Participatory forest management
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Participatory forest management
Project description
Titel: Participatory forest management (PFM)
Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Lead executing agency: Ministry of Agriculture
Country: Ethiopia
Overall term: 2013 to 2018
Context
Ethiopia’s remaining forest areas are acutely threatened by their ongoing conversion for farmland and worsening degradation. Forest losses have a direct impact on the livelihoods of rural village communities, above all through the declining supplies of firewood, timber and non-wood forest products. Severe adverse effects also occur indirectly with respect to the water availability and soil fertility, especially on steeper gradients. In a vicious circle, this accelerates deforestation. The rapid rate of deforestation poses a huge threat to biodiversity.
Important prerequisites for improving this situation have already been put in place, such as national guidelines on participatory forest management (PFM) and legal measures for transferring user rights to local communities. However, it is still necessary to build up the relevant capacities for implementing PFM, especially in terms of community development. The role of forests in sustainable land management is largely overlooked, and the part local communities play in managing forests has received little attention to date. This is why Ethiopia’s forests are not used sustainably.
Objective
In selected areas, participatory forest management is practised in and near watersheds, as part of the national Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP). This is contributing to greater resilience on the part of smallholder farmers, in the face of climate change.
Approach
It is essential to include local people in the relevant processes for the sustainable, long-term management of forests. At the same time, local communities need to learn sustainable ways of using the forests. GIZ experts provide training to this end, and they work with the communities in and near the selected watersheds, showing them how to organise themselves for PFM.
Project description
Titel: Participatory forest management (PFM)
Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Lead executing agency: Ministry of Agriculture
Country: Ethiopia
Overall term: 2013 to 2018
Context
Ethiopia’s remaining forest areas are acutely threatened by their ongoing conversion for farmland and worsening degradation. Forest losses have a direct impact on the livelihoods of rural village communities, above all through the declining supplies of firewood, timber and non-wood forest products. Severe adverse effects also occur indirectly with respect to the water availability and soil fertility, especially on steeper gradients. In a vicious circle, this accelerates deforestation. The rapid rate of deforestation poses a huge threat to biodiversity.
Important prerequisites for improving this situation have already been put in place, such as national guidelines on participatory forest management (PFM) and legal measures for transferring user rights to local communities. However, it is still necessary to build up the relevant capacities for implementing PFM, especially in terms of community development. The role of forests in sustainable land management is largely overlooked, and the part local communities play in managing forests has received little attention to date. This is why Ethiopia’s forests are not used sustainably.
Objective
In selected areas, participatory forest management is practised in and near watersheds, as part of the national Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP). This is contributing to greater resilience on the part of smallholder farmers, in the face of climate change.
Approach
It is essential to include local people in the relevant processes for the sustainable, long-term management of forests. At the same time, local communities need to learn sustainable ways of using the forests. GIZ experts provide training to this end, and they work with the communities in and near the selected watersheds, showing them how to organise themselves for PFM.
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