Brief description Meetings & workshops (as needed) to be held with the 6 Township Chiefdoms and Section selected through Action 1. Identify the scale at which natural resource management should take place and to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the TA (PC, SH and TCs) Agree an appropriate name for the “unit of management” Develop the internal governance structures (e.g. the Council of Elders) suitable for collective decision-making and internal conflict resolution Identify the membership of the “community” or unit of management and ensure that there is adequate representation of the Membership by the Township-level Council of Elders Identify the scale (e.g. individual members, Council of Elders/Township Chiefdom, Section Head, Paramount Chief) at which decisions can be made, and about which resources these should include Assess the resource base 3.1 A minimum of 2 meetings per Section Head a year to discuss and decide the appropriate within the TA structure for making decisions about, and, resolving conflicts over, natural resources DC & BCP FD Year 1-3 High A clear framework for and conflict resolution The TA (Section Head and Township Chiefdoms) currently has no formal mandate or structure for managing natural resources other than farmland 3.2 An intensive programme of meetings and workshops with the selected Township Chiefdoms to develop the arrangements for assuming the authority and responsibility to manage the “community’s” natural resources BCP & DC FD Year 1-2 High Local “community” resource users are fully sensitised and prepared to take “control” of the process The “community” currently is largely responsible for the day to day activities that impact upon these resources but has no authority to control these activities and to exclude anyone from using them, therefore use of these resources is largely opportunistic and open access 3.2.1 Identify the membership of the “community” or unit of management TC BCP & DC Year 2 High Clearly defined membership Membership is very likely recognised already but this to “tested” to ensure that no one with a legitimate claim is disadvantaged
(resource management, internal governance & SME development) organisation or agencies) 8.2 Capacity building of Township Chiefdoms in resource management (wildlife and NTFPs) BCP FD Year 2 Medium TC-level NTFP and wildlife management plans No such plan exists 8.3 Training and development of timber utilisation plan FD TC, TA & DC Year 2 - 3 High TC-level timber utilisation plan A plan exists for the utilisation of timber resources at this level but the TC (local communities) are not involved in its development or implementation 8.4 Training and capacity building for internal governance NGOs (other organisations and agencies) DC Year 2 - 5 High Accounting, meetings, recording (see M&E section) The TC Council provides a level of decision-making and conflict resolution that is arguably representative of the membership in as much as there is representation on the TC Council and this is broadly accepted by the membership who will abide by any decisions. However, the TC Council currently does not have any authority over forest resources. 8.5 Training and capacity building in the development of SMEs based upon (mainly but not exclusively) forest natural resources NGOs (other organisations and agencies) DC Year 2 - 5 Medium Number of SMEs, household incomes, DC revenues. Legal basis for extraction of resources A large proportion of local livelihood activity is based upon forest natural resources. However, it is difficult to develop these as SMEs because the resource base from which they obtain their raw materials is largely un-managed and many of the resources that they are
Brief description Develop a proposal for continuing support to the process recognising that the timescales for change within the community, institutions and the ecosystem generally extend beyond the lifetime of a project’s support 10.0 Develop a funding proposal for continued support to DC and TC BCP FD Year 2 High Submission of proposal There is currently no provision for the continued support to the process of developing a system of natural resource management beyond the end of the BCP Project