The Timber Rush: Private Forestry in Village Land

Project Summary

Timber Rush investigates the scale and drivers of the current investments in land and timber in Tanzania, testing the hypothesis that investments are first and foremost driven by domestic factors related to increased market demand for timber for industrial use, particularly construction, nationally and in the East African region.

Hosting Unit
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Leader
Prof Dismas Mwaseba
Project Status
Completed Project
Project Completion Date
12/31/2020
Contact information

dilmwase@sua.ac.tz