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2010). So far, the TF has been getting some critique for not doing a sufficientcoordination job, particularly when it comes to stakeholder participation. This wasadmitted by the government during a debate in January 2011, where the Director ofMNRT-FBD told that the coordination towards planning and implementation ofREDD has so far been poor, stating “Coordination (between the government and otherstakeholders such as civil societies and the private sector) has not been good so far”(Liganga 2011). In addition, some of the coordination efforts have been carried out byother bodies such as the Norwegian Embassy and the UN-REDD. Given theEmbassy‟s role as a primary donor, they have been financing most REDD+ activitiesin Tanzania and have thus been in close contact with, in addition to the Taskforce,most of the stakeholders involved (Local resource person 2010). Since UN-REDD gotinvolved in Tanzania, they have increasingly becoming a coordinator and workingclosely with particularly the Norwegian embassy when it comes to distributing tasks.They are planning to establish contact with other sectors such as the agriculturalsector, the energy sector, and land use planning commission, even if that job shouldhave been headed by the Task Force (Local resource person 2010).It is a matter of grave concern if no clear coordination system is in place, or if there isno institution to oversee all activities being carried out within REDD+. This lack canresult in some activities overlapping while other important activities are left out orforgotten, and sector activities such as agricultural expansion in one area might bedirectly conflicting with activities aimed at forest conservation in the exactly samearea.6.3.1.4 Stakeholder communication and information sharingFollowing the previous challenge of contradiction of activities and when more andmore stakeholders are included in the process a major challenge becomes goodcommunication and information sharing between sectors, public bodies andinstitutions, NGOs, interest groups, forest dependent communities etc. Thisresponsibility has up to now been placed with the REDD Taskforce. Thus, whencreating a coordination system of all REDD activities, they are also required to gatherand share all information between engaged parties. Results from one of the in-depthstudies have shown that there is “an apparent lack of effective communication158