USAID/Senegal Nature-Wealth-Power Retrospective Study Contribution on “Nature”
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WORKING PAPER USAID/Senegal Nature-Wealth-Power Retrospective Study Contribution on “Nature” JULY 2013 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Bob Winterbottom at the World Resources Institute. This project was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of a Participatory Agency Partnership Agreement No. AEG-T-00-07-00003-00 between USAID and the USDA Forest Service International Programs. The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Submitted to the US Forest Service, International Programs Revised Draft – July 5, 2013 Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Evolution of USAID investments in Environment and Natural Resources .................................................... 6 Focus on desertification control and fuelwood ........................................................................................ 6 Sand dune stabilization and reforestation ................................................................................................ 7 Community based natural resource management ................................................................................... 8 Integration of NRM into agriculture ......................................................................................................... 9 Integrating enterprise development, decentralization and NRM .......................................................... 10 Biodiversity conservation, wildlife management and fisheries .............................................................. 11 Observations on the changing context for NRM and sustainable rural development ............................... 12 Insights from Environmental Monitoring ............................................................................................... 12 Analysis of land use / land cover change in the southern peanut basin ............................................ 14 Assessment of the impacts of charcoal harvesting and forest management ..................................... 15 Analysis of changes in vegetative cover on-farms .............................................................................. 19 Survey of NRM Practices ......................................................................................................................... 23 Increased attention to decentralization and tenure security ................................................................. 24 NRM Stocktaking ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Recognition of Environmental Income ................................................................................................... 26 Nature Wealth and Power .......................................................................................................................... 28 Principles and recommendations for Nature in NWP............................................................................. 29 Investing in Tomorrow’s Forest .............................................................................................................. 31 The Wula Nafaa project .............................................................................................................................. 32 Objective, strategy and organization ...................................................................................................... 32 Approach and Tools of Wula Nafaa ........................................................................................................ 34 Community based facilitators ............................................................................................................. 34 Strengthening and Training of Producer and NRM Groups ................................................................ 35 Communication and Outreach ............................................................................................................ 36 1 Identification of Targeted Value Chains .............................................................................................. 36 Local Conventions and Land Use Plans ............................................................................................... 36 Forest Inventories and Management Plans ........................................................................................ 37 Achievements and Outcomes ..................................................................................................................... 43 Outcomes reported by Wula Nafaa ........................................................................................................ 43 Critical assistance provided by Wula Nafaa ........................................................................................ 45 Yield increases from infrastructure investments and conservation farming ..................................... 48 Summary of key activities aimed at improved NRM .......................................................................... 49 Challenges and Lessons Learned................................................................................................................. 50 Forest management planning ................................................................................................................. 50 Long term sustainable financing of NRM interventions ......................................................................... 51 Monitoring of changes in forest cover and resource condition ............................................................. 52 Shifting Government priorities and approaches ..................................................................................... 54 Learning from experiences in Namibia and Madagascar ........................................................................ 55 Reflections on USAID/Senegal’s E/NR portfolio ..................................................................................... 56 Attention to the role of trees and forests in sustainable landscape management ............................ 56 Attention to wildlife, livestock and rangeland management ............................................................. 57 Attention to climate change and resilience ........................................................................................ 57 Conclusions and Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 58 Overview of the achievements and outcomes of USAID’s investments ................................................. 58 Progress and impacts in relation to the NWP framework for Nature .................................................... 60 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 61 Annex A: Contacts for Key Informant Interviews........................................................................................ 63 Annex B: Changes in Land Use and Land Cover in Senegal and the Gambia 1975-2010 ............................ 64 Annex C: Schema for Participatory Forest Management Planning Process .............................................. 65 Annex D: Barriers Reduced by the Wula Nafaa Policy Component ............................................................ 66 Annex E: List of Documents Consulted ....................................................................................................... 68 2 List of Acronyms AG Agriculture CBFM Community based forest management CBNRM Community based natural resource management CBO Community based organization CF Conservation farming CFU Conservation Farming Unit (Zambia) CILSS Comité Inter-état de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel CLUSA Cooperative League of the USA (National Cooperative Business Association) CR Communauté Rurale or Rural Community (administrative jurisdiction) CSE Centre de Suivi Ecologique DGL-Felo Democracy and Local Governance – Progress (USAID project) DHS Demographic health survey E/NR Environment/Natural Resource FMNR Farmer managed natural regeneration GAF Gestion et Administration Financière / Accounting and Financial Management GREP Groupe Recherche Environnement et Presse IED Innovation, Environnement, Développement - Afrique ISRA Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole ITF Investing in Tomorrow’s Forest KAED Kaolack Agricultural Enterprise Development NGO Non-governmental organization NFM Natural Forest Management NKNP Niokolo Koba National Park NR Natural Resources NRBAR Natural Resource Based Agricultural Research NRM Natural Resource Management NTFP Non timber forest product 3 NWP Nature Wealth Power PAGERNA Projet d’Auto-promotion et de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles PEA Programmatic Environmental Assessment PES Payment for Ecosystem Services PGIE Projet de Gestion Intégrée de l’Environnement REDD Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation UNDP United Nations Development Program USAID United States Agency for International