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Numéro du projet : IND/B76201/IB/1998/0159 |
Direction : D | |
Pays/région : Inde |
Intitulé : Shared Forest Management Programme | |
Ligne budgétaire : B76201 |
Resp. géog. : Andre Chalmin | |
Numéro direction : 1998/0159 |
Resp. tech. : Andy Roby | |
No SEM/ALA : |
Resp. fin. : Franck Duniel |
A. Objectif de l'action envisagée :
4.1 General Objective
Increased benefits to the rural poor of India from the sustainable use of forest through Shared Forest Management
4.2 Project purpose:
To identify local solutions to forest resource supply problems to support the evolution of government policy on forest management by local communities, and improve policy implementation measures.
B. Description :
1. Develop a joint forest management information system with established communication and information networks in response to the needs of the various agencies and stakeholders involved
2. Restore the productivity and ecological balance of 1,400 hectares of degraded common pooled land through strengthening local institutions in 22 villages of Palamau District, Bihar.
3. Provide training, advice and other local institutional strengthening inputs to improve the capacity of tribal communities in Sihora range of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh, to store, process and market NTFPs in a profitable, sustainable and equitable manner.
4. Undertake a survey of India's sacred groves and their traditional management systems, raise public awareness through publications, fora, media, seminars, institutions and generate funds to initiate and sustain a people-oriented biodiversity and forest conservation processes based on sacred groves.
5. Develop participatory management structures where responsibility for the project - and its benefits - are shared between local inhabitants, raise community awareness of the natural ecosystems in the region, and develop community-driven sanctuaries, document the biotic systems and cultural heritage, and share the information widely.
6. Establish greenbelt and soil conservation areas, build capacity in green belt management, and income-generating activities
7. Provide technical support to each field project so that they achieve their objectives, and that their experiences are useful for policy formulation and other projects and programmes.
C. Justification :
The SFM Programme fits a number of the priorities described in the Tropical Forest Budget Line regulation, notably concerning priorities: b) the sustainable management of forests, d) the provision of prior information to forest peoples, and e) capacity-building for local populations.
Social and Economic
The survival of hundreds of millions people from India's approximately 560,000 villages depends on forests and common lands for a source of income and, what is more, to meet their daily fuelwood, fodder, small timber and minor forest products needs.
It is estimated that the total goods and services produced by forests would value more than a quarter of the GDP. The NPV of forests, assuming an interest rate of 5%, works out as Rs. 15.9 trillion. India's forests are closely linked to human welfare and to the agricultural sector.
This programme has been set up to address local needs for biomass and is targeted at the poorer sections of society, particularly rural locations. The programme will support the evolution of government policy in favour of poorer sections of the community at the grassroots and decision-making level.
The individual projects have been developed by grassroots organisations, with local knowledge and a thorough understanding of the problem. The projects are generally highly innovative and experimental in nature, and likely to provide important lessons in the development of larger programmes and public policies, which will be integrated into government policy through the TAU.
The TAU will ensure effective implementation of EC Policy on tropical forest in India, given current capacity and administrative constraints both in India and Brussels, and make sure our projects have wider impact on policy.
The programme has been developed in consultation with Member States and is complementary to their programmes in India
D. Modalités d'exécution :
The programme will be implemented by a variety local non-governmental organisations through a Technical Assistance Unit (TAU) established in New Delhi and according to Article 8, para.5 of the Tropical Forest Regulation. Direct contracts will be finalised for signature between the various partners and the EC, according to the EC procedures in force. Contract payments will be made from Brussels following compliance with financial and technical requirements, but the TAU will be the main point of contact between the Indian partners and the EC.
Individual projects will provide reports and work plans according to their contracts with the EC, but the TAU itself will provide quarterly and annual reports to the Commission throughout its operation, and also prepare global and annual work plans for the approval of the Commission through the annual Steering Committee. The TAU will be subject to annual audit and evaluation.
The TAU will provide the majority of the technical inputs and contract administration necessary during the course of the programme, including the drafting of technical terms of reference, analysis of reports, field evaluations, social and environmental impact appraisals and preliminary screening of financial reports.
Future funding requests for community-based forestry will be sent via the Commission to the TAU for technical appraisal, and the TAU will prepare an annual programme of new projects for possible future funding by the EC based on requests and other policy instructions from the Commission.
The TAU will act as a key information point under the guidance of the Commission (specifically the Delegation), on the Shared Forest Management Programme, and will undertake dissemination and information exchange activities to ensure effective lesson-learning and take up of any new technologies developed by the projects.
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