Participatory Forest Management plan
  • Participatory management plan aims to support the local community to sustainably manage mangrove forest within the LMMA.
  • Using printed high resolution Google Earth map, a first draft management plan is created by each concerned (proposed project area for the mangrove carbon project) village with the boundary of the mangrove zoning (core zone, reforestation area and sustainable logging area).
  • When all the concerned villages within the LMMA have completed the zoning, the data from the Google Earth map are digitalized and projected in a big screen for validation. Delegates from each village are invited to attend a workshop for the validation of the mangrove zoning. For the validation, at least four people from each concerned village must attend. Ideally both men and women are elected by villagers who they feel may best reflect their opinions (elders, chef Village).
  • Each community determines, agrees and implements the rules and regulations governing each mangrove zone.
  • This is conducted through a large village meeting. The support organization facilitates the process until the local law is ratified at the court.
  • A local convention or law enables communities to govern the natural resource management;
  • Aptitude of the support organization to incorporate the mangrove management plan into the existing LMMA management plan;
  • Ability of the law enforcement committee to enforce the Dina and deal with the fine payment in their respective zone without support/inputs from the government;
  • Demarcation of the management zone enables community to observe on the ground the boundary of the mangrove zoning.
  • The support organization must be familiar with the government law as the local laws/conventions (such as Dina) should not be in conflict with the national law. It has proven effective to involve appropriate government actors in processing the Dina (local law) at the village level to make the ratification easy.
  • Make sure villages sharing mangrove forest are consulted together through village meeting/workshop for a compromise on the mangrove zoning. For the demarcation at the forest, delegate from village at the AOI must assist the technician staff from the support organization to make sure that the marks/signs are in the right place.
  • Color of the marks/signs used for the demarcation should consistent be within the LMMA (e.g color red for the core zone boundary for both marine area and mangrove forest).
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