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must do is apply the District Council for funds, and given the bureaucratic hurdle, itwill take up to 3 days before they receive it, meaning that by then, the illegal activitieshave most likely moved on.Linked to this it also affects the ability to create new revenue, where withoutsufficient funding they are not able to enforce and control properly the process ofpermits, thus losing out on a lot of possible revenue, and continuing the trend of beingunder-funded. The lack of resources also affects their possibility to reach out to all thecommunities within their jurisdiction and to provide assistance and advice onsustainable forest management and their ability to monitor day to day activities, bothbecause they lack enough staff on ward level which can carry out the work andbecause they lack funding to pay for transport and fuel.From what we could gather, the rules which apply in the district (whether national ordistrict by-laws) were as follows: Don‟t cultivate close to water catchment areas in the forest Don‟t set fire in the forest Illegal to take down certain endangered trees Pay for adequate licenses in order to extract timber and produce charcoal, asset by the new royalties rates for forest products from 2007.As seen, the central government has done much to decentralize and devolve powerand management responsibilities to those living closest to and depending most on(their) natural resources. This is reflected in all legislation, and together; the district,ward and village authorities are placed with the responsibility to manage theseresources in a sustainable manner. Still though, it appears this management is notalways practiced, and particularly within forestry, a lack of funds and staff persist,resulting in illegal and unsustainable forest extraction, and again high rates ofdeforestation and forest degradation (the level of corruption was here difficultcapture).With the introduction of REDD+, such issues have to be dealt with, and will havedirect bearings on its success. Following Youngs concept of “fit”, we now move ontoowe first objective, which is to map out how the national REDD+ structure will lookin Tanzania and how it will complement, or conflict with the current policies.110