Participatory forest management (PFM) for rural livelihoods, forest conservation and good governance in Tanzania.

project summary

Over the last decade, the government of Tanzania has increasingly supported delegation of management rights over forest resources to local communities through participatory forest management (PFM). This has created a pressing need for further research into numerous biological, socio-economic, and technical challenges of PFM. Similarly, this emerging paradigm shift in Tanzanian forestry is creating an increasing demand from NGOs, private enterprises and public agencies for higher educated foresters who are qualified to act within the new realities of the forestry sector. The proposed ENRECA project will include PFM related research and educational activities that combine social and natural science. Focus will be on how PFM can contribute to rural development as well as forest conservation. The principal responsible institutions are the Faculty of Forest and Nature Conservation, SUA and the Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, KVL while the Forest and Beekeeping Division, Tanzania and the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen are collaborating partners to the project.