Opportunity Costs of REDD+ to the Communities of Mufindi District, Iringa, Tanzania
Joint Authors
Abd Allah, Jumanne Moshi
Ngaga, Yonika Mathew
Nuru, Faraji
Source
International Journal of Forestry Research
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The study was done to assess the opportunity costs of REDD+ to the communities of Mufindi District which is located in the Southern Highlands 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 the main 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 cost when compared with alternative land uses within a particular place.
Therefore we recommend opportunity costs of REDD+ to communities be used to guide decision making on unit prices of carbon.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nuru, Faraji& Abd Allah, Jumanne Moshi& Ngaga, Yonika Mathew. 2014. Opportunity Costs of REDD+ to the Communities of Mufindi District, Iringa, Tanzania. International Journal of Forestry Research،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nuru, Faraji…[et al.]. Opportunity Costs of REDD+ to the Communities of Mufindi District, Iringa, Tanzania. International Journal of Forestry Research No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nuru, Faraji& Abd Allah, Jumanne Moshi& Ngaga, Yonika Mathew. Opportunity Costs of REDD+ to the Communities of Mufindi District, Iringa, Tanzania. International Journal of Forestry Research. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491446