Research Article

The Cost of Managing Forest Carbon under REDD+ Initiatives: A Case of Kolo Hills Forests in Kondoa District, Dodoma, Tanzania

Table 1

Activities and their associated cost incurred by community in managing the ARKFor pilot project.

Routine and nonroutine activities Estimated days and costs
FrequencyPer day
($US)
Number of days per monthNumber of days per yearCosts
($US)

Routine activities
 Tree planting293.33*1 96.57
 Forest patrolling293.33*15180 17,382.60
 Forest boundary making253.33*1 83.25
 Land use planning213.33*5 349.65
 Attending seminar 253.33*5 416.25
 Selected as a focal farmer123.33*560 2397.60
 Making server stoves123.33*560 2397.60
 Conducting beekeeping activities143.33*15210 9790.20
Nonroutine activities
 Attending the village meeting 313.33*2 206.46
 Forest fire protection263.33*15 1298.70
 Demarcating forest boundary223.33*1 73.26
 Preventing keeping and livestock in the forest253.33*15 1248.75
Total35,667.63

Source: field data.
*Pay per day was equivalent to $3.3 when an exchange rate of $1 was equal to 1500Tsh that depends on the prevailing average farm labours in the study site.