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the ones most willing to not cultivate within forest areas with 93% agreeing to stop,whereas Nyali, which had the smallest average land size per household were lesswilling. In fact, as we see in the table below, villagers in Lunenzi were very positiveto all the measures mentioned as a way of reducing deforestation, whereas villagers inNyali were overall less enthusiastic.Table 52: Commitments to avoid deforestation in the community if compensatedfor that activity by location, Kilosa District, Tanzania, 2010Nyali Lunenzi Masugu Total%Stop expansion of farming activity in 72 93 80 82forestsReduce wildfires in forest 76 82 88 82Stop harvesting fuel wood 65 75 66 69Stop harvesting poles/timber 67 88 86 80Stop producing charcoal 72 98 88 86In terms of Lunenzi which already had restrictive measures in place for forest use;were located so remotely that charcoal and timber production was not feasible; andwhich overall had the lowest forest use, the high commitment level seems logical. Onthe other hand, Nyali´s scepticism of REDD coupled with some degree of forest useas an income generating activity much as a result of the increasing competition forland, can also speak in favour of the relatively low numbers. However, what cannotbe as easily explained is Masugu´s overall willingness to reduce their forest use, withroughly 85% on all accounts apart from fire wood collection (66%), especially giventhe high importance these products play for many of the villagers. It does, however,show their willingness to change the current situation, where as it is their excessiveforest use is highly unsustainable.As seen above it becomes apparent that the forest users in the area are highly variedboth in terms of the forest activities which they are involved in and as a result of theirpreferences. Many of these variations appear to be influenced by their income leveland by their location. Whereas those with the highest incomes are heavily involved inforest activities they seem as a result more reluctant towards a project such as REDDas this could entail a great loss of income for them, and special attention seemsnecessary in terms of making the project viewed as legitimate. In turn the poorest inthe communities are not as much involved in forest extracting activities, but none the234