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MANAGEMENT ISSUES: TANZANIA’S COASTAL FORESTS 2011
Table 17: Status of Joint Forest management in the Coastal Forest Regions in Tanzania (data from PFM
survey of 2009 by the Forestry and Beekeeping Division)
Region
Districts
Counted
Number
of NFRs
Number
of
LAFRs
Protection
Forests
Production
Forests
Number
of
Villages
JMAs
signed
or
pending
signing
Total Area
(ha)
Tanga* 7 47 11 49 42 130 37 43,483.9
Lindi 4 5 2 4 5 43 0 119,237.3
Pwani
(Coast)
8 10 2 5 5 72 0 115,612.0
Mtwara 1 2 0 2 0 15 0 9,052.0
NFR = National Forest Reserve; LAFR = Local Area Forest Reserve; JMA = Joint Management Agreement;
JFM = Joint Forest Management
* only one of these Districts is relevant to the coastal forests area, and even in that District (Muheza) the
JFM agreements also include montane forests.
4.3.2 Community Based Forest Management
Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) is where the communities manage the forest resource
within their village lands, with advice and assistance from the District (Forest Office) as requested.
Within the relevant regions of Tanzania there are over 70 villages participating in CBFM schemes,
covering over 250,000 ha of forested land. In many cases the boundaries of these CBFM forest areas are
not well known, and may not be mapped.
Table 18: Status of Community Based Forest Management in the Coastal Forests Regions (data from
PFM survey of 2009 by the Forestry and Beekeeping Division)
Region
Districts
Counted
Number
of
villages
VNRC
Established
Number
VLFRs
Gazetted
VLFRs
Total
Area
Facilitators
Tanga* 4 94 93 22 1 12,390.7 EUCAMP, TFCG, WWF
Lindi 4 31 25 0 145,405.8 UTUMI, PFM, WWF
Pwani
(Coast) 6 20 19 19 2 57,401.0 REMP, WWF, TFCG
Mtwara 1 25 24 0 73,121.0 Data from 2002
Totals 15 170 161 41 3 288,318.5
* only one of the Districts is relevant to the Coastal Forests area, and even in that District (Muheza) the
JFM agreements also include montane forests.