The agreements are made in order to preserve the integrity of AFIW National Park through the liberation of transformed areas through restoration, rehabilitation, recovery, sustainable use and conservation processes.
The following methodological route was developed for this process:
- Socialization of the strategy and the Local Sustainable Development program of the European Union.
- Work plan agreement.
- Field day and survey of property information.
- Socialization of the results and selection of beneficiaries.
- Workshops on the content and scope of the agreement and construction of the portfolio of alternatives.
- Signing of the REP agreements was framed within the procedures established by the National Natural Parks within the guidelines of Participatory Ecological Restoration and the strategy of Use, Occupation and Tenure.
- Process of acquisition and delivery of inputs and materials for good living.
- Follow-up and monitoring of REP agreements.
- Available funding sources such as budgetary support from the European Union.
- Willingness of key stakeholders to sign transitional agreements for Participatory Ecological Restoration.
As a contribution to land use planning and conservation objectives of the protected area, workshops were held to socialize and agree with the prioritized families on a land planning proposal that would contribute to improving their living conditions without altering the natural dynamics of the ecosystems. These workshops considered information corresponding to the PA zoning and its permitted activities, taking into account that the zoning process is proposed by the PA as a proposal presented to them. Based on the above, PA management was identified as a process that should be carried out jointly with the stakeholders involved in the search for sustainable improvement of their production systems.