---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: R Raj Hazarika <hazarikar...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:37 PM Subject: Forest livelihoods and Rights for Sustainable natural resource management To: assam-ow...@assamnet.org
* * *Forest livelihoods and Rights for Sustainable natural resource management * Forest livelihoods and Rights for Sustainable natural resource management (FOREST) addresses inequitable distribution of benefits from forest resources in the high ly sensitive forest zones. The project aims to improve forest fringe communities' ability to gain access to, control over and equity in sharing forest products and forest management in State. FOREST interventions include: 1) facilitation to develop effective systems for community-based natural resources management in which forest fringe communities make decisions and take responsibility for sustainable management of forest resources; 2) 2) establishment of local, district and regional communication channels and coordinating systems through Forest Forums; and 3) 3) Facilitation to develop effective NGO coordination, networking and advocacy for pro-poor policy reforms and a national civil society voice in the forest sector. Enhancement through Good Practice for Food Security project will have an impact through improved knowledge of good practices for agriculture and natural resources conservation for more than 200,000 people in the municipalities of City, Work in the zones in with a strong focus on promotion of food security and economic recovery. Through a mechanism which will work in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture on rural development to identify and disseminate local experiences that substantially promote food security and income generation for poor rural residents and vulnerable people such as female heads of household, formerly un-displaced people or people living for decades .. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
