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esources and the environment, and the latter on capacity building within woodprocessing industries such as logging; and Tanzania Tree Seed Agency (TTSA)which aims to provide high quality tree seeds for different uses, as well as providingtechnical support for raising seedlings (Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism2011).5.3.1 Forestry and Beekeeping DivisionAs one of the five sectoral divisions within the MNRT, the main responsibility of theFBD is the process of formulating and executing all legislation within forestry andbeekeeping. They also have the mandate over the country´s national forest reserves,and has authority over projects which serve the country as a whole, such as nationalforest plantations and water catchment forests (Milledge, Gelvas et al. 2007). Inaddition, they are the ones which collect revenue on forest operations and harvesting;issue licenses and permits regulating the harvest on forest products; provides trainingin forestry; and undertakes forest research (Profor 2008). The rules for revenuecollection are set by a variety of guidelines and regulations such as the CharcoalRegulations of 2006, Guidelines for Sustainable Harvesting and Trade in ForestProduce 2007 and the New Royalty Rates for Forest Products from 2007 (Sander,Peter et al. 2010).As with all national ministries and departments the FBD relies on state budgetallocation to finance its operation and activities. This allocation has historically beenvery low, for instance the recorded budget allocation to the forestry sector in 1998represented only 1% of the total Tanzanian budget (Forestry and Beekeeping Division1999). The Environment Sector Public Expenditure Review (PEER) of 2004highlighted this sectors, under-funding and the fact that actual disbursements did notmatch the sector requirements. For instance for the budget year 2001/2002 the FBDwas short by Tsh 59m (approximately $40.000) (The Vice-Presidents Office 2004).Therefore much of its funding comes from two other sources, namely donor countryfunding and revenue collection. As an indication of the importance of donor fundingcompared to state budget allocation for MNRT under which the FBD belong thebudget summary for the financial year 2004/2005 is presented here:89