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Sustainable Resource Management

Interventions with improved fodder and forage species need to be much more effectively integrated with other Project livelihoods interventions. The results of the Stage 1 forage interventions need to be analysed, the benefits measured and the environmental risks assessed before further widespread distribution of material is undertaken. If the environmental risks are deemed to be low, then DSCWM staff should continue to use improved fodder plants to stabilise land slides.

There is a dearth of knowledge concerning the extent, nature and stocking of the pine plantation resource, upon which many of the CFUGs rely for income. In addition, little if any plantation management treatment has been undertaken, and much of the pine plantation resource is in need of immediate treatment, such as thinning, to avoid loss in volume and value. The CFUGs have little knowledge of plantation management. In fact, most CFUGs, and, indeed, the DFOs, practice passive management and need technical guidance to instil some basic plantation management practices. Also, little is known on the sustainable management of NTFPs, including resource assessment and sustainable harvesting potential. It is too big a task to address this during the final stage except to encourage and support the DFOs and Institute of Forestry (IoF) to reconnaissance the pine plantations and to facilitate them updating or preparing relevant guidelines.