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Opportunity Costs of REDD+ to the Communities of Mufindi District, Iringa, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Nuru, Faraji
dc.contributor.author Abdallah, Jumanne Moshi
dc.contributor.author Ngaga, Yonika Mathew
dc.date.accessioned 2015-01-17T03:29:22Z
dc.date.available 2015-01-17T03:29:22Z
dc.date.issued 2014-05-05
dc.identifier.citation Nuru, F., Abdallah, J. M., & Ngaga, Y. M. OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF REDD+ TO THE COMMUNITIES OF MUFINDI DISTRICT, IRINGA, TANZANIA. en_GB
dc.identifier.other 697464
dc.identifier.uri http://www.taccire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/328
dc.description also available at http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Opportunity+Costs+of+REDD%2B+to+the+Communities+of+Mufindi+District%2C+Iringa%2C+Tanzania&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 en_GB
dc.description.abstract The study was done to assess the opportunity costs of REDD+ to the communities of Mufindi District which is located in the SouthernHighlands of Tanzania. The specific objectives were, to identify and assess the economic value of alternative land uses, the aboveground carbon stock of Idewa Forest Reserve (IFR), and the profitability of each land use as compared to REDD+ incentives. Data were collected using questionnaire survey, key informant interview, and forest inventory and data were analyzed using the Excel programme. Results showed that themain land uses were agriculture and tree planting with economic values of $2958.52 and $3272.94 per ha per year, respectively. The total aboveground carbon was 39.23 t/ha (143.97/ha).The opportunity costs of REDD+ was varying depending on the price per ton of carbon.The opportunity costs of REDD+ will be profitable if the price per tCO2e will be at least $23. It can therefore be concluded that there is no general unit price per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e), as it depends on REDD+ opportunity costwhen compared with alternative land useswithin a particular place.Thereforewe recommend opportunity costs of REDD+ to communities be used to guide decision making on unit prices of carbon. en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship First of all, one of the authors thanks the Almighty God for his grace and mercy which kept them up to this moment. The author would like to express their sincere thanks to the Climate Change Impact Adaptation andMitigation Program (CCIAM) for the financial support in this study. Appreciations are also extended to the Mufindi District Council for allowing them to conduct our research in the district without forgetting the District Forest Officer (DFO) Mr. Shabani Adha for his assistance in obtaining important documents, accommodation, and organizing transport to the study site and indeed introducing them to the village leaders. They would also like to thank all the village government leaders for introducing them to the villagers. Furthermore they would like to thank all respondents for their cooperation. Extraordinary thanks should go to their beloved families for their tireless encouragement throughout the period of the study despite the hardships they faced during their absence. Their ethical support is extremely appreciated. en_GB
dc.language.iso en en_GB
dc.publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation en_GB
dc.title Opportunity Costs of REDD+ to the Communities of Mufindi District, Iringa, Tanzania en_GB
dc.type Article en_GB


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