The USDA Forest Service has long worked with international partners. In that tradition, the Forest Service and Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative (MCDI) launched a partnership to support community forestry in Tanzania. Starting in 2017, Susan Charnley and Greg Frey, researchers with the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station and Southern Research Station, respectively, built on that partnership through a research collaboration with MCDI. They investigated factors that contribute to financially viable community forests. They also assessed whether Forest Stewardship Council certification benefited these community forests.

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Year 2023 Volume 256