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As a final factor to take into consideration we asked our respondents about specificdeforestation activities which they were willing to reduce or stop if provided withcompensation. The responses we got were as follows:Table 51: Commitments to avoid deforestation in the community if compensatedfor that activity, Kilosa District, Tanzania, 2010DisagreeDisagreesomewhatAgreesomewhatAgreeMean%Stop expansion of farming 9 0 9 82 3.64activity in forestsReduce wildfires in forest 10 1 7 82 3.62Stop harvesting fuel wood 11 2 18 69 3.44Stop harvesting poles/timber 9 1 9 80 3.60Stop producing charcoal 5 1 8 86 3.76On average the majority were positive to reduce all of the above mentioned activities,except perhaps for the harvesting of fuel wood which people felt less willing to stopdoing. As previous findings showed that 98% of the population on a regular basiscollected and consumed fire wood as their main source to cover daily energy needsthis is not especially surprising. Variations within location and wealth group also (tosome extent) support previous findings. While looking at the responses from the leastpoor group of our sample they were the least willing to stop collecting fire wood, with65% agreeing as opposed to 74% among the middle income group and 67% of thepoorest group. The least poor had, however 19% agreeing somewhat. This group, aswe have seen, were also the ones using the largest quantity of forest products, firewood included, which might explain their higher reluctance. Interestingly then, thewillingness to stop producing charcoal, which is dominated almost completely by theleast poor, is not exceptionally lower than the remaining population, representing 82%compared to an 88% willingness within the middle income group and 89% within thepoorest. The same dissimilarity was present when considering the willingness to stopexpansion of farming activities in forests. As the group with on average a larger landsize the least poor were also the least willing to do this, with 74% agreeing comparedto approximately an 85% representation from the middle and poor group.Looking more closely at location instead, some aspects become clearer. Lunenzi,which on average had more land per household and also more available land left were233