Forestry services: Establishment of FSC plantations in Tanzania Both partners want to start a joint venture in order to provide forestry services to companies in Tanzania. Apart from that, the consortium wants to select 100 farmers from the 3,500 outgrowers of Multiflower Ltd to set up small-scale forestry on their fields.To make that long-term investment (revenues after 15 to 20 years) interesting for small farmers the consortium will develop a financing model.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)CSR will be developed as a formal policy. The pilot plantation will be FSC certified but will be left out of the PSI project.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsProject intends to pay living wages. It is important therefore to monitor those wages. This should be included in the results.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe part of the project dealing with commercial development of FSC forestry services (80%) is innovative as there are no other commercial enterprises on that subject and the government service is not sustainable and under-staffed. In the discussions during verification, the project also claims innovativeness because of the combination of a long-term teak exploitation and a shorter term other cash crop including a financing model. That is, however, doubtful as verification of another PSI project in Iringa shows a decades old existing outgrowers scheme for Eucalyptus timber (Sao Hill Mill).Considering the first argument, the final conclusion is that the project is sufficiently innovative.•	Chain effectsThe project improves the outgrowers situation and also will make use of local services (e.g. Soil Lab at Mlingano, Tanga).The project delivers services to local plantation investors. Until now only Sustainable Forestry Investments is foreseen, which is not local. Sustainable Forestry Investments will buy land (1,000 ha per year during ten years) from local owners, so this might benefit them.Also, the focus on outgrowers can be seen as impact on local customers. They will develop a financing model for them and guarantee an annual payment of € 215 per year per acre during twenty years.•	Impact on the sectorForm Tanzania will demonstrate how sustainable forestry investments can be attractive for investors and the government. This includes financing, channelling private sector investments and carbon finance (CDM).Form Tanzania will seek cooperation and knowledge sharing with the National Soil Institute, the Tanzania Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, universities etc.•	EnvironmentSustainable forestry in the end will contribute to the global climate challenge.•	Position of womenThere is no special attention to women involvement in the proposal. Half of the jobs are intended to be for women, but no mention of that in the report.•	Impact on food safetyThe partners see a more professional use of land by smallholders; this will have an overall effect on food security as farmers will make choices in land use.•	Impact on waterA long-term re-forestation will have an positive impact towards a more reliable climate. To set up a plantation services company, making use of a 400 ha pilot plantation for demonstration/training purposes, a professional nursery of 1,000,000 million teak plants and a training centre. Also, a pilot outgrowers scheme with 100 farmers and the d