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Participatory Forest Management
There is growing recognition in many countries in Africa (and elsewhere) that forest management succeeds best where communities living close to the forest are involved in the management process. The degree of involvement of communities varies widely. Participatory Forest Management (PFM) ranges from a consultative approach where communities have little decision making power but are given opportunities to comment on management to the other extreme where communities are made the owners and managers of the forest resource. TFCG has promoted different forms of PFM depending on the individual context of each forest.
TFCG’s PFM programme provides direct support to site based activities in eight Districts. The programme is promoting participatory forest management (PFM) by building the capacity of village environmental committees; linking forest adjacent communities involved in PFM with the government and with each other; and providing technical support in preparing management plans, by-laws and where applicable joint management agreements. The PFM programme provides support to 65 villages and 41,000 ha of forest.
TFCG works to conserve the following forests through PFM:
Eastern Arc Forests:
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