Implementing land-use planning in community forests

Yuzhou — 2022-07-26T18:28:40Z

Apart from supporting communities to attain the ownership of their forests wit-hin the context of the land formalization processes, PAPFor supports the need for greater connectivity between Protected Areas and Community Forests.

Maintaining wildlife corridors and sustaining the integrity of the forest ecosys-tem for biodiversity protection is one of the primary objectives of the PAPFor programme.

PAPFor supports the formation and activation of Community Forest Manage-ment Governance Structures in areas adjacent to Protected Areas. Participa-tory Land Use Planning enables communities to set aside specific units for conservation, agricultural land needs and commercial forest utilization and further helps to guide communities on the threat of fallow systems associated with shifting cultivation.

Improved protected area management

Yuzhou — 2022-07-26T18:26:32Z

The PAPFor Programme has supported capacity strengthening of the Protected Area management system in the form of training and provision of materials and equipment for patrols, biomonitoring and law enforcement. Efforts were also concentrated on the integration of communities into the protected area mana-gement approach by recruiting, training and deploying community ecoguards in patrol monitoring activities. Training has been conducted on Integrated Mana-gement Effectiveness Tool, SMART Mobile and camera traps for Biomonitoring.

The transboundary collaboration between Sierra Leone and Liberia based on the Peace Park Agreement between the two countries is very active and sup-ported by the PAPFor Programme.

In keeping with standard Protected Area operational principles, PAPFor sup-ports the review and/or drafting of management and co-management plans for key protected areas in the landscape.