Rebecca, J. JeremiahJonathan, S. MbwamboDos Santos, A. Silayo2023-08-172023-08-172014-042249-5894http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5632Proceeding pp. 255- 271Climate change has turned to be a global issue which is no longer a concern of the environmental sector alone, but a cross- cutting and a multidisciplinary issue due to its economic, social, and ecological impacts to the global community, including smallholder farmers in low-income countries. While industrial development is acknowledged to have significant contribution to anthropogenic greenhouse emissions, 25% of all anthropogenic GHG emissions responsible for climate change come from deforestation and forest degradation. Thus reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+ ) is important intervention that is necessary for sustainable reduction of emission and enhancement sink capacity using efforts manned by local communities. However, the extent to which local communities are aware of climate change and its impacts have not been studies in REDD+ project areas in Tanzania. A study was therefore conducted in Kilwa District to assess the community awareness and attitude towards REDD+ initiatives, with a particular focus on their willingness to participate in the implementation of REDD+ . Data collection was done using bothenREDD+Community attitudesTanzaniaConferencce Proceedings