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Tanzania Forest Indicators

Drivers of Deforestation and Degradation

Agriculture

Who is Monitoring

Monitored by Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Planning, Economy and Empowerment (Monitoring of National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty – NSGRP, also known as MKUKUTA)

How is it Monitored

  • Crop productivity aggregated at four governance levels: village, district, regional and national
  • Shifting arable land with changes in temperature and precipitation as detailed in the National Investment Centre (NIC) and NAPA documents
  • Changes in cropping patterns (mono-crop vs. mixed) farming, timing (earlier or later), crop types, seed varietiesfertilizers, pesticides and herbicides
  • Percentage change in food crop production Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS)
  • Percentage of smallholders using modern methods of farming (irrigation, fertilizers and improved seeds) National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
  • Percentage of households whose main income is derivfrom harvesting, processing and marketing of natural resources products National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) or Ministry of Natural Resources and
  • Percentage of smallholders who have one or more off-farm income generating activities National Burea of Statistics
  • Percentage of smallholders who accessed formal credits for agricultural purpose (NBS)
Commercial logging and charcoal

Who is Monitoring

Tanzania Forest Services and National Bureau of Statistics HBS/National Census

How is it Monitored

  • Revenues from sale of forest products
  • Information related to illegal activities and changes in forest utilization
  • Percentage change in proportion of rural households reliance on forest products
  • Adoption of alternative livelihood activities
Woodfuels

Who is Monitoring

Ministry of Planning, Economy and Empowerment, Ministry of Energy and Tanzania Forest Service

How is it Monitored

  • Percentage increase in number of customers connected to the national grid and off-grid sources of electricity Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM), National/Stations
  • Percentage of households in rural and urban areas using alternative sources of energy to wood fuel (including charcoal) as their main source for cooking NBS
  • Energy generation capacity by source (hydro, wind, solar, gas)
  • Percentage of population connected to the national grid
  • National energy generation capacity
  • Number of projects/programs on alternative energy sources
  • Proportion of households dependent on forests for energy resources
Forest fires

Who is Monitoring

Tanzania Forest Service

How is it Monitored

  • Hectares of land under forest fire annually
Infrastructure Extension

Roads generally result in increased deforestation and degradation (Nepstad et al. 2001). They make the transport of goods possible and economically viable, linking resources and producers to markets at lower costs

Population growth

A large proportion of the population depends on forests in some way for their livelihoods or for their fuelwood, this consequently puts pressure on forests and land


Source: Adapted from Excellensia Consulting (2010)

Ecosystem Types

Ecosystem type

Main regions

Acacia savanna

Shinyanga, Singida

Coastal forest

Lindi, Mtwara, Pwani

Eastern Arc/montane forest

Iringa, Morogoro, Tanga

Guinea-Congo

Kagera, Mwanza

Miombo woodland

Manyara, Morogoro, Tabora

Miombo woodland

Iringa, Morogoro, Tabora

 

Estimated emissions

Forest Change Statistics

Forest change statistics (2002 – 2013) for Tanzania Mainland

 

No.

Change class

Area (x 1,000 ha)

Annual loss (ha/yr)

1

Forest

32,000.9

 

2

Deforestation

6,406.70

582,427.27

3

Non forest

47,595.3

 

4

Wetland

4,506.9

 

5

Water

1,697.3

 

6

No data (clouds/shadow)

304.9

 

Forest change statistics (2004 – 2012) for Zanzibar Island

Forest Cover Types

Vegetation Type

Eastern

Southern

S. Highlands

Central

Lake

Western

Northern

Forest: Humid montane (ha)

274,823

70,169

175,622

38,544

194,815

24,023

418,916

Forest: Lowland (ha)

681,772

610,118

65,340

2,802

16,924

240,331

91,141

Forest: Mangrove (ha)

153,423

37,899

-

132

-

68

2,081

Forest: Plantation (ha)

16,180

3,095

558,227

2,559

85,427

10,533

44,605

Woodland: Closed (> 40%)

1,822,100

1,847,086

838,212

763,517

537,505

1,869,029

363,751

Woodland: Open

(10-40%)

5,045,878

8,140,873

8,707,824

2,945,331

2,843,421

4,896,585

3,517,603

Forest and woodland total

7,994,176

10,709,239

10,345,226

3,752,886

3,678,091

7,040,570

4,438,097

Forest Ownership

People and Economy

(a) Employment

7,000 people are directly employed by the forestry sector, according to 2011 FAO data.

(b) Economic Value

The forestry sector contributed USD 612.9 million to the economy in 2011, which is approximately 2.7% of the GDP.

Total Forest Cover

Trends in forest change from 1990 to 2010 showing an average loss of 403,328 ha per year

 

Total Forested Land

Forests include

  • Montane
  • Lowland
  • Mangrove
  • Plantation Forest

Woodland include

  • Open and Closed Woodlands
  • Thickets

 Woodlands occupy 93% of total forested land

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