Wire hills forest: a sustainablemanagement program
Giuliano Ramat - [email protected] ; Luca Davini - [email protected] Falciano; Alessio Puccini
Third Near East Forestry Week; Amman 26-28 January 2014
What ?
Three years project funded by European Union from 1st April2010, 1.800 HHs direct beneficiaries, 120.000 people indirect.12 months extension was granted.
Where ?
South Nyanza, Rachuonyo South District, Kasipul DivisionKachien, North Kamagak and West Kamagak locations
Wire Hills Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management.
Contract No DCI-ENV/2009/151-545
Goals ? Expected results
Capacity of local community institutions andgovernment/stakeholders staff strengthened onCommunity Forest Management
Degraded hillsides rehabilitated
Non Timber innovative income generatingactivities identified and implemented
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What do we do?
Activities
Capacity of local community institutions and stakeholders’ staff
strengthened on PFM1.
Formation of a Local Planning Team for Wire
What do we do?
Activities
Capacity of local community institutions and stakeholders’ staff
strengthened on PFM1.
Development of a Participatory Forest Management Plan
for Wire Forest
PFMP approved, signed and launched, FMA negotiated and passed by FCC
What do we do?
Activities
Capacity of local community institutions and stakeholders’ staff
strengthened on PFM1.
WIFOMA CFA strengthening and capacity
buildingOrganizational Capacity AssessmentFacilitation in development of democratic structureTraining on PFM, governance, M&E, etc.Exchange visit to other PFM areasConstitution review processRegistration in 2013CFA office in Wire Forest under construction
What do we do?
Activities
Degraded hillsides rehabilitated2.
Establishment/Support of community tree nurseriesand the central tree nursery in Wire Forest
What do we do?Activities
Degraded hillsides rehabilitated2.
Rehabilitation of Wire Forest
Assisted natural regenerationEnrichment plantingCommunity involvement throughemployment of casual workers andcommunity planting days
Area under rehabilitation 215 Ha
What do we do?
Activities
Degraded hillsides rehabilitated2.
Establish on farm wood lots
- 30 schools involved with around9,000 seedlings surviving
- around 500 people followed upthat have planted more than247,000 seedlings
What do we do?
Activities
Non timber innovative IGA identified and implemented3.
Support implementation of non-timber forest resource use
Bee keeping>250 bee hives installed
Energy saving jikos550 installed
What do we do?
Activities
Non timber innovative IGA identified and implemented3.
Support implementation of NTFPs activities
Fruit productionAround 1800 grafted
Mangoes planted
Bamboo49 people ; 350 seedlings
Multipurpose hedgerowsSesbania and calliandra; >400 farmers involved
What do we do?
Activities
GIS for forest management and planning4.
Implementation of WebGIS for forest
Remote training10 trained persons
3 WIFOMA CFA,4 KFS, 3 CEFA Field forms
Dedicated easy-to-fill field forms
Field surveyGetting information of
sample vegetation plots
What do we do?
Activities
GIS for forest management and planning4.
Implementation of WebGIS for forest
Dedicated extensionDedicated gvSIG portable version
Easy to fill data entryCustomized and easy-to-fill
data entry form
What do we do?
Activities
GIS for forest management and planning4.
Implementation of WebGIS for forest
Data entryEnter field data as well as
already existing paper data
Remote sensing dataDigitize and upload data
derived from remote sensing
Open DataDownload and harmonize
available open data
What do we do?
Activities
GIS for forest management and planning4.
Implementation of WebGIS for forest
WebGISPublish all the data to make them free to access
and consult as support for decision makers
WebGISDownload published files
in different formatsaccording to privacy
policies
What do we do?
Activities
GIS for forest management and planning4.
Implementation of WebGIS for forest
WebGISObtain quick geometric
information such as areas or lengths
WebGISFast print of the visualized layers