INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION

ITTO

PRE-PROECT PROPOSAL

INTITULÉ: SUPPORT TO THE CREATION OF GREEN BELTS AROUND THE WAZA, BENOUÉ, FARO AND BOUBA NDJIDDA NATIONAL PARKS

SERIAL NUMBER PPD 178/14 Rev.2 (F)

COMMITTEE REFORESTATION AND FOREST MANAGEMENT

SUBMITTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CAMEROON

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FRENCH

SUMMARY

The plant formations of the Waza, Faro, Benue and Bouba Ndjidda National Parks are subject to multiple threats that jeopardize their existence. These threats stem from the way subsistence needs of local communities are addressed including their needs for fuel wood and wood material for rural infrastructure and fences, and this situation is maintained through a lack of local initiatives to rehabilitate the degrading plant cover.

National Parks are the least degraded areas in the different regions. To reduce the rate of degradation of the plant cover and improve the supply of fuel wood and construction wood in the areas surrounding these parks, it is appropriate to launch a project to establish green belts around these national parks.

However, the lack of information required for setting up such project calls for the prior formulation of a pre- project whose implementation will consist in the conduct of baseline studies and the formulation of a full project proposal.

EXECUTING AGENCY DIRECTORATE OF WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION AREAS (DFAP) /MINFOF

COLLABORATING AGENCY ---

DURATION 6 MONTHS

APPROXIMATE STARTING DATE TO BE DECIDED

BUDGET AND FUNDING Source Contribution Local currency SOURCES : in US$ equivalent ITTO $ 86,240 Govn’t of Cameroon $ 13,650

TOTAL $ 99,890

Table of Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS ...... 1 PART 1. PRE-PROJECT CONTEXT ...... 2 1.1 ORIGIN AND JUSTIFICATION ...... 2 1.2 RELEVANCE ...... 3 1.2.1 Conformity with ITTO objectives and priorities ...... 3 1.2.2 Relevance to the policies of the submitting country ...... 4 PART 2. PRE-PROJECT JUSTIFICATION ...... 6 2.1. OBJECTIVES ...... 6 2.1.1. Development objective ...... 6 2.1.2. Specific objective ...... 6 2.2. PRELIMINARY PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION ...... 6 PART 3. PRE-PROJECT INTERVENTIONS ...... 8 3.1. OUTPUTS ...... 8 3.2. ACTIVITIES, INPUTS AND UNIT COSTS ...... 8 3.3. APPROACHES AND METHODS ...... 8 3.4. WORK PLAN...... 10 3.5. BUDGET ...... 11 PART 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ...... 18 4.1. EXECUTING AGENCY AND ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP ...... 18 4.2. PRE-PROJECT MANAGEMENT ...... 18 4.3. MONITORING AND REPORTING ...... 18 ANNEX 1. PROFILE OF THE EXECUTING AGENCY ...... 19 ANNEX 2. TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE KEY EXPERTS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE EXECUTING AGENCY ...... 20 ANNEX 3. TERMS OF REFERENCE OF PERSONNEL AND CONSULTANTS WHOSE SALARIES AND PROFESSIONAL FEES WILL BE FINANCED BY THE ITTO ...... 24 ANNEX 4. RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE ITTO EXPERT PANEL AND RESULTING AMENDMENTS ...... 29

LIST OF ACRONYMS

COPEMP : Standing Committee for the Development, Finalization and Validation of Structuring Projects to Leverage New Funding for the Forest and Wildlife Sub-sector CRRVS : Reforestation, Regeneration and Forestry Extension Unit DFAP : Directorate of Wildlife and Protected Areas ITTA : International Tropical Timber Agreement ITTO : International Tropical Timber Organization IUCN : International Union for the Conservation of Nature MINFOF : Ministry of Forests and Wildlife NGO : Non-Governmental Organization NP : National Park OD : Development Objective OS : Specific Objective WCS: Wildlife Conservation Society WWF: World Wild Funds for Nature

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PART 1. PRE-PROJECT CONTEXT 1.1 Origin and justification

Since the 1930s, Cameroon has created many protected areas to better conserve its biodiversity. Today, there are 31 protected areas having various statutes and covering around 19.2% of the total country area. This rich heritage is the result of the strengthening of the legal and institutional framework, taking into consideration national and international laws.

The initiatives undertaken in the context of the conservation of its biodiversity have been significant. They have resulted in the creation of 18 national parks, 06 wildlife reserves, 04 sanctuaries including one flora sanctuary, 03 zoos and botanical gardens. Added to this are transboundary initiatives including the Trinational Sangha Park (agreement between the Lobéké National Park in Cameroon, the Dzanga Sangha National Park in CAR and the Nouabale-doki Park in Congo); the TRIDOM initiative (Agreement covering the Dja conservation area in Cameroon, the Odzala C.A. in Congo and the Minkébé C.A. in Congo); the Agreement covering the Serra Oura - Bouba Djidda areas (Chad-Cameroon), ongoing initiatives between Cameroon and Nigeria concerning conservation areas (the Takamanda National Park in Cameroon and the Cross River National Park in Nigeria; the Faro National Park Cameroon, the Gachaka Goumti National Park in Nigeria, the Waza National Park in Cameroon, Lake Chad Basin National Park in Nigeria, and finally the Rio Campo Reserve in Equatorial Guinea and the Campo Ma'an National Park in Cameroon. Protected areas of Cameroon receive the support of several international organizations such as IUCN (Waza NP), WWF has been involved in a conservation project involving the Benue, Faro and Bouba Djidda National Parks, which is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). To date, an agreement to support the management of the Benue National Park is being finalized between WWF and MINFOF. In addition, the WCS had just undertaken an overview of the Bouba Djidda N.P. to conduct wildlife inventories and provide an outlook on the residual population of elephants after the slaughter that had been perpetrated. In addition, this organization has been adequately involved in the Bouba Djidda-Sena Oura cross-border agreement.

While the above mentioned efforts were conducted to promote conservation, the State of Cameroon developed mitigation measures to reduce the damage caused by the use of wood resources to produce the fuelwood needed in this part of the country by initiating the fuelwood project to supply the towns of Maroua and Garoua. The conservation areas of Cameroon (especially the North) face an increasing deterioration trend caused by the increase in population and the search for economic opportunities that leads the communities to engage in gold mining activities, cattle raising, firewood and timber harvesting beyond their community lands.

Concerning the conservation areas of Benue, Bouba Djidda, Faro and Waza in particular, which still have a high biodiversity, they are used by local communities as source of fodder and fuelwood, as these commodities are becoming increasingly rare on village community lands. In addition, earlier forest planting policies (Green Sahel project) were never focused on areas situated on the periphery of these conservation areas. The consequence of this has been the loss of wildlife habitat, the loss of species including the black rhino, the African Wild Dog etc.

To remedy this situation, it is wise to bring local communities who have been victimized by the degradation of their environment to carry out reforestation on their land and establish green belts around these conservation areas not only to materialize their limits but also to develop timber and non-timber production over the long run, as well as fodder these communities could use. Besides the fact that this project will build the capacity of communities in terms of reforestation, it will also help to combat drought and control climate change. Beyond that environmental impact, green belts and reforestation works on surrounding village community land will provide substantial livelihoods for people and wildlife, including the cleanup of surrounding environment (village community land), the supply of fuelwood, building materials, to meet the rural

- 2 - demand for fodder and to supply urban markets with consumer products (timber, NTFPs). This project, which is consistent with the National Reforestation Policy will establish milestones in the process of accession by Cameroon to the Panafrican Great Green Wall project

1.2 Relevance 1.2.1 Conformity with ITTO objectives and priorities

a) Objectives of ITTA, 2006

This pre-project proposal focuses on the development of a project to support the establishment of green belts around protected areas of Benue, Bouba, Ndjida, Faro and Waza by the communities concerned. The latter will make the demarcation of the boundaries of these protected areas possible, and improve the fuel wood supply to the local communities surrounding these protected areas and contribute to improving the living conditions of these populations through appropriation plantation establishment techniques and the marketing of end products from these plantations (Objective (c) of Article 1 of the ITTA, 2006 relating to the contribution to sustainable development and poverty alleviation.)

In addition, it also aims at increasing the reforested areas in the affected areas (objective (j) of Article 1 of the ITTA, 2006 encourages members to support and develop industrial tropical timber reforestation and the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded forest land, with due regard to the interests of local communities dependent on forest resources).

b) ITTO Action Plan

This pre-project is also consistent with the Strategic Priority 4 as stated in the ITTO Action Plan 2013-2018, namely “Reduce Tropical Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhance the Provision of Environmental Services”.

It is in line with the ITTO Action Plan 2012-2016 in its activity 43 which is to promote the application of the guidelines to the management of secondary tropical forests, the restoration of degraded tropical forest and rehabilitation degraded forest land. Also, the pre-project will contribute to the knowledge of the status of different target environments through socio-economic and environmental studies on the one hand, and the formulation of the project leading to the rehabilitation of degraded forest areas on the other hand.

For these reasons, the following has been planned:  The first study will be a description of the social, cultural and institutional stakeholder organizations and their historical, social, demographic, ethnic characterization of areas concerned in relation to the sustainable or unsustainable use of forest resources.

 The second study will focus on determining the physical site characteristics (topography, climate, hydrography, soil, vegetation, etc.), the potential areas for establishing green belts around protected areas (Bouba Ndjidda, Faro, Benue and Waza National Parks) in relation to the physical characteristics declined and the degree of degradation of the different environments and habitats.

 Moreover, the second study will inventory forest products, timber and non-timber, used by local communities, analyze local arrangements for land and forest tenure, the degree of encroachment sustained by these protected areas and finally, identify project stakeholders and their expectations.

c) Conformity with the ITTO Guidelines for the Establishment and Sustainable Management of Planted Tropical Forests

This pre-project proposal bears the prospect of rehabilitating deforested areas through the installation of green belts that will meet the requirements and prescriptions of the relevant ITTO Guidelines, primarily with regards to policy and legislation, especially Principle 1 which stipulates that “Natural forests provide optimal comprehensive environmental and habitat

- 3 - protection. First priority should be to maintain and restore natural vegetation cover. Even when natural forest cover is degraded, rehabilitation by natural regeneration rather than replanting is generally the preferred option”.

Likewise, it is equally based on Principle 2 which provide a justification to the objectives of the future project to be implemented. This principle stipulates that “planted forests should normally only be established on lands which are known to be capable of supporting all aspects of their long-term management and utilization without land degradation. The creation of plantations must be balanced with the needs for protection of the site and the environment, the conservation of biological diversity of all types, the needs and aspirations of the present people and the potential demands of future generations”.

d) Conformity with the ITTO Guidelines for the Restoration, Management and Rehabilitation of Degraded and Secondary Tropical Forests The areas targeted by the future project are covered by a shrub savannah (bushland) which have been the subject of conservation efforts in spited of their being encroached by stockmen and pastoralists retrieving stray cattle, local communities harvesting fuelwood to cover their individual needs and other illegal operators, including gold miners whose activities have significantly spurred the degradation of these areas. The planned project abides by the scope of relevant guidelines for degraded forest lands. This pre-project will implement the degraded and secondary forest management strategy as identified in these guidelines.

e) Conformity with REDD

The pre-project takes into account the overall objective of REDD thematic program which is to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, enhance environmental services and enable the improvement of livelihoods of forest-dependent people, through the sustainable management of degraded forest and related activities.

1.2.2 Relevance to the policies of the submitting country

The full project proposal entitled Support to the creation of green belts around the Waza, Benoué, Faro and Bouba Ndjidda national parks will be based on this pre-project and it will be consistent with national sustainable forest resources management policy. The general forest policy is based on national conditions as well as on the values shared with the international community regarding environmental matters (the Earth Summit, Rio 1992); it aims to "sustain and develop economic, ecological and social functions of Cameroon forests, as part of an integrated management ensuring the sustained and sustainable conservation and use of forest resources and ecosystems”. This forest policy is built around four key themes: - the protection of the national forest estate and the participation in environmental protection and biodiversity conservation; - to improve the incorporation of forest and wildlife resources in the rural development process, to help raise the living standards of communities and involve them in the conservation of resources - to develop forest resources in order to increase the share of forest production in GDP, while maintaining the productive potential - to revitalize the forestry sector by putting in place an effective institutional system and involving all stakeholders in the management of the sector. Considering the above, this project will contribute to the implementation of the forest and wildlife sector strategy (2013-2020) resulting from forest policy through reforestation activities whose target output by Cameroon for 2016 is to increase the area planted by 30% or 25,637.625 hectares compared to the baseline of 2012 (19,721.25 hectares. 17,705 hectares of reforestation areas and 2,016.25 hectares in urban areas).

- 4 - CONSERVATION /PROTECTION AREAS OF CAMEROROON

Conservation areas already created

Conservation areas being established

- 5 - PART 2. PRE-PROJECT JUSTIFICATION 2.1. Objectives

To contribute to the conservation and Development protection of biodiversity through securing objective the Benue, Faro, Bouba Djidda and Waza national parks and the development of community forestry .

To generate the information to complement the development of a project in support of the Specific installation of green belts in the Bouba Ndjidda, Objective Faro, Benue and Waza national parks.

Stakeholders Socio-economic and The proposed project “Support to awareness has been environmental studies for the creation of green belts around raised as to the each conservation area are the Waza, Benoué, Faro and Bouba importance of the pre- implemented Ndjidda National Parks” is project developed for submission to ITTO

2.1.1. Development objective

To contribute to the conservation and protection of biodiversity through securing the Benue, Faro, Bouba Djidda and Waza national parks and the development of community forestry

2.1.2. Specific objective

To generate the information to complement the development of a project in support of the installation of green belts in the Bouba Ndjidda, Faro, Benue and Waza national parks.

2.2. Preliminary problem identification

Regions of the North and Far North Cameroon are located in the dry savanna zone having low rainfall and high temperatures. This area is characterized by a fragile vegetation. This area has a rich biodiversity, which justifies the fact that many parts of it have been dedicated to conservation, he most significant of them being the Waza, Benue, Faro and Bouba Ndjidda National Parks.

The communities surrounding these protected areas are highly dependent on timber resources to meet their energy needs for fodder and fuelwood. These resources have become scarce on their rural land but are still available in protected areas, thanks to conservation efforts.

- 6 - This scarcity is due to population pressure, which has induced an increase in timber resource requirements, resulting in strong pressure on those conservation areas. Furthermore, the absence of clearly demarcated boundaries for these conservation areas and ill-adapted reforestation policies have rather exacerbated this trend.

The different resulting impacts include the following:  The loss of natural habitats;  Certain species such as the black rhino, the African Wild Dog, etc. are threatened and may become locally extinct,  Conservation areas are being encroached.

In order to help maintain the integrity of these protected areas while limiting the dependence of the local communities on the resources of these national parks, the introduction of plant protection strips or Green Belt and the support of the communities in the to the development of community forestry prove necessary.

To do this, socio-economic, environmental and technical studies are essential and therefore this pre-project is relevant.

- 7 - PART 3. PRE-PROJECT INTERVENTIONS 3.1. Outputs

Output 1: Stakeholders awareness has been raised as to the importance of the pre-project.

Output 2: Socio-economic and environmental studies for each conservation area are available.

Output 3: The Project Proposal "Support to the establishment of green belts around the Waza, Benue, Faro and Bouba Ndjidda national parks" is developed and submitted to ITTO for funding.

3.2. Activities, inputs and unit costs

Outputs Activities Unit Costs (US$) 1. Pre-project inception 1.1. To organize two pre-project launching and workshop to raise the stakeholders awareness-raising workshops to have them awareness of the various support and facilitate the studies to be undertaken under 21 000 stakeholders the future project in both regions targeted (North and Far North) 1.2. To organize two field-work and survey reporting workshops aimed at consolidating the information collected 2 000

2. Socio-economic and 2.1. To conduct a baseline study to assess the level of 5 500 environmental studies for degradation and encroachment and threats to conservation each conservation area areas and to prepare one monograph on the project area have been implemented containing options put forward to achieve the sustainability and resulting data are of the green belts to be established in each park. made available. 2.2. To conduct a socio-economic study to highlight the cultural complexity, risks and assumptions related to the 13 500 establishment of green belts in the areas concerned. 2.3. To undertake an environmental study for an initial environmental review and the survey the medium and 13 500 long-term impacts of the project. 3. One full project proposal 3.1. To prepare a project proposal document for the has been formulated and establishment of green belts in targeted national parks, validated and based on which funding support shall be sought 10 000 subsequently submitted to 3.2. To organize one review and validation workshop by the ITTO Secretariat multidisciplinary experts on the project proposal to be 8 750 submitted to ITTO.

3.3. Approaches and methods

The implementation of green belts will be converging with other conservation initiatives and support provided to local communities for the sustainable management of natural resources, such as the MINFOF/HIPC project led by IUCN, on the improvement of living standards among the communities surrounding the Waza National Park, the Project “To Involve Local Communities in the Management of Natural Resources Around and Inside the Bouba Ndjidda National Park”, funded by RAPAC. The challenges encountered during the implementation of the latter will be used draw lessons and build upon their contributions. In addition, Benue and Bouba Djidda conservation areas already benefit from the financial support of KFW for the establishment of their basic infrastructure. In addition, the management plans for in Faro and Bouba Djidda national parks, developed with the technical support of WWF and financed by the West Benué Development Project (PDOB) are being implemented.

- 8 - Transboundary management agreements and other bilateral initiatives signed by the Government of Cameroon require the latter to multiply securing processes for the conservation areas concerned. These agreements include the Sena Oura-Bouba Djidda cross-border agreement between Chad and Cameroon, the Lake Chad National Park agreement and the Waza National Park and the process to create a transboundary conservation landscape between Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad.

The different studies to be conducted aim at generating baseline information on the socio-economic and environmental aspects of each conservation, which are needed for the formulation of the project "Support to the establishment of green belts around the Waza, Benue, Faro and Bouba Ndjidda national parks." This study will be conducted for 60 days by a consulting firm with consultants specializing in environmental and socio-economic issues.

These studies will be conducted on forest areas assessed as degraded or second growth and they will be consistent with the strategy to have them managed in compliance with the ITTO Guidelines for the restoration, management and rehabilitation of degraded and secondary tropical forests, including the main secondary forest management strategy, to be implemented where local conditions are such that the active management of the forest produces the desired result. In addition, these studies will not only provide a response to the four basic forestry issues that determines the management strategy for degraded and secondary forests but also also the strategy for the future established green belts, which are both encompassed under the same Guidelines. The Pre-project shall follow the recommendations listed under Principle 1 of the ITTO Guidelines for the establishment ITTO Guidelines for the Establishment and Sustainable Management of Planted Tropical Forests, specifically the following:

 The demand for forest products in both the domestic and export sectors;  The demand for environmental protection;  The capacity of the existing forest estate to provide these goods and services;  The location and extent of the planted forest estate that will be needed to supplement existing forests to meet these production targets and community demands for environmental services in a sustainable manner;  The dependence and demands of local communities for economic, economic, spiritual and cultural values on the types of forest lands under consideration for reforestation.

Prior to the completion of this study, a workshop will be organized in the capital of each region concerned, in order to inform and outreach stakeholders (administrative authorities, jurisdictional partners, communities, local elites, NGOs, etc.). Once the consultancy will be completed, the consultants’ firm shall introduce its results during a reporting meeting before a panel convened by the Coordinator for this purpose. An expert consultant in project development will be recruited for leveraging the results of this consultancy study and formulate the project proposal to be submitted to the aforesaid stakeholders for validation. The validated project proposal will be finalized and submitted to the ITTO.

- 9 - 3.4. Work Plan

Schedule (in Responsible Outputs and activities months) Partner 1 2 3 4 5 6

Output 1: Pre-project launching workshop to raise the awareness of the various stakeholders is implemented 1.1. To organize two pre-project launching and stakeholders awareness-raising workshops to have them support the facilitation of MINFOF the studies to be undertaken under the future project in both regions targeted (North and Far North) 1.2. To organize two field-work and survey reporting workshops aimed at consolidating the information collected Consultant

Output 2 : Socio-economic and environmental studies for each conservation area have been implemented and resulting data are made available

2.1. Hiring of consultants Consultant

2.2. To conduct a baseline study to assess the level of degradation and encroachment and threats to conservation areas and to prepare one monograph on the project area containing options put forward to Consultant achieve the sustainability of the green belts to be established in each park.

2.3. To conduct a socio-economic study to highlight the cultural

complexity, risks and assumptions related to the establishment of MINFOF green belts in the areas concerned.

2.4. To undertake an environmental study for an initial environmental Consultant review and the survey the medium and long-term impacts of the project.

Output 3: The Project Proposal "Support to the establishment of green belts around the Waza, Benue, Faro and Bouba Ndjidda national parks" is developed and submitted to ITTO for funding. 3.1. To prepare a project proposal document for the establishment of green belts in targeted national parks, with which to seek funding Consultant support 3.2. To organize one review and validation workshop by multidisciplinary experts on the project proposal to be submitted to MINFOF ITTO.

- 10 - 3.5. Budget

Outputs and Descriptions Budget Quantity Unit Unit costs Total ITTO Executing activities component Costs Agency Output 1: Stakeholders’ awareness raised to the importance of the pre-project A 1.1 To organize two pre-project launching and stakeholders awareness-raising workshops to have them support and facilitate the studies to be undertaken under the future project in both regions targeted (North and Far North) Workshop 1 : Far-North Region (Maroua) Waza National 61.1 1 Lump sum/ 7000 7 000 7 000 Park Workshop Workshop 2 : Région du Nord (Garoua) Faro, Bouba 61.1 1 Lump sum/ 14000 14 000 14 000 Ndjidda, Bénoué National Parks Workshop A 1.2 To organize two field-work and survey reporting workshops aimed at consolidating the information collected Reporting and Experience-sharing Workshop for the 61.2 1 Lump sum/ 1000 1 000 1 000 North Region Workshop Reporting and Experience-sharing Workshop for the 61.2 1 Lump sum/ 1000 1 000 1 000 Far-North Region Workshop Output 2: Socio-economic and environmental studies for each conservation area have been implemented and resulting data are made available A 2.1 To conduct a baseline study to assess the level of degradation and encroachment and threats to conservation areas and to prepare one monograph on the project area containing options put forward to achieve the sustainability of the green belts to be established in each park Implementation of the service 12.1 20 Consultants 200 4 000 4 000 ’ fees/ day

Monitoring mission 31 10 Mission 100 1 000 1 000 costs/ day Monitoring mission 33 1 Public 500 500 500 transport costs A 2.2 To conduct a socio-economic study to highlight the cultural complexity, risks and assumptions related to the establishment of green belts in the areas concerned Implementation of the service 12.3 60 Consultants 200 12 000 12 000 ’ fees/ day

- 11 - Monitoring mission 31 10 Mission 100 1 000 1 000 costs/ day Monitoring mission 33 1 Public 500 500 500 transport costs A 2.3: To undertake an environmental study for an initial environmental review and the survey the medium and long-term impacts of the project Implementation of the service 12.2 60 Consultants 200 12 000 12 000 ’ fees

Monitoring mission 31 10 Mission 100 1 000 1 000 costs/ day Monitoring mission 33 1 Public 500 500 500 transport costs Output 3: The project proposal “Support to the Creation of Green Belts around the Waza, Benoué, Faro and Bouba Ndjidda National Parks” has been developed for submission to ITTO A 3.1 To prepare a project proposal document for the establishment of green belts in targeted national parks, with which to seek funding support One 7-day meeting to develop the project proposal with 61.3 1 7000 7 000 7 000 eight (8) participants

01 Project formulation expert 12.4 1 Lump sum/ 3000 3 000 3 000 month A 3.2 To organize one review and validation workshop by multidisciplinary experts on the project proposal to be submitted to ITTO

Workshop to validate the project proposal 61.4 1 Lump sum/ 7000 7 000 7 000 Workshop 01 Project formulation expert 12.4 1 Lump sum/ 500 500 500 Fees Meeting to finalize the project proposal document 61.3 1 Lump sum/ 1000 1 000 1 000 meeting

Production and transmission of project proposal 61.5 1 Lump sum 250 250 250 document to ITTO Production et transmission de document de proposition de projet à l’OIBT Effective coordination and monitoring-evaluation

- 12 - Pre-project coordination and operation Coordinator 11.1 6 Lump sum/ 400 2 400 2 400 month Focal Point of the Reforesation Unit/ MINFOF 11.2 6 Lump sum/ 200 1 200 1 200 month Focal Point for the monitoring of the Environmental 11.3 6 Lump sum/ 200 1 200 1 200 Study month Focal Point for the Socio-economic Study 11.4 6 Lump sum/ 200 1 200 1 200 month Secretary and Accountant 11.5 6 Lump sum/ 150 900 900 month Office Supplies 52 1 Lump sum 1000 1 000 1 000 Telephone 51 1 Lump sum 250 250 250 Internet 51 1 Lump sum 250 250 250 Projet Monitoring and Evaluation Audit 62 1 Consultants 5000 5 000 5 000 ’ fees Sub-Total 74 000 13 650 ITTO Monitoring and Review 82 3 000 ITTO Programme Support Costs 83 9 240 ITTO Total 86 240 Executing Agency Total 13 650 GRAND TOTAL 99 890

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Yearly Project Budget - ITTO (with inputs and unit costs) Budget component Input Unit TOTAL Year 1 Costs 10 Project personnel 12. National consultants (short term) 0.0 $ - $ - $ - 12,1. Consultant in charge of the baseline 20.0 $ 200.00 $ 4 000.00 $ 4 000.00 study 12,2. Consultant in charge of the socio- 60.0 $ 200.00 $ 12 000.00 $ 12 000.00 economic study 12,3. Consultant in charge of the 60.0 $ 200.00 $ 12 000.00 $ 12 000.00 environmental study 12,4. Consultant in charge of project 2.0 $ 1 750.00 $ 3 500.00 $ 3 500.00 formulation

19. Component total 142.0 $ 2 350.00 $ 31 500.00 $ 31 500.00 30 Duty travels 31. Daily subsistence allowance 30.0 $ 100.00 $ 3 000.00 $ 3 000.00 32. Local transport costs 3.0 $ 500.00 $ 1 500.00 $ 1 500.00

39. Component total 33.0 $ 600.00 $ 4 500.00 $ 4 500.00 60 Miscellaneous 61. Sundries 0.0 $ - $ - $ - 61,1. Awareness-raising workshops 2.0 $10 500.00 $ 21 000.00 $ 21 000.00 61,2. Reporting workshop 2.0 $ 1 000.00 $ 2 000.00 $ 2 000.00 61,3. Meeting to develop and finalize the 2.0 $ 4 000.00 $ 8 000.00 $ 8 000.00 project proposal 61,4. Project proposal validation workshop 1.0 $ 7 000.00 $ 7 000.00 $ 7 000.00

69. Component total 7.0 $ 22 500.00 $ 38 000.00 $ 38 000.00 Sub-total $ 74 000.00 $ 74 000.00 80 Project monitoring and administration 81. ITTO Monitoring and Review Costs $ 3 000.00 $ 3 000.00 82. ITTO Mid-term, final and ex-post $ - Evaluation, 83. ITTO Programme Support Costs (12% $ 9 240.00 $ 9 240.00 on items 10 to 82 above) 84. Donors monitoring costs $ -

89. Component total $ 12 240.00 $ 12 240.00 90 Pre-project cost refund (Pre-project budget) 100 OVERALL COSTS $ 86 240.00

- 14 - Yearly Project Budget – Executing Agency (with inputs and unit costs) Budget components Input Unit TOTAL Year 1 Costs 10 Project personnel 11. National experts (long term) 0.0 $ - $ - $ - 11,1. Project coordinator 6.0 $ 400.00 $ 2 400.00 $ 2 400.00 11,2. Expert of the Reforestation Unit 6.0 $ 200.00 $ 1 200.00 $ 1 200.00 11,3. Expert in Environmental Monitoring 6.0 $ 200.00 $ 1 200.00 $ 1 200.00 11,4. Expert in socio-economic study 6.0 $ 200.00 $ 1 200.00 $ 1 200.00 monitoring 11,5. Secretary and accountant 6.0 $ 150.00 $ 900.00 $ 900.00

19. Component total $ 6 900.00 $ 6 900.00 50 Consumables 51. Utilities 2.0 $ 250.00 $ 500.00 $ 500.00 52. Office supplies 1.0 $ 1 000.00 $ 1 000.00 $ 1 000.00

59. Component total $ 1 500.00 $ 1 500.00 60 Miscellaneous 61,5. Forwarding the project proposal 1.0 $ 250.00 $ 250.00 $ 250.00

62. Audit 1.0 $ 5 000.00 $ 5 000.00 $ 5 000.00

69. Component total $ 5 250.00 $ 5 250.00 100 OVERALL COSTS $ 13 650.00

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Overall Project Budget by Activities and Components (in US dollars)

Budget components OUTPUTS / ACTIVITIES + 10. Project 20. 30. Duty 40. 50. 60. Ye OVERALL personnel Sub- travels Capital Consu Miscella- ar Expenditures not linked to any one activity TOTAL contrac Goods mables neous ting Output 1: Stakeholders awareness has been raised as to the importance of the pre-project Activity 1.1: To organize two pre‐project launching and stakeholders awareness‐raising workshops to have them support the facilitation of the studies to be undertaken under the future project in both regions targeted (North and Far North) - - - - - 21 000.00 I Y1 21 000.00 Activity 1.2: To organize two field‐work and survey reporting workshops aimed at consolidating the information collected - - - - - 2 000.00 I Y1 2 000.00 Sub-total 1 - - - - - 23 000.00 I 23 000.00 Output 2: Socio-economic and environmental studies for each conservation area have been implemented and resulting data are made available Activity 2.1: To conduct a baseline study to assess the level of degradation and encroachment and threats to conservation areas and to prepare one monograph on the project area containing options put forward to achieve the sustainability of the green belts 4 000.00 I - 1 500.00 I - - - Y1 5 500.00 Activity 2.2: To conduct a socio‐economic study to highlight the cultural complexity, risks and assumptions related to the establishment of green belts in the areas concerned. 12 000.00 I - 1 500.00 I - - - Y1 13 500.00 Activity 2.3: To undertake an environmental study for an initial environmental review and the survey the medium and long‐term impacts of the project. 12 000.00 I - 1 500.00 I - - - Y1 13 500.00 Sub-total 2 28 000.00 I - 4 500.00 I - - - 32 500.00 Output 3: The Project Proposal "Support to the establishment of green belts around the Waza, Benue, Faro and Bouba Ndjidda national parks" is developed and submitted to ITTO for funding. Activity 3.1: To prepare a project proposal document for the establishment of green belts in targeted national parks, based on which 3 000.00 I - - - - 7 000.00 I Y1 10 000.00

- 16 - funding support shall be sought Activity 3.2: To organize one review and validation workshop by I multidisciplinary experts on the project proposal to be submitted to ITTO 500.00 I - - - - 8 250.00 E Y1 8 750.00 I Sub-total 3 3 500.00 I - - - - 15 250.00 E 18 750.00 Output 4: Effective coordination and monitoring & evaluation Activity 4.1: Pre‐project coordination and operations 6 900.00 E - - - 1 500.00 E - Y1 8 400.00 Activity 4.2: Pre‐project monitoring and evaluation - - - - - 5 000.00 E Y1 5 000.00 Sub-total 4 6 900.00 E - - - 1 500.00 E 5 000.00 E 13 400.00 Sub-total (ITTO) 31 500.00 - 4 500.00 - - 38 000.00 74 000.00 Sub-total (Executing Agency.) 6 900.00 - - - 1 500.00 5 250.00 13 650.00 Sub-total (Others) ------TOTAL 38 400.00 - 4 500.00 - 1 500.00 43 250.00 87 650.00 (I) – ITTO Contribution (E) – Executing Agency / Host Government Contribution (O) – Contribution from other sources

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PART 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS 4.1. Executing agency and organizational set-up

The Ministry of Forests and Wildlife (MINFOF) shall supervise the implementation of this pre- project, and the Department of Wildlife and Protected Areas (DFAP) -- a technical directorate of MINFOF – shall be the executing agency. The latter will be assisted by the Reforestation, Regeneration and Forestry Extension Unit (CRRV) of the Directorate of Forestry, also a technical directorate of MINFOF.

Ministry of Forests and Wildlife is responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of government policies on forest and wildlife. It consists of several technical directorates including DFAP. The latter is responsible for the conservation, protection and enhancement of wildlife and specific sites. She is also responsible for the rehabilitation of degrading conservation areas.

4.2. Pre-project management The pre-project shall be housed in the Department of Wildlife and Conservation Areas and will have:  One (01) Pre-project Coordinator ;  One (01) Focal Point in charge of the Reforestation unit ;  Two (02) experts in study monitoring ;  One (01) secretary and accountant responsible for petit cash management, accounting documents and archives.  Two (02) consultants

ITTO MINFOF (supervision)

DFAP CRRVS/DF Coordinator Technical inputs

Monitoring Expert

Secretary and accountant

Consultant 1 Consultant 2

Figure 2 : Pre-project Organizational Chart

4.3. Monitoring and reporting

Pre-project activities will be monitored in coordination with experts in environmental and socio economic issues, under the supervision of the Coordinator. Two progress reports will be prepared according to the required format, a pre-project launching report and a pre-project completion report, which will be forwarded to ITTO. These reports will be followed by the full project proposal.

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1.1 Legal status The Ministry of Forests and Wildlife was created by Decree No. 2004/320 of 08 December 2004 providing the organizational structure of the Government. This Ministry includes the Directorate of Wildlife and Protected Areas which is one of its technical directorates. The latter is the executing agency of this pre-project and is primarily responsible for the protection, conservation and rehabilitation of sites with high biodiversity values including protected areas. This mission is fully in line with the missions of the Ministry Forestry and Wildlife, including its main ones:

- the management and protection of the national forest estate;

- the development and monitoring of the implementation of regeneration programs, reforestation, inventory and forest management - the enforcement of forestry and logging regulations by different stakeholders, etc..

1.2 Mandate of DFAP Under the authority of a Director, the Directorate of Wildlife is responsible, inter alia, of:

- the creation, conservation and rehabilitation of protected areas - the conservation and restoration of (forests) habitats in wildlife corridors. - the delimitation and physical demarcation of the boundaries of its protected areas by establishing hedges.

1.3 Mandate of the Reforestation, Regeneration and Forestry Extension Unit

Placed under the authority of the Unit Manager, the Reforestation, Regeneration and Forestry Extension Unit is responsible for: - designing and developing the national program of regeneration and reforestation, as well as monitoring its implementation; - the design of forestry extension programs and monitoring their implementation; - the coordination of all actions to implement the national of regeneration, reforestation and forestry extension programme; - monitoring the renewal of forest resources and stand dynamics in the permanent forest estate - monitoring forest plantations - the technical capacity of stakeholders in the field of regeneration, reforestation and forestry extension - the updating of statistical data in the field of regeneration, reforestation and forestry extension.

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I- CV: COORDINATOR NAME: LEKEALEM JOSEPH Grade: Ingénieur en Chef des Eaux, Forêts et Chasses Date and place of birth: 01 January 1972 at FONTEM (CAMEROON) Residence: Yaoundé Cameroon Nationality: Cameroonian Tel : 99 87 95 43 , 22 23 92 36 e-mail : [email protected], [email protected]

QUALIFICATION :

1996 : Ingénieur des Eaux, Forêts et Chasses (University of Dschang)

Other qualifications :

- 2012 : Certificate on Environmental Management and Sustainable Development; (Chennai – India) - 2011: Certificate on Environmental impact assessment: methods and tools (Montpellier France); - 2009: Certificate on Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development (ISREAL); - 2007: Certificate on Administrative procedures and analysis (ENAM - YAOUNDE); - 2009: Certificate on Result based management (ISPM – YAOUNDE).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2013 till now: Director of Wildlife and Protected Areas, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife; Sept 2005 – June 2013: Research Officer, Prime Minister’s Office, Division in charge of Agriculture, Forestry, Wildlife and Environment. May 2005 – Sept 2005: Divisional Delegate of Forestry and Wildlife for Meme, Kumba; 2001 – 2005: Chief of Service, Non Timber Forest Products in Central Administration (DPT), MINFOF; 1998 – 2001: Staff, Cabinet of the Minister of Environment and Forestry (CT1/MINEF); 1996 - 1998: Staff of the Department of General Administration (DAG/ MINEF); 19 November 1996: enrolment into the Public Service;

Other experiences

- Member of Cameroon delegation to the negotiations of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (APV/FLEGT) signed between Cameroon and the European Union in 2010; - 2006 – 2010 Tenders Board member, GP-DERUDEP GRASSFIELD Project, MIDENO, Bamenda; - Bangui, Malabo and Bata (2006, 2007, 2008), Ministers’ Council meeting, Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC); - India, 2008, Council meeting of member countries of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR); - Rome, 2012, FAO Forestry Commission and World Forest Week meetings - Madrid-Spain 2006, FAO Council meeting on plant genetic resources for food and Agriculture; - Washington DC, USA, September 2009, International Partnership Forum for the Congo Basin forests.

LANGUAGE

English: Written and Spoken (Fluent) French: Written and Spoken (Fluent)

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Curriculum vitae: Focal Point responsible for the Environment Study

Name: PEWO Forename: Victor Date and place of birth: 1960 in Balatchi, Cameroon Nationality: Cameroon Country of Origin: Cameroon Main diplomas : - Diploma of Engineer of Water, Forestry and Wildlife Management - Master Degrees in Human Ecology (Environment)

Diplômes et graduation certificates - 1974 : Certificat d’Etudes Primaires et Elémentaires (CEPE) – Primary School Certificate - 1978 Brevet d’Etudes Secondaires (BEPC) – High School Certificate - 1981 Probatoire D (Preparatory School – Maths and Biology - 1982 Baccalaureate (Maths and Biology) - 1989 Diploma Engineer of Water and Forests Management - 1997 Master Degrees in Human Ecology (Environment) - 2008 Certificate of developing management plans for wildlife - 1985 Certificate of superior military preparation - 2006 degree high military preparedness - 2010 Certificate in wildlife inventory for forest areas - 2013 Certificate in wildlife inventory for savannah areas

Other Knowledge Expert in development of Protected Areas

Professional history 1989 – 1994: Head of Section Officer i.c of Environment and Extension with the Departmental Delegation in Vina (Adamoua Region) cumulatively with the functions of Specialized Agroforestry Technician wit the National Extension and Agricultural Research Programme (Regional Delegation of Agriculture); nursery operator i.c. of rural community reforestation process under the Programme. 1998 – 2001: Head of the Office for the Environment and Extension in Maroua, Far North Region and cumulatively Research Fellow at the Centre for Environment and Development in Cameroon (CEDC). 2000-2001 Chief of the Forestry and Wildlife Brigade Control in Maroua, Far North Region 2001 - 2004: Head of the Wildlife Management Department within the Directorate of Wildlife and Protected Areas in Yaounde 2004 -2012 : Head of the Protected Area Management and Wildlife Inventory Service with the Directorate of Wildlife and Protected Areas 2012 to-date: Head of Department of Community and Participatory Wildlife Management at the Directorate of Wildlife and Protected Areas

Job achievements: Creation of protected areas (Bakossi, Deng Deng, Mount Cameroon, Takamnada National Parks, Gorilla Sanctuary in Mengame, Gorilla Sanctuary in Kagwene); management of protected areas (development and implementation of management plans for conservation areas, including Korup, Takamanda, Bénoué, Faro, Bouba Djidda, Mbam and Djerem, Campo Ma'an, Boumba Beck, Nki, and the Dja Biosphere Reserve), Coordination and monitoring of multiple studies namely: development of la Lion Management Plan; Development of training modules in wildlife inventory; development of guidelines for the development and implementation of protected area management plans, etc.

Pewo Victor Address Pewo Victor Ingénieur Général des Eaux et Forêts Chef de service de la Gestion Communautaire et Participative de la Faune Sauvage MINFOF/DFAP/Yaoundé tel 237 99 73 12 43

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I. Identification

Name and forenames: Jean Josselin MEKA Date and place of birth: June 07, 1979 in Yaoundé Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Nationality: Cameroon Country of Residence: Cameroon Address: c / o Doumamvom Meka Celestin Aes Sonel BP 4077 Douala Tel: July 22 73 67/75 63 42 88 e-mail: [email protected]

Qualifications: Diplomas/Graduation :

Year Graduation Institutions Honours

1999- Technician Certificate College Bullier, Sa’a Fair 2000 option AgriculturalFood

2002- DEUG (chemistry and Faculty of Science and Technology Fair 2003 biology) (University of Bamako) MALI

2003- Engineer in Forestry Rural Polytechnic Institute for Training Fair 2006 and Applied Research in Katibougou (University of Bamako)

II. Area of expertise  Design and support of rural development projects  Rural extension and facilitation work  Education on environment issues  Forest management  Landscape planning and management  Processing of agricultural produces  Agroforestry  Socio-economic surveys

III. Internship / professional experience

. Student Internship with SOGEDEM-MALI as Team Leader International Relocation Traineeship with SIBM-Sangmelima: timber processing o Receiving orders; o Checking « densities of waybills »; o Cutting up logs for processing in compliance with orders, o Storage Control and audit before factory shipment.

. Graduation Internship with FFeRuDjaL: Sustainable management of NTFPs: Perspective for sustainable development and market access. o Identifying production areas in the Dja, Lobo and Mvila Departments in the Southern province o Identifying barriers to the establishment and functioning of the wild mango industry. o Establishing a sustainable operating model for wild mango resources. Identification of actors in the industry and their roles.

- 22 - Curriculum Vitae: Secretary and Accountant Ms ESSOMBA Née NGONO Olive Solange

Date of birth : 18 October 1964 Contact : 99 95 60 04 Email : [email protected]

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

YEARS DIPLOMAS / GRADUATION EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 2010 Foundation Degree (BS) in Human Resources Complexe Universitaire Siantou Management 1994 Vocational Training Certificate in Office University Evening Classes Management & Secretarial Practice 1990 Baccalaureate (G1 Stream) Institut Siantou 1987 Probatoire G1 Institut Samba 1984 BEPC Collège Sainte Thérèse de Mva’a 1977 CEPE Ecole Saint Luc de Tala

AREA OF COMPETENCE  Human Resources Management  All secretarial practices, including : ‐ Data capture ‐ Telephone calls managements ‐ Filing ‐ Screening of information ‐ Manage Executives calendar and schedule appointments/meetings ‐ Guidance to customers and visitors ‐ Word processing ;  Use of upgraded IT tools  Training of other secretaries ;  Oral and written communication.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  Executive Assistant at the Cooperation and Planning Division from 2007 to-date;  Executive Assistant in interim at the MINEF Division of Cooperation and Projects from 2002 to 2007;  Executive Assistant in interim at the Cabinet of the Minister of Environment and Forests from 15 March 2002 to 23 August 2002;  Executive Assistant in interim at MINEF Division of Cooperation from 2001 to 2002;  Acting Executive Assistant at TOTALFINAELF avril 2001-septembre 2001;  Intern Executive Assistant at SODEPA from February 1999 to July 1999;  Executive Assistant at SOREF June 1998 – December 1998 ;  Intern Executive Assistant at SOCINADA January 1994 – May 1994

LANGUAGES English : Fair French : Very Good

I- Hobbies : ready, working in a group, music

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Terms of Reference of the Baseline Study for the Creation of Green Belts around the National Parks of Waza, Bouba Ndjidda and Bénoué.

1. Background and Justification: Environmental concerns are central to all development initiatives worldwide. To achieve environment management sustainability and decrease the damage to the environment and its implications, several bodies were created either at the global level, the UN specialized agencies (UNEP), international organizations (ITTO, IUCN, WWF), regional-level (COMIFAC RAPAC), and national-level organizations. Cameroon, contributing to the momentum of this international trend, participated in many conferences on the issue and ratified ecosystems conservation protocols. Building on this commitment the relevant national policy and legislative framework has been improved accordingly. The main guiding objective for this conservation policy has been the cover an area of 21% of its national territory with protection areas to promote biodiversity and bio-specificity. While this policy is particulary welcome, as it clearly demonstrates the commitment to maintain the ecological and biological values of the country, with positive developments towards the attaintment of the objective, these conservation areas remain nevertheless vulnerable to extremely serious threats to their integrity because of forest degradation at their periphery, the lack of materialized boundaries and inadequate rehabilitation programmes for degraded areas. This threat is much more pronounced in the protected areas situated in the northern part of the country with its dry grassland, badly encroached by communities seeking firewood, collecting non-timber forest products, and using the grassland as pasture. It goes without saying that if nothing is done to correct the situation, the degradation will increase to the detriment of efforts already undertaken. The plan to establish green belts is one of the responses to the problem caused by the degradation process affecting these protected areas. However, to implement this plan, a feasibility study should be conducted in order to clarify the extent of degradation on each site, the work required, tree species to plant, planting intervals, the identification of green belt dimensions, the sustainable mechanisms to ensure the management of green belts.

GENERAL PURPOSE

Optimizing measures to ensure the successful securing of protection areas through the establishment of green belts objectives. 1. Specific Objectives : - To examine the extent of degradation on each site (protected area) in assessing the threats, identifying the most affected areas and ranking priorities; - To suggest a site rehabilitation plan by identifying the species to be planted, the tree planting intervals, the planting areas and sizing of green belts to be established; - To propose a joint management mechanism for establishing green belts. 1. Methodological approach and workflow This sub-contracted service will consist in collecting and providing data and field information for a better understanding of the level of degradation of the sites. The consultant will conduct a literature review to build on the success or failure of the various rehabilitation projects in the area, and identify the conditions for success. Series of surveys will be conducted with the local population and strategic players in the conservation and development sector. The

- 24 - expert responsible for the study will also take soil samples for develop a knowledge of soil characteristics in the degraded sites and rely on the ITTO Guidelines for the establishment and sustainable management of planted tropical forests and the Guidelines for the restoration, management and rehabilitation of degraded and secondary tropical forests.

4- REQUIRED SKILLS The Subcontractor to conduct this study should be a Cameroonian company or other person having the required qualifications as described below: - A sound knowledge of the plants dynamics of both wet and dry savanna landscapes ; - At least five years professional experience in degraded area rehabilitation and afforestation work; - the full command of various tools / instruments used in the context of socio-economic studies (structured / semi-structured interviews, PRA, etc.); - A good knowledge of the social environment of northern areas (populations, customs, cultures) and the areas specifically covered by the study - A good knowledge of issues relating to the involvement of local communities in the management of natural resources;

6) DURATION OF THE STUDY: 60 Calendar days.

TOR's RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT STUDY IN THE IDENTIFIED AREA (EXPERT # 1)

1-) GENERAL PURPOSE This subcontracted consultancy is to contribute to a better awareness of stakeholders on natural resources management issues in the target area.

2-) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES For the consultant in charge of the environmental impact study, the contribution to the formulation of a proposal for a REDDES thematic project involves the following specific objectives: - To undertake an environmental assessment of the area - Demarcate habitats justifying specific protection measures - Propose actions to minimize / mitigate the impacts of environmental effects as identified by the diagnosis, to ensure the sustainability of biodiversity in this region - Propose corrective measures in case of significant impact - Ensure the realistic nature of the said measures - Suggest, as needed, any specific draft terms of reference for the better protection of the forest environment and ecosystem in this region - Prepare and conduct debriefing meetings at project progress and completion stages - Produce both in electronic and hard copy format the progress and final reports of the study - Participate in the validation seminar of the proposed REDDES thematic in relation to the area under study

3-) METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH AND WORK SCHEDULE This consultancy is to collect and provide data and field information for the formulation of a REDDES thematic project proposal. To this end, the subcontracted consultant shall undertake field trips to prepare an environmental description of this region, and conduct interviews with all stakeholders involved in the management of natural resources in this area. To do this, the consultant should take into consideration: - National guidelines for conducting environmental impact studies - Current operations using natural resources in the area;

- 25 - - Mapping data already available; - To evaluate and assess the current and potential causes of ecosystem degradation and the actual or potential disasters. - To propose corrective measures under the different projects included in the priority action plan to be promoted while duly involving and consulting project stakeholders.

It is also desirable to formulate corrective measures involving stakeholders in the project. For this purpose, the participation of the latter is highly advisable. The sequence of work will be structured around the following steps: preparation of the work, field work, progress meeting (progress report), field work, preparation of the final report, debriefing and validation of the final report.

4-) REQUIRED SKILLS The subcontractor in charge of conducting this study shall be a Cameroonian business entity and shall demonstrate: - A strong knowledge of national guidelines for conducting environmental impact studies; - A strong knowledge of the project footprint area; - A strong knowledge of moist savanna ecosystem management issues; - A proven track record in conducting environmental impact studies; - Skills required to fulfill the mandate of this consultancy (CV and/or technical personnel available)

5-) DURATION OF THE STUDY 60 calendar days .…………….//………….

ToR's RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY IN THE IDENTIFIED AREA (EXPERT # 2)

1-) GENERAL PURPOSE This subcontracted consultancy is to contribute to a better awareness of stakeholders on natural resources management issues in the target area.

2-) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES The implementation of the socio-economic study involves the following specific objectives: - Describe the physical and human environments of the region; - Describe the level of development of the mount Bamboutos region (communication infrastructure, education, health); - Describe the activities of the communities in the region; - Analyze the socio-economic situation of local and surrounding communities in the project area; - Gather the views of local and surrounding communities in the region with regard to the operational use of natural resources; - Critically evaluate the methods of involvement of local communities in the operational use of natural resources in the project area; - Make concrete proposals to improve the pattern of involvement of local communities and local populations in the current operational use of natural resources in this area; - Identify the possible types of support to provide to local and surrounding communities (organized groups) to improve their well-being through the socio-economic activities to be developed for the implementation of a priority action plan and for the development of the entire area - Produce progress and final reports of the study, both in print and electronic format, while involving him/herself in the organization of debriefing meetings both during project progress and at its final stage; - Participate in the validation workshop for the proposed REDDES thematic project in relation to this area.

3-) METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH AND WORK SCHEDULE

- 26 - This consultancy is to collect and provide field-level data and information to induce a greater awareness of stakeholders on natural resource management issues in the project area and to enable the formulation of a project proposal to reduce forest degradation and the upsetting of the ecological balance in the area. To achieve this purpose the Consultant shall undertake field trips for a socio- economic description of the region, and conduct interviews with all stakeholders involved in the management of land and natural resources in this area.

To do this, the subcontractor shall consider the set of of socio-economic studies in progress in the context management plans under development. Similarly, it will use all the instruments developed by the social sciences related in connection with social studies, namely stakeholders interviews and documented survey techniques. Also, the contractor will hold mid-term and final debriefing sessions for the team of experts involved in the project. The sequence of work will be structured around the following steps: preparation of the work, field work, progress meeting (progress report), field work, preparation of the final report, debriefing and validation of the final report.

4- REQUIRED SKILLS The subcontractor in charge of conducting this study shall be a Cameroonian business entity and shall demonstrate: - A perfect command of the different tools / instruments used in socio-economic studies (structured and semi structured interviews, Participatory Rural Appraisal, etc.) - A good knowledge of the Department of Bamboutos (people, customs, cultures) – the area covered by the study; - A good knowledge of the problems of involving local communities in the management of natural resources; - A proven experience of conducting socio-economic studies relating to the preparation of land development and management plans; - Skills required to fulfill the mandate of this consultancy (CV and/or technical personnel available)

6-) DURATION OF THE STUDY : 60 calendar days. …………//… ToR's RELATING the EXPERT for the formulation of a REDDES thematic project proposal EXPERT # 3

1-) GENERAL PURPOSE This subcontracted consultancy is to contribute to a better awareness of stakeholders on natural resources management issues in the project area and to formulate a project proposal that will reduce forest degradation and the upsetting of the ecological balance in this area.

2) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES : The mandate of the expert # 3 will focus on: - Leveraging the results of the preliminary studies and investigations under this pre-project (socio- economic study, environmental audit, outreach meeting); - The actual formulation of the project proposal whose operational activities will:  The involvement of the local communities in the management of all natural resources in the area, alternative projects to create economic incentives for the conservation and enhancement of environmental services should be proposed;  The mitigation of climate change caused by the degradation of forest ecosystems:  The prevention of natural disasters and better management of water and soil  Promoting ecotourism in the area.  Contribution to the validation workshop and submission to ITTO Secretariat of the finalized proposal

- 27 - 3) Required skills - Academic knowledge in forestry and particularly in sustainable management of tropical forests; - good knowledge of the central Africant region and REDDES-related issues; - A good command of ITTO programmes, their objectives, procedures, and its manual for project formulation -.have the ability to communicate and interact with people in the area.

4) Duration of the consultancy 30 calendar days.

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Recommendations Pages where recommendations have been addressed (English version) Overall Assessment by the Forty-ninth Panel The Panel acknowledged the efforts made by the proponent in addressing the Confer pages 3-4;9 comments in the overall assessment, as well as the specific recommendations, of the Expert Panel made by its Forty-seventh meeting, in relation to the most important sections and sub-sections of the pre-project proposal. However, the Panel noted that there was no mention in the Section 1.2 (relevance) and Section 3.3 (approaches and methods) of the two following relevant ITTO policy guidelines: 1) ITTO guidelines for the establishment and sustainable management of planted tropical forests, and 2) ITTO guidelines for the restoration, management and rehabilitation of degraded and secondary tropical forests. The Panel also noted that the table presenting the overall pre-project budget The table has been amended in by activities and components did not follow the format of the master budget compliance with the schedule table (refer to page 45 for explanation and page 49 for a example, in recommendation. Confer pages the ITTO manual for project formulation), as required for projects and pre- 11-13 projects. Finally, the Panel noted that the terms of reference for the baseline study was The terms of reference have missing, as well as the curriculum vitae (CV) of the pre-project coordinator, been included (Pages 24-25) as while it was not appropriate to include the CVs of two experts (on socio- well as the curriculum vitae (CV) economic study and environmental study). These experts are supposed to be of the pre-project coordinator selected as consultants in conformity with rules and procedures applying to (Page 20). ITTO projects and pre-projects, during the pre-project implementation period. However, concerning the two experts of the studies, they are not consultants but instead Focal persons in charge of follow up of the works of the consultants

Specific Recommendations Further improve the Section 3.3 (approaches and methods) with the inclusion Confer pages 3-4;9 of elements describing how, besides the reference to the ITTO REDDES Thematic Programme, the future project will be in conformity with appropriate principles and recommended actions of the two abovementioned ITTO policy guidelines. Therefore, the Section 1.2 (relevance) should be subsequently improved by adding the appropriate reference elements regarding the relevance to these two ITTO policy guidelines; Readjust the ITTO budget in accordance with the above overall assessment Confer pages 14-15 and also in the following way: a) Use the right format for the preparation of the master budget schedule table as explained and presented in the manual for project formulation, b) Appropriately transfer to the master budget schedule table, in the right ITTO format, all figures and elements of the current table of the overall pre-project budget by activity and component, Include an Annex that shows the overall assessment and specific This has been taken into account recommendations of the 49th Expert Panel and respective modifications in in all sections of this document tabular form, while making sure to add the pages indicating where to find that needs update elements addressing the overall assessment and specific recommendations in the revised version of the project proposal document. Modifications should also be highlighted (bold and underline) in the text.

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