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Table 10: Zonal consultation process, REDD+, TanzaniaZone Regions DatesNothern ZoneManyara, Kilimanjaro and 1 – 7 August 2009ArushaEastern ZoneTanga, Morogoro, DSM and 8 – 9 September 2009CoastSouthern Zone Lindi and Mtwara 16 – 17 September 2009Southern Highlands Zone Iringa, Mbeya, Rukwa and 24 – 29 October 2009RuvumaLake ZoneMwanza, Kagera, Mara and 30 September 2009ShinyangaCentral Zone Dodoma and Singida 15 – 21 August 2009Western Zone Tabora, Kigoma 6 – 7 October 2009Zanzibar Unguja and Pemba 19 – 20 October 2009Consultation with forestdependent communitiesand community basedorganisationsConsultations withRegional stakeholdersSource: (Norad 2011)Tanga 23 – 24 November 2009Southern AfricaDevelopment Community(SADC)23 – 25 March 2010From here, consultations were conducted by a team comprising of two NationalREDD Taskforce members, alternating members from the REDD secretariat and twofacilitators (in some zones a representative from the Royal Norwegian Embassy alsoattended). The participants were selected from a pool of regional and district levelstakeholders associated with natural resource management. It included RegionalNatural Resource Advisors, District Natural Resource Officers and District ForestOfficers. Other participants came from relevant government institutions and NGOs,such as representatives from Jane Goodall Institute, TANAPA, CARE etc. as well asother natural resource conservation programmes in the relevant regions (UnitedRepublic of Tanzania 2009).While the stakeholder meetings aimed at raising awareness about REDD and todevelop a consultation and outreach plan, the workshops also aimed at identifyingissues to be addressed in the process of developing and implementing a REDDstrategy (United Republic of Tanzania 2010). Major issues raised during theconsultative meetings were: Heavy community dependence on natural forest resources.131