Feasibility of Community Management of Miombo Woodlands for Carbon Project in Southern Highlands of Tanzania

Table 1

Land use categories and criteria used in selection of study sites.

S/N	Category	Criteria for selection
1	CBFM	(i) Management plan and by-laws for forest management activities; (ii) Experience from expert opinion that the forest is under CBFM; (iii) Patrols and management meetings explaining management activities; (iv) Presence of Village Environmental Committee (VEC) taking care of the forest; (v) Tree vegetation comprise miombo woodlands
2		(i) No records of forest management activities; (ii) Located adjacent to CBFM and tree composed of miombo woodlands; (iii) Open access for local use and extraction of resources is unregulated; (iv) Experience from expert that nothing have been done to regulate forest extraction

as usual is a projections of future emission levels in the absence of any policy changes or REDD activities [34] while with CBFM the laws are enforced by community and sustainable use controlled.