Tanzania Forest Service (TFS) (Tanzania)

Summary

The Tanzania Forest Service (TFS) has been formed out of the Forest and Beekeeping Division (FBD) within the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT). It has taken over the responsibilities of the FBD for the management of national forest reserves (natural and plantations), bee reserves and forest and bee resources on general lands. It manages all REDD+ activities that falls within its mandate on the ground. The FBD will maintain its responsibilities in regards to development of forest policy, laws and regulations. The TFS  was established to enhance the management and conservation of forest and bee resources. This includes scaling up management activities related to mapping and demarcating forest reserves and improving protection capacity of local forest managers; increasing production capacity of plantations, which will also address national wood fuel energy needs; and improve capacity to record and and capture the value of the forest and beekeeping sector to the GDP. By improving management and control mechanisms of the amount of forest produce and revenue generated from reserves the TFS is expected to improve overall governance and management capacity for REDD+.