Studies
Forestry management. N/A N/A
Socio-economic studies and development plans for the participatory forest management for the production of wood "energy" in the region of the Ouémé
| Country : | Benin . |
| Client : | Ministry of Energy. Projet de Fourniture de services d'énergie (PFSE) |
| Start Date : | August 2011 |
| Completion Date : | November 2012 |
| Value of services : | 421 875€ |
| Funder : | World Bank |
| Associate/Partner : | DKM Consulting |
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| Description : |
Objectives : * Development of five participatory forest management plans for five municipalities covering a total area of 300,000 hectares of forest in the protected area (non-classified forest) of the State for their exploitation for wood energy production. * Implementation of the local development plans management structures and a capacity building plan for its bodies. * Proposal of a strategy to support the improvement and diversification of the sources of income of the local populations through the development of incomes generating activities, such as accompanying measures to facilitate accession of those populations in the implementation of forest management plans. |
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| Description of the Actual Services Provided | * The conduct of surveys on the flow of wood energy outside and inside the region * Study of wood energy market * Study of updated guidance device in place by the forest administration * Mapping of production and marketing of wood energy * Comprehensive study of customary law on land and forest natural resources * Study on the sociological burdens that impede the rational use of wood energy * Awareness of the villages of the forest in the protected area and delimitation of the forest to build * The development of the forest management Plans of the delimited forest areas (including additional mapping for development) * The establishment of local structures of management of the selected management Plan for the implementation of rural markets; * Implementation of the operation pilot "rural markets" in 5 000 ha; * Formulation of a strategy of development of the AGR and a Plan of building the capacity of the AFIC * The establishment of a communication program and of a system of monitoring performance and the impact of the project |