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Upper Slopes Community Based Resource Management

Due to the worsening security situation it was not possible to significantly advance this component of the workplan. What work was completed served to further demonstrate the need for specific and tailored approaches to community forestry and livelihoods improvement in these fragile areas. Handover support will encourage the line departments to further investigate the special needs of the communities in these areas, and to develop appropriate methodologies for ensuring that community resources are not further damaged by over exploitation and lack of knowledge as a basis for scientific management of upper slopes oak forests.