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Brief
Component Structures:
| Component 1:
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| Institutionalising sustainable natural
resource management |
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Objective:
To institutionalise, at all levels sustainable natural resource
management systems that are socially, environmentally and economically
viable.
Outputs:
- Mainstream gender and equity within community forestry and
watershed management activities.
- Support planning and management processes for the extension
of community forestry information within DoF's Planning and
Monitoring
- Division focusing on its Extension and Publicity Section.
- Establish institutional capacity at national, district and
Forest User Group (FUG ) levels to enhance community-based
natural resource management.
- Strengthen Natural Resource Management (NRM) policy development
and support processes for implementation.
- Institutionalise equity and good governance in the planning,
operation and management of FUGs and their sub-groups.
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| Component 2. |
| Income generation and equity |
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Objective: To develop and
promote income generating activities for forest users through
an action learning approach which addresses the priority concerns
of the poor and marginalised.
Outputs:
- Develop strategies to ensure equitable sharing of costs
and benefits within FUGs and other community-based organizations,
reflected in FUG constitutions.
- Undertake market research and develop support mechanisms
for timber and non-timber forest product marketing and enterprise
development.
- Develop FUG commercial activity management systems.
- Develop a range of commercial FUG-based enterprises as pilot
activities and support their replication.
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| Component 3: |
| Sustainable resource management |
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Objective: Through flexible community-based approaches, assist
resource users to develop and adopt sustainable management systems.
Outputs:
- Identify technical and social issues related to community
forestry then propose and implement a work program.
- Develop strategies for accelerating the preparation and
approval of new and revised operational plans.
- Develop and test systems for improved integration of community
forestry and agricultural activities.
- Support District Soil Conservation & Watershed Management
to expand conservation activities within existing districts.
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| Component 4: |
| Upper slopes community based resource
management |
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Objective: To strengthen community-based approaches to reduce
environmental degradation and improve livelihoods in the upper
slopes.
Outputs:
- Complete baseline surveys of existing resources and their
usage for selected VDCs.
- Develop approaches to user group formation; support and
test in pilot areas.
- Agree on environmentally sound herd and flock management
strategies.
- Support local NGOs and local government in promoting livelihood
activities.
- Define, strengthen and promote forest management systems.
- Research eco-tourism potential and support activities.
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| Component 5: |
| Effective project management |
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Objective: To manage project resources efficiently.
Outputs:
- Prepare gender & equity strategy and guidelines for
project management.
- Establish and operate project co-ordinating committees.
- Prepare Phase 2 work program for existing and new districts
in close collaboration with key stakeholders.
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| Guiding
Principles: |
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• Focus on women & disadvantaged community members.
• Implement participatory and action learning approaches.
• Stimulate and institutionalize ownership by target groups.
• Institute sustainability at social, institutional, economic
and ecological levels.
• Build on indigenous knowledge, skills and practices.
• Focus on FUG's good governance.
• Foster self-monitoring and self-evaluation.
• Promote self-help.
• Facilitate access to local resources and services.
• Introduce appropriate technology that can be managed locally.
• Develop linkages and networks.
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| Approaches: |
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• Interlink farming and forestry for sustainable development
of rural poor.
• Institutionalise community forestry by sustainable management
practices.
• Encourage active management of forest resources through
income generating activities.
• Involve line agencies at all levels in project implementation.
• Address sustainable management of upland slopes and
high forests.
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| Implementation
Strategies |
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• Focus on Forest
User Groups.
• Facilitate FUGs to identify their needs and plan their
activities.
• Safeguard the interests and needs of the poor, ethnic
minorities and women.
• Incorporate required policy and livelihoods plans into
FUG constitutions and operation plans.
• Allocate FUG funds for livelihood improvement planning,
particularly for the poor and disadvantaged.
• Build links and coordinate between FUG and VDC.
• Promote VDC level FUG networking for mutual support
and exchange of resources.
• Integrate FUG/CDG annual plans with VDC plans.
• Develop FUGs as “ service providers” with
appropriate skills, knowledge and capacity.
• Promote NGO and CBOs who can provide demand driven services
to FUGs by supporting community development activities.
• Transfer field activities and lessons learnt from pilot
areas to new areas.
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