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Community forest management an alternative for the Conservation of

Biodiversity and Reduction of Poverty.

May 2009.

Conservation PoliciesConservation Policies

•• 1989 1989 creation of creation of CONAP.CONAP.•• 1990 1990 creation of the creation of the MBR (2.1 MBR (2.1

millon hectaresmillon hectares))

INITIAL STATUS OF THE ADMINISTRATION INITIAL STATUS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MBR (1990OF THE MBR (1990--95)95)

State of ungovernabilityState of ungovernability

Deforestation and unmanaged Deforestation and unmanaged advance of the agricultural advance of the agricultural frontierfrontier

Plundering of archaeological sitesPlundering of archaeological sites

Illegal extraction of the natural resourcesIllegal extraction of the natural resources

Focus on Strict ProtectionFocus on Strict Protection

STRATEGYSTRATEGYSTRATEGY

•• Share and delegate Share and delegate the administration of the administration of the Multiple Use the Multiple Use ZoneZone

•• Adjudication of Adjudication of concessionsconcessions for the for the use and management use and management of the resource baseof the resource base

•• Compatibility of Compatibility of sociosocio--economic economic development with development with conservation and conservation and biodiversity goals.biodiversity goals.

ACOFOPACOFOP

• Founded in 1995

•• Its ObjectiveIts Objective: Promote the socio-economic development and the improvement of well-being of communities, through sustainable forest management.

• 23 member community organizations.

Role of ACOFOPRole of ACOFOPGuarantee the collectivity of the communities with concessionsAccompany the community processes of managing the resource base RRNNSocial representation and political incidence

•• More More than than 500,000 500,000 hectares hectares

most of it most of it FSC FSC certifiedcertifiedOverall Overall

AchievementsAchievements

BENEFITSBENEFITS•• More More than than 14,00014,000

persons benefit persons benefit directly from forest directly from forest managementmanagement..

•• Employment Employment generationgeneration..

•• Development of Development of local local capacitiescapacities..

•• Direct economic Direct economic benefits for benefits for householdshouseholds..

•• Social Social benefits to benefits to communitycommunity

ENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSBENEFITSControl Control of Forest Firesof Forest Fires

• Community investment in control and vigilance overall

• Community investment in forest fire vigilance.

• Both natural resource and archaeological sites.

Aeas under Aeas under ConcessionConcession

Forest Cover in 2003

Community Community ConcessionsConcessions