Research Article

Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania

Table 1

List of villagers selected to form VFAT for the three studied villages.

Village nameNoTrainee genderPosition at the villageAgeEducation

MIhumo(1)MaleVNRC chairman50Standard VII
(2)MaleVNRC secretary21Standard VII
(3)FemaleVNRC members35Standard VII
(4)MaleCommunity RP64Standard IV
(5)MaleCommunity RP50Standard VII
(6)MaleVG member45Standard VII
(7)FemaleCommunity RP30Standard VII
(8)FemaleVNRC member42Standard VII

Ngongowele(1)MaleCommunity RP42Standard VII
(2)MaleCommunity RP70Informal Ed.
(3)MaleVNRC secretary49Standard VII
(4)MaleCommunity RP42Standard VII
(5)FemaleCommunity RP24Standard VII
(6)MaleVNRC member31Standard VII
(7)MaleCommunity RP51Adult Ed.
(8)FemaleVG member31Standard VII

Ngunja(1)MaleCommunity RP40Standard VII
(2)MaleVNRC chairman29Standard VII
(3)MaleVNRC secretary26Standard VII
(4)MaleCommunity RP51Standard VII
(5)FemaleCommunity RP37Standard VII
(6)MaleCommunity RP42Standard VII
(7)MaleVG chairman51Standard VII
(8)FemaleCommunity RP49Standard VII

Note: Ed.: Education, Community RP: Community representative.