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concerns are; corruption, poor inter-agency collaboration, weak law enforcement, lowaccountability, elite capture, marginalization in terms of access to resources, lack oftransparency and low participation (Ibid). To improve environmental governance, achange of Tanzania‟s current institutional arrangement was deemed necessary, withthis new structure then representing REDD as the new resource regime. Thus, on thebasis of having gone through “Governance as process” we now turn to “Governanceas structure”, i.e. the institutions which governs the policy process (Vatn 2011).6.2.1 Institutional structure/Institutions governing the policy processFindings from the Legal and Institutional Arrangements and the Role of REDD+ forRural Development in-depth studies demonstrate that the present policies on forestshave had a large impact on the rate of success of various participatory interventions.Among others, poor inter-agency collaboration has been a core obstacle to the currentpolicies, and has the potential of compromising each stakeholders´ underlyinginterests of a well-managed forest. Due to this, the first National REDD StrategyDraft tries to encompass a multi-sectoral collaboration approach (horizontally acrosssectors and vertically between different levels of institutions) towards the finalisationof a REDD strategy at the end of 2012 (Ibid).One must not forget that Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forestDegradation (REDD) is only one of several mitigation options to address the impactsof climate change. To avoid duplication and overlaps, The Tanzanian Government hasthus put in place the National Climate Change Steering Committee (NCCSC) andNational Climate Change Technical Committee (NCCTC) to oversee and guideimplementation of all climate change activities. These institutions will also handleREDD+ activities (Ibid). Even though a final REDD Strategy will ultimately laydown the institutional structures for REDD, the proposed structure is already gainingwide acceptance among REDD stakeholders within Tanzania. It is built around FBDof the MNRT where the National REDD Task Force and its secretariat will overseethe REDD readiness implementation process, serving as an interim arrangement untilmore permanent structures such as the NCCTC is in place.144