Documentation and dissemination of results

Strong leadership and partnerships key to restoration

Forest landscape restoration efforts require a willing and enthusiastic social system led by Traditional Leaders who are traditionally custodians of customary land. The success of this solution has largely hinged on strong leadership and partnerships within.

Community Participation is a key enabling factor that is required for meaningful progress in the activities that are happening in the community. This is because without active participation they will not be any progress.
The political environment also plays a part in enabling restoration. Political leadership that provides guidance to communities for sustainable management of forest resources is always preferred.

Community Expectations. It is very important to manage the community's expectations through most activities concerning natural resource management. Most communities expect immediate results when it comes to working on forestry restoration and this presents a problem where they can get discouraged like some community members not participating in the activities.
Partnership is Key. For a smooth process of activities, the partnership is key between community members, government officials as well as Non-governmental organisations. It defines the roles to be played by all stakeholders
Leadership. Leadership determines the type of natural resources governance. Strong community leadership has been found to contribute to the better management of forests.
Youth participation is key. In order to have sustainable development, youth involvement is key since youth are the leaders of tomorrow.

Implementation

Monitoring

Documentation and dissemination of results

Local

Capitalizing on strong local leadership and partnerships with government and others

Land with the FR reclaimed from encroachers

Ponsillio Bwallo

Community sensitization meeting

Ponsillio Bwallo

The following building blocks have contributed to the success of the restoration realized to date.

Strong local leadership: Strong leadership by the Traditional Authorities and local committees facilitated participation, engagement, and buy-in.
Partnership with government departments: The GoM delivers timely training and support
Partnership with local and international NGOs.

The organization supported beneficiaries with resources including data, training/capacity building, and in some cases tools.

The factors that enabled success to date included building on the recognition that local leaders are the most trusted agents of development. Without the buy-in and strong leadership of the Traditional Authority (and his Group Village Headmen), getting the buy-in of the communities would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Lessons learned to date include:

Information, awareness, and advocacy are critical to community-led problem identification and problem-solving, and are prerequisites to community participation in "solutions".
Community participation in development work results in less costs in the implementation of activities.
Partnerships and collaboration with District Council and the Area Development Committee, and with non-governmental organizations are key to sourcing required technical support e.g., ANR and firebreak construction.

Implementation

Monitoring

Documentation and dissemination of results

Local

Mua-Livulezi tripartite co-management agreement

Youth engagement

Tree Nursery management

Yes

Youth centric approach

Leadership and capacity building of community members and school learners.

Engaging the youths is vital for sustainable development and build back better

Documentation and dissemination of results

Review phase

Entirety

Local

Self-help

Capacity building training

Yes

The project used locally available personnel and resources hence ensuring sustainability.

Strong local leadership from the community and primary school was the most important enabling factor.

Future belongs to the organised.

Documentation and dissemination of results

Review phase

Entirety

Local

Monitoreo y seguimiento.

DIA DE CAMPO BOSQUE SECUNDARIO

CODEFORSA

El monitoreo y seguimiento del proyecto de enriquecimiento del bosque secundario es fundamental para el éxito de este, ya que la vegetación circundante a los árboles plantados podría afectar el crecimiento de los mismos y la vegetación del sotobosque de tipo enredadera podría dañar físicamente los árboles hasta afectarlos severamente.

Las actividades de mantenimiento consisten en eliminación de malezas circundantes a los árboles establecidos y verificar un buen acceso a iluminación natural para acelerar el crecimiento de estos. La limpieza de las franjas establecidas para los árboles plantados se realizará de forma manual a un ancho de uno o dos metros por toda la longitud de cada franja. Esta actividad se realizará cada dos meses en los 18 primeros meses.

En este proyecto se realizaron dos días de campo con los propietarios de las áreas de bosque, colegas ingenieros forestales, autoridades gubernamentales y académicas para presentar los resultados de la evaluación de los bosques secundarios, los resultados obtenidos y conocer la opinión de los propietarios de los bosques secundarios sobre la intensión mantener estas áreas bajo la cobertura actual y los beneficios de no realizar cambio de uso del suelo.

- Se asegura el éxito de las actividades ejecutadas.

- La iluminación a los árboles plantados es vital.

- Es importante divulgar las buenas experiencias para que sean replicadas.

- Es muy importante involucrar al propietario de la finca en las actividades porque él es quien va a continuar con el seguimiento del trabajo.

- La restauración es un proceso lento y de paciencia.

Monitoring

Documentation and dissemination of results

Local

Desarrollo de capacidades en la comunidad local

Capacitación en Los Amores

Maria Juliana Montenegro Calvo

Práctica de laboratorio

Maria Juliana Montenegro Calvo

Es importante que las personas involucradas entiendan los principios de la polinización; ¿qué es la polinización gestionada?, ¿qué implica?, ¿cuáles son los posibles riesgos y los resultados esperados? Para esto se realizaron una serie de capacitaciones.

El nivel de apropiación e interés en el proyecto es un factor determinante para su desarrollo y continuidad. Toda la información es valiosa y las partes involucradas deberían tener claridad desde lo que es un calendario floral y las características de floración del cultivo, hasta la estructura y funcionalidad de la abeja. Asumir que las personas ya cuentan con cierto conocimiento puede generar accidentes o resultados poco satisfactorios en la polinización gestionada.

Se requiere la disposición de la comunidad local a aprender y participar. También una persona o grupo de personas expertas no solo en apicultura y polinización sino también con la destreza de enseñar y llegar a múltiples públicos. El espacio en que se realizan las capacitaciones debe tener buena acústica, sombra y ventilación.

Es bueno concertar los días y horarios de las sesiones de capacitación con la comunidad para que no interfieran con sus labores diarias. El material audiovisual debe ser muy claro y concreto con alto uso de ilustraciones. La mejor forma de aprender es haciendo, por eso sesiones prácticas en campo y laboratorio son las que la comunidad más aprovecha y recuerda.

Implementation

Monitoring

Documentation and dissemination of results

Local

Holding activities to build capability and improve awareness

The ABS project has been widely promoted throughout Guangxi, with about 50 promotional activities, 20 training sessions and related meetings, and more than 10,000 participants online and offline, to help with Guangxi ABS legislation and benefit-sharing.

These activities not only enhance the capacity building of relevant personnel, but also raise public awareness of biodiversity conservation and benefit-sharing.

Public awareness of - and public support for - program activities ensures success.

Planning phase

Inception phase

Implementation

Documentation and dissemination of results

Local

Subnational

National

Improve the construction of the access and benefit-sharing system for biogenetic resources

Guangxi establishes a cross-sectoral coordination and cooperation mechanism and a stakeholder coordination mechanism. A management mechanism for access and benefit sharing of biogenetic resources is established under the comprehensive governance of the department in charge of ecology and environment and the supervision of the departments related to development and reform, agriculture and rural areas, forestry, etc. The project management is carried out at the provincial, municipal, and county levels so joint efforts can be made in ensuring the access and benefit-sharing of biological heritage resources.

Experts from 31 universities, research institutes, and other relevant units, such as Minzu University of China, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Guangxi University, were hired to form a provincial technical expert team to provide consultation and technical support for the access and benefit-sharing of biogenetic resources in Guangxi.

It is necessary to improve the construction of the access and benefit-sharing system for biogenetic resources.

Documentation and dissemination of results

Local

Subnational

National

Art Photography

Documenting traditional food from Waluguru indigenous tribe

Tengeneza Generaration and Davie Masanja

We document and promote our work through art photography. Pictures are powerful, as they are visual materials that people can see. They make messages around conservation more impactful among the community members we work with.

We engage professional photographs to join and document expeditions. So far, we have a portfolio of more than 17,342 pictures.

Keen to involve artists in supporting conservation work.
Revisiting our local traditional conservation methods involved working with artists and cultural practitioners.

Art and culture is a tool Africans have always used and continue to use to educate wider communities to love their nature.
Visual art is the best tool to send a message faster and more powerful to communities, especially young people.
Art and culture reconnect personally to his/her roots.

Implementation

Documentation and dissemination of results

Strong Partnership

TEG photo with Government officials

Tengeneza Generaration

We established strong partnerships with the Nature Reserves government authorities (Tanzania Forest Service Agency (TFS), as well as with the Department of Natural Resources and Tourism and Youth Development. They provide continuous support, whether it is the use of a vehicle, the delivery of permits, recommendation letters, or waive camping fees to our team and skills.

We also maintain good partnerships with local communities, who propose new activities, and new camping sites to extend the eco-tourism offer and support in installations of sign boards. EAMCEF provided funding $10,000 to support ecological and cultural tourism by empowering the Choma community found adjacent to the Uluguru mountains. Nafasi Art Space provided training in developing art program and fund $1000.

Report and continuous activities updates sharing with stakeholders.

Updating about and involving others in our work and cooperating with our partners have improved and shaped positive impact to our communities. For example they have formed an ecotourism group called Choma ecotourism group to manage ecological and cultural tourism development.

Implementation

Documentation and dissemination of results