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USDA-Forest Service Technical Assistance Trip Republic of Guinea USDA-Forest Service Technical Assistance Trip Republic of Guinea USDA Forest Service: Institutional Strengthening Program for the Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêts (DNEF) Protected Area and Classified Forest Management Assessment FINAL REPORT – February 17, 2006 Mission Dates: February 4 – 17, 2006 Report Submitted by: PETER GAULKE USDA Forest Service Ecosystem Management Coordination Washington, DC (202) 205-1521-2581 [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. SCOPE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE III. BACKGROUND 1. USAID & USFS 2. Mission Activities IV. ISSUES, OBSERVATIONS, DISCUSSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Introduction 2. Definition of Protected Areas 3. Definition and Scope of Illegal Logging in Protected Areas 4. Incorporation of Local Populations and Other Partners 5. Reform of Regulatory Context and Enforcement Capacity 6. Harmonizing Responsibilities and Clarifying Roles for Management of Protected Areas. 7. Setting Objectives for the Management of Protected Areas 8. Capacity Building & Institutional Support 9. Donor Driven Funding and Continuation of Progress Gained 10. Data and Information Collection, Management and Flow 11. Scale of Protected Area Management Activities, Reviews and Interventions 12. Co-Management Plans’ Value to Protected Area Management Appendix I – Scope Of Work Appendix II – Mission Itinerary Appendix III – List Of Acronyms Appendix IV – Protected Areas under Ministry Of Environment Management Appendix V – Acknowledgements 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Following 12 days of interviews and field visits with staff, individuals and organizations involved in the protection and management of forested ecosystems two central themes or roadblocks were identified regarding protected area management and illegal logging. These themes were mirrored by those inside the Guinean Government ministries and departments, as well as those exterior to the government. These issues are systemic in nature and require systemic solutions. First, the legal framework supporting protected area management, the regulation of vegetation treatments and controls against of illegal logging is disjunct, and at times contradictory. Certain aspects of the Forestry Code, forest law in Guinea, and other regulations are often either outdated or do not meet the current needs of the existing situation of Guinean forested areas. Secondly, within the Government of Guinea there is confusion and redundancies on authorities, roles and responsibilities surrounding the management of its protected areas and other state forests. Often this confusion and redundancy results in ineffective management and competition between ministries and departments. The line of authority for approval of activities and enforcement of violations between the technical and political arms of the government also creates difficulties and ambiguities over roles. The issue of an inadequate legal framework coupled with an element of discord between government ministries and departments result in the following: • No clear definition of “protected area” within the government • Little differentiation or enforcement of illegal logging and unregulated logging • Little institutional support and capacity building from conservation partners • Ineffective enforcement of violations against existing laws and decrees • Few objectives and management plans to guide activities affecting protected areas and other state-owned forested lands • Poor data and information collection, management and flow regarding protected areas and vegetation treatments • Inability to consider landscape and ecosystem scale issues for forested ecosystems. The following initial steps are systemic in nature and are recommended to address the legal framework and government harmonization issues. • Organize facilitated meetings at the Ministerial level with the Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Environment and key staff to establish collaborative arrangements which work toward shared outcomes and goals, including a national vision for conserving environmental services, the importance of the protected area management, and an improved forest policy environment. • Begin seeking integrated solutions for the disjunct legal framework and communication issues with the government through partnerships between DNEF, international conservation organizations and donors, NGOs, private parties and other GOG entities. Encourages holistic reforms to alter management trends. 3 II. SCOPE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE During a November 2004, USDA Forest Service (USFS) technical assistance mission, United States International Agency for International Development (USAID) personnel emphasized to their need for expert, outside opinion on matters related to forest and other natural resource management in Guinea. The USFS International Programs, with a history of forest management technical assistance in the West African region and with many forestry professionals in the agency with experience in tropical ecosystems, has this expertise, and agreed to assist the mission with analysis and planning tasks. This role is consistent with the USFS International Programs vision for West Africa, which is: Transparent and Sustainable Forest Management to promote economic development and regional stability via empowered communities and strengthened institutions The overall goals of the February 2006, technical assistance trip were two fold. A two- member team of USFS technical assistants worked with the Institutional Strengthening Program (ISP) in-country coordinator to perform a broad assessment of the current state of protected areas and information system management. The assessment is to be followed by specific recommendations to be implemented in the next two years. Specifically, the Protected Area Management Specialist was requested to inventory and assess Guinean policies on protected areas (players, coherence between players, etc.); assess coherence and identification of links or contacts; and provide a broad estimate of illegal logging in Guinea, to the degree possible, identify who is doing what illegal logging and where is it taking place within the border regions. A secondary goal of the mission was to determine opportunities for the USFS to provide technical assistance to USAID and the staff of the Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêt (DNEF) to support goals outlined in the USAID-funded AG/NRM activities in Guinea. As an unbiased technical partner with an expertise in forest management, USFS can provide field- tested recommendations for how the Government of Guinea (GOG) can best manage its forest resources to provide both forest products and environmental services. III. BACKGROUND USAID & USFS In an effort to build on past accomplishments, USAID/Guinea has entered a two year proposal with USFS to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Guinean DNEF. The program’s objective is to build technical as well as human resources capacity within DNEF, institutionalize good practices of forest management from lessons learned at the local level and establish a protected area management network that is effective regionally. In order to achieve these goals over the next two years, an assessment of the current issues on protected area management was undertaken in February 2006, along with an inventory of the resources available within and outside DNEF to manage Guinea’s protected areas. Mission Activities At the outset, it is important to highlight that this mission was not an evaluation of either the performance of USAID funded projects, the DNEF and it operations, any Guinean 4 government ministry, or of any other implementing partners. Rather, this USFS mission’s assessment was designed to provide an objective and independent perspective from a technical, land-management agency about how best to achieve current objectives and potential future strategies surrounding protected area management. Some issues, observations and recommendations must take current and past activities and strategies into account when providing recommendations for future activities and interventions. The issues and observations provided below are a candid assessment of the current situation in Guinea. Over the course of the two week mission numerous interviews and site visits were conducted. The three Sections of Kindia, Mamou and Forécariah, all bordering Sierra Leone, together with interviews in these areas provided a strong assessment of illegal logging activities along the southern frontier of Guinea. Due to the mission’s short duration, the team did not have adequate time for the five day trip to the border region with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, or the forest region in the south. Information on the illegal logging in these areas was obtained, and corroborated through a series of interviews. Interviews were conducted at all levels of the DNEF – Conakry headquarters down to the Cantonnement level. In addition, many partners and international donors were interviewed. In almost all cases the responses during these interviews were relatively linear providing common themes on which this report is based. IV. ISSUES, OBSERVATIONS, DISCUSSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS Introduction One of the author’s principal lessons learned from working on African forest management issues is that recommendations which are innately process-heavy are most often very difficult to implement. Given the modest resources at DNEF’s disposal, and the magnitude of challenges facing this department, the recommendations attempt to be focused and realistic.. As such, recommendations provided below
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