There is a lot of interest in the role of REDD+ within Eastern Africa and how the region could increasingly get involved in REDD+ mitigation schemes.  Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are starting to pilot REDD+ projects and currently in the process of developing national REDD+ plans.

ugandaREDD-net in East Africa has so far focused on understanding what REDD+ could look like in the region in terms of the types of policies that could be implemented and their implications. Insights on issues such as benefit sharing and carbon rights have been contributed to publisize regional bulletins by practitioners involved in developing REDD+ projects, and workshops have been held to share experience between projects.

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In the sections below you can find more information on REDD+ in East Africa.

Further Resources

  1. Synergies and trade-offs between REDD+ and food security: insights from the Trees for Global Benefits (TGB) project, South-Western UgandaTrade-offs between REDD+ and food production and availability are not inevitable. This case ...
  2. Carbon Stock Assessment and Modelling in Zambia A UN-REDD programme studyDeveloping a Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) system will plays a significant ro...
  3. An Assessment of Opportunities for Low Carbon Growth in KenyaThis report summarises the work of the DFID/DANIDA funded SEI study on the "Economics of Cli...
  4. The Role of Small and Medium Forest Enterprise Associations in Reducing PovertyThis paper explores means by which different Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) in ...
  5. Exploring the rationale for Benefit Sharing in Community Forestry: Experiences from Tanzania and Nepal. Towards a conceptual framework for equitable benefit-sharing in community forestryThis study argues that there is a considerable lack of clarity regarding the rationale for r...

More Case Studies

  1. Harvesting Knowledge on REDD+: Early lessons from the FCPF Initiative and BeyondThe FCPF initiative is a performance-based pilot of REDD+: this working paper reports lesson...
  2. Opportunities and Challenges for sustainable production and marketing of gums and resins in EthiopiaThis publication sets out the need for vegetation-based land management as a sustainable opt...
  3. REDD+ in dryland forests: issues and prospects for pro-poor REDD in the miombo woodlands of southern Africa This report draws and builds on the work of three separate studies in Namibia, Mozambique an...
  4. Environmental crisis or sustainable development opportunity? Transforming the charcoal sector in TanzaniaAn estimated 90 percent of Tanzania’s energy needs are satisfied through the use of wood f...

More Research Reports

  1. A toolkit to assess proposed benefit sharing and revenue distribution schemes of community REDD+ projectsThis Toolkit to assess proposed Benefit Sharing and Revenue Distribution Schemes of Communit...

More Tools

  1. REDD+ and energy for rural development in East Africa (Swahili)Kutokana na kuongezeka kwa mahitaji ya nishati katika ukanda wa Afrika Mashariki pamo...
  2. Water resources management and REDD+ in East Africa (Swahili)Shughuri za MKUHUMI zinaweza kuwa na manufaa zaidi ya kupunguza uzalishaji wa hewa ya...
  3. REDD+ and other sectors in East Africa: opportunities for cross-sectoral implementationAs REDD+ implementation will affect many actors, it is important that it involves a multi-st...
  4. REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in East AfricaIn East Africa REDD+ has the potential to contribute to national adaptation objectives, howe...
  5. Water resources management and REDD+ in East AfricaREDD+ may contribute more than just climate change mitigation. If REDD+ is implemented in ke...

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David Mwayafu (Regional Co-ordinator)

P.O.Box 27551
Kampala Uganda 256

Tel: +256 414 269 461

dmwayafu@ugandacoalition.or.ug