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Quelques Réflexions Sur La Problématique Bois De Chauffe CAFEC LANDSCAPE 9: MARINGA-LOPORI-WAMBA FOREST LANDSCAPE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO CAFEC ANNUAL REPORT: OCTOBER 1, 2017 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 Project/Sub-Project No. Central African Forest Ecosystems Conservation – CAFEC Agreement Cooperative Agreement No. AID-660-A-13-00009 Activity Title Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Forest Landscape Program/LS 9 Reporting Period October 1, 2017 – September 29, 2018 Date submitted October 30, 2018 Report completed and Cléo Mashini Mwatha , Acting Chief of Party; Email: submitted by [email protected] Organization African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Alternate contact Charly Facheux, Vice President Policy, Strategy and West and central Africa; Email: [email protected] Organization and contact African Wildlife Foundation; Tel: +1 202 939 3333 During the last reporting period under review for the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Central Africa Forest Ecosystems Conservation (CAFEC) program, AWF made landscape wide progress to improve the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources in the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba (MLW) forest landscape overall, and in particular, the Lomako Yokokala Faunal Reserve (RFLY) and the Iyondji Community Bonobo Reserve (ICBR). This report provides details on implemented activities and results achieved during the performance period of October 1, 2017 to September 29, 2018. USAID/CAFEC; No.:AID-660-A-13-00009 ANNUAL REPORT, FY18 LANDSCAPE 9/MLW OCTOBER 1, 2017 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS STRATEGY 1: STRENGTHEN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND USE MANAGEMENT PLANS Key Result 1.1 Community Forest Concessions with management rules and principles approved Conduct information sharing sessions in each groupements surrounding the 7 Community Forests concessions (CFCL) on operational requirements and management procedures AWF assisted local communities in the process of acquiring forest concessions. This was achieved through official assignment by the governor provincial order for two forest blocks, respectively 53897 hectares in the territory of Befale and 111131 hectares in the territory of Ikela. These two blocks represent seven forest concessions, belonging to the local communities of Lotulo, Ilima, Bolima and Lomako-Efeke-Feke (situated in the Groupement of Likunduamba, Secteur of Duale, Befale territory) and of the local communities of Yalokembe, Yongoli and Yaseka (Mpangu Groupement, Loile sector, Ikela territory). However, the majority of the local population is not aware of the content of the provincial order, nor well informed about two other important texts related to community forest concessions (Decree 014/018 of the 02nd August 2014 laying down modalities for attributions of CFCL and Order 025 / CAB / MIN / ECN-DD / CJ / 00 / RBM / 2016 of the 09th February 2016 on the specific provision related to the management and operation of the CFCL). To address this problem, AWF organized with the World Resource Institute (WRI) a first multi-stakeholder workshop on community forestry in Boende, capital of the Tshuapa province. Emphasis was placed on the clarification of the Governor’s order assigning local communities’ forest concessions, the Decree-Law No. 014/018 and Ministerial Order No. 025/CAB/MIN/ECN-DD/CJ/00/RBM/2016 of February 09, 2016. The agenda was on clarifying CFCL ownership, the link with local development, the role of actors and the difference between protected areas and CFCL. The various tools related to these CFCLs were made available to the communities (cfr. MOV 1.1.1. Report sharing sessions in each groupement surrounding the 7 Community Forests concessions (CFCL). At the local level, a core group of informants was formed to disseminate information about the CFCL process, and the messaging focused on the forest code in Articles 22, 34-36, 89, 111-113 that refer to the provisions of the Forest Code that sets out community forestry which were used as basic texts in information sharing. A total of 227 people from the 7 local communities involved have been sensitized. Page 2 of 44 USAID/CAFEC; No.:AID-660-A-13-00009 ANNUAL REPORT, FY18 LANDSCAPE 9/MLW OCTOBER 1, 2017 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 Update socioeconomic data for at least 4 community forests concessions (CFCL) In order to comply with the requirements of the law for the development of simple management plans for the CFCL, multi-resource inventories (fauna, flora, NTFPs and others) and socioeconomic surveys have been carried out. A socioeconomic survey of a sample of 517 households (Bolima: 246 households, Lotulo: 124 households, Ilima: 147 households (Likunduamba Group) was conducted on demographic data and socio-cultural and development needs. According to this survey, the Likunduamba groupement is constituted of 4,176 individuals, of which 2,189 men and 1,987 women, with an average of 11 persons per household across 63 clans (22 clans in the Bolima village, 21 clans for Lotulo and 20 clans in Ilima) (2017 Likunduamba groupement administrative census). The results of this survey reveal problems of access to health care, to drinking water and education, despite the existence of the Ilima School built by AWF. The main household activities is agriculture (more than 70% of the population cultivates cassava and maize as their main crops) and hunting (to supply animal protein, since livestock breeding remains traditional with a focus on poultry and small ruminants). With respect to forest resources, the survey reveals that 35% of respondents believe that the non-timber forest product (NTFP) are resources that can be economically beneficial for the groupement, 26% estimate that it is only wood, 28% think about the combined exploitation of animal resources as part of NTFPs. (cfr MOV1.1.2. Socioeconomic Study Report). Conduct a multi-resource inventory of at least 4 CFCL A multi-resource inventory makes the state of specific biodiversity of a given area. As part of the project, a multi-resource inventory was carried out in the Likuduamba community zone. Which consisted of an inventory of the non-timber forest products that are collected in the area, and another inventory on flora and finally on terrestrial fauna. This multi- resource inventory is of paramount importance in the community development process. It gives an idea of the resources available and used, as well as local management modes. This facilitates management and planning guidelines to reduce negative impacts and allowing those resources to continue to exist. Three types of inventories were made: non-timber forest products, Flaura and Fauna (Cfr MOV1.1.3 Multi-resource inventory Report). Page 3 of 44 USAID/CAFEC; No.:AID-660-A-13-00009 ANNUAL REPORT, FY18 LANDSCAPE 9/MLW OCTOBER 1, 2017 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 a) Inventory of non-timber forest products During the period, AWF has developed several activities related to the inventory of the non- timber forest products within 4 forest concessions of local communities of Likunduamba along with the main goal to assess the potential of the non-timber forest products in this groupement. In order to achieve this objective, AWF conducted the interviews, sensitizations, and inquiries through households in the villages of Ilima, Bolima and Lotulo belonging to the Likunduamba groupement. The approach compelled AWF to classify the non-timber forest products according to their utilization. The first one being, the non-timber forest products of food, where 30 species have been identified including: vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, nuts representing 26%. It was confirmed by the local communities interviewed that the non-timber forest products exploitation is ranked among the most important alternative activity of householder’s self-livelihood. The second one is packing plants and constructions which represent 37% of plants species exploited in the Likunduamba groupement. The third one is medicinal plant for healthcare basically exploited and used by households gather into 9 families (with almost a total of 20% of non-timber forest products inventoried). The fourth one is wildlife generally this type of non-timber forest products comes from mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and invertebrates. AWF also initiated an enquiry on the operator’s profile of non-timber forest products and the marital status of the heads of the households in the villages. The enquiry outcomes displayed that 73, 9 % of heads of households is constituted by men and 26, 1 % is constituted by women. Obviously, the predominance of married head households was evaluated at 90, 8 %, and single heads households and widowers represent a total of 6, 8%. The age of heads of householders interviewed was from 25 to 45 year-old, which means that the youngest be 44, 6%, against 55, 5% of elders. Regarding the education level of operators, the table below provides data collected from the enquiry activity realized in each village (Ilima, Lotulo and Bolima). Villages Education level Ilima Lotulo Bolima Total N % N % N % N % Never been to school 8 20,5% 1 3,3% 3 6,0% 12 10,1% Primary school 14 35,9% 7 23,3% 16 32,0% 37 31,1% Bachelor study 17 43,6% 22 73,3% 31 62,0% 70 58,8% Total 39 100% 30 100% 50 100% 119 100% To summarize, the enquiry activity reveals a relevant number of operators in natural areas enquired, corresponding to 10, 1% which are uneducated; 31, 1 % who have a primary level of education, 58,8% who have a bachelor degree. The number of households interviewed was between 1 and 29 members with an average of 10 members per each household. The Page 4 of 44 USAID/CAFEC; No.:AID-660-A-13-00009 ANNUAL REPORT, FY18 LANDSCAPE 9/MLW OCTOBER 1, 2017 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 households whose the number of members was lower or equal to 10%, constituted 44,3% of the sample, against 55,7% who had more than 10 members. It is worth mentioning that AWF has realized an activity on the harvesting of non-timber forest products, which enabled to figure out mainly the spots or areas where the households of Likunduamba withdraws their non-timber forest products within forest concessions of local communities.
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