 2013
A series of recent UN-REDD Programme training workshops provided support to these four countries as they build national capacities in assessing forest biomass and preparing greenhouse gas inventories.
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DRC Shares Lessons with Tanzania on Forest Monitoring Systems for REDD+
March 2013
Last month, delegates from Tanzania visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to share experiences on setting up national satellite forest monitoring systems; and the DRC launches new video to highlight its National Forest Monitoring System Portal.
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Tanzania Conducts Comprehensive REDD+ Capacity Needs Assessment
November 2012
The UN-REDD National Programme in Tanzania recently finalized a capacity needs assessment that reveals key challenges and opportunities for REDD+ readiness in Tanzania.
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REDD+ Capacity Needs Assessment conducted in Tanzania
October 2012
The Government of Tanzania, through the UN-REDD National Programme and in cooperation with UNDP, recently conducted a Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) of government institutions for REDD+ at central, regional, district and local levels in Tanzania. Read the full CNA report and policy brief. More details.
The CNA also proposes a five-year Capacity Development Plan for the years 2012 – 2017 and several intervention packages for REDD+ capacity development at all levels of government that allow for short term gains as well as long term strategic objectives to be achieved.
The full CNA report as well as a Policy Brief are now available here.
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Tanzania Releases Report on Estimating Cost Elements of REDD+
October 2012
Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT) and the UN-REDD Programme commissioned a reporting looking at estimating cost elements of REDD+.
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Tanzania calls for comments on its National REDD+ Strategy
July 2012
The National REDD+ Task Force in Tanzania is seeking comments this summer on a second draft of the country’s National REDD+ Strategy and a draft Action Plan. All comments can be sent to Tanzania’s National REDD+ Secretariat.
Read more on Tanzania’s REDD+ Initiative
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UN-REDD supports Tanzania preparations for climate change meeting
September 2011
The UN-REDD Country Programme in Tanzania is supporting the Government with preparations for the upcoming 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 17). The conference will be held in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December this year. This will be the third climate change conference to be held in Africa, after Kenya in 2006 and Marrakesh in Morocco in 2001. Read full article...
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Tanzania Publishes First draft REDD+ Strategy for Public Comments
January 2011
On 10 January Tanzania published the draft REDD+ strategy for public comments. The strategy, developed by the REDD task force with the assistance of the REDD secretariat, will be refined and revised through further consultations and public comments. Comments can be emailed to atira@ira.udsm.ac.tz or input through www.reddtz.org until 31 January. See the press release and documents here.
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| Joint Workshop on Opportunity Cost of REDD+ in Tanzania
November 2010
The UN-REDD Programme in Tanzania is teaming up with the World Bank Institute (WBI), the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), and the ASB-Partnership at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) who will deliver a training workshop on the opportunity cost of REDD+. Read full article...
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| Remote Sensing Training for REDD+ in Tanzania
September 2010
The UN-REDD Programme in Tanzania continues to assist the government there with the establishment of a national forest carbon Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system as one of its key tasks and collaborates with NAFORMA to provide training to achieve this. Read full article...
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MRV in Tanzania
May 2010
Following the latest UN-REDD Programme workshop on monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) in Tanzania, coordination of MRV activities is currently underway in the country. Read full article...
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Tanzania's Inception Workshop
March 2010
REDD+ consultant and redd-plus.com blogger, Chris Cosslett, reviews what these kick-off events mean for UN-REDD National Programmes. Read full article...
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MRV Workshop in Tanzania
February 2010
The UN-REDD Programme and Tanzania met in February to review national MRV advancements and develop a case study for MRV implementation in other REDD+ countries. Read full article...
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| UN-REDD in Tanzania |
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Budget: US$4.3 million
Timeframe: March 2009 – March 2011
Primary Partner: Forest and Beekeeping Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
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| Contacts |
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Alberic Kacou
UN Resident Coordinator
Tanzania
Alberi.Kacou@undp.org
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