This tool is a process designed to assist villages engaging in participatory forest management (PFM) to adopt best practices in relation to village forest governance. The tool helps communities to identify obstacles to good governance and to establish practical action plans to overcome those obstacles. The tool was designed by MJUMITA, the Community Forest Conservation Network of Tanzania as part of the Forest Justice in Tanzania initiative. The tool relies on strong, independent, voluntary community forums or networks, operating alongside the formal village forest governance authorities. The tool has been used in Tanzania to conduct self-governance assessment in over 400 villages participating in PFM.

Citation: MJUMITA. 2014. Monitoring Village Forest Governance with the MJUMITA Dashboard Tool. Policy Brief. Community Forest Conservation Network of Tanzania (MJUMITA) and Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.