Biodiversity conservation through participatory community development: the NRMP-CFP [Natural Resources Management Program-Community Forestry Project] experience
1994
Penafiel, S.R.
In the two years of community development work with NRMP-CFP communities, the following lessons can be forwarded: 1) Members of the community show spontaneous concern for conservation of biological diversity resources if and when they feel ownership of local resources and are assured of democratized access to resources; 2) the development of livelihood enterprises even at the backyard level shifts the attention of the community away from the forest resources thereby reducing pressures to the resources; 3) it is important that the communities be organized to effect common actions and decisions. In NRMP-CFP sites, it is through the organized peoples' organization that set the community rules and regulations on the use and gathering of forest products in accordance with existing government regulations; 4) The deep involvement and participation of the community in perimeter delineation, resource inventory and preparation of resource management plans created a feeling of empowerment and ownership of the forest. As a result, it created a potent force in protecting biological diversity. It can also reduce cost of protection; 5) The inclusion of environmental education in livelihood and enterprise development training of programs inculcated to the members of the community constant concern for environmental protection and the need for conservation; 6) In all indications, the CFP is a viable strategy to the conservation of biological diversity and in community development
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