FILSY - Strengthening reflection, capabilities, initiatives and national skills for increased income from Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and improved sustainable management of wood-energy
Partners
Main goals
Reduce poverty among people with income of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and depend on wood as an energy source
Specific objectives
- Include NSA & LA in a network, in close collaboration with local communities, leading a participatory process of exchange, dialogue and decision-making on energy and sustainable management of forests and their products (timber and non-timber)
- Initiate and support actions in the field of NSAs to improve revenue, market access and reducing the pressure on forest resources
Beneficiaries
- 1500 poor NTFP harvesters (gum, shea nuts, balanites , dum ... )
- 25 groups of gatherers / collectors of NTFPs including 50 % women
- 50 local craftsmen trained in renewable energy
- 40 institutional managers (decision makers and technicians) and local authorities of the Ministry of Environment , Water Resources and Fisheries, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the departments in charge of forestry
- 10 NSAs, TPE, local POs and private actors can improve the market, the development and management of fuelwood and NTFPs
Results
R1. Capabilities and skills of the NSAs, TPE and PO have strengthened their capacity to meet the needs of stakeholders and their emergence
R2. A multi-stakeholder network at different territorial scales is active and allows dialogue, exchange and decision-making
R3. Access to NTFP market is improved, income increased AGR
R4. The consumption of non-sustainable energy was reduced (improved stoves, pyrolysis ovens ...)
R5. Practices of sustainable forest management are adopted in line with the national regulatory framework
Activities
A1. Methodological support for 10 NSA, support for project management, definition of strategic plan, developing partnerships
A2. Participatory diagnosis and exchanges / support for sustainable reduction of socio-economic pressures on the forest ecosystem to regional and national local levels, according to the guidelines inspired by COMIFAC
A3. Training gatherers, NSA, TPEs and OP on NFTPs and structuring of sectors for better market access, more profitable marketing, development of innovative energy solutions and sustainable resource
A4. Enabling and facilitating a coherent and proactive network on NTFPs and timber resources that facilitates dialogue and decision-making
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