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10- We found that villagers are able to identify forest blocks and main products collected per block. Villagers group estimates of yield potential for all blocks were too variable to be useful. However the delineation of forest use blocks seems to have a great potential for future participatory forest management. Table B: Estimated income from NTFP’s in 5 villages on the Nakai plateau. Product 7 x f Total Value 5 villages Av. Value per household (values in kip) 1996 1997 1996 1997 kisi 0U-u du[ 4,684,367 13,079,661 23,658 66,059 rattan shoots [6jo}lko 326,606 5,071,125 1,650 25,612 cardamom \kdc|' du[ 2,196,294 1,834,933 11,092 9,267 bong [q' 3,919,132 1,632,600 19,794 8,245 wildlife lafxjk 77,857 1,024,800 393 5,176 others* 1,991,014 721,333 10,056 3,643 rattan canes s;kpm6o 3,224,000 55,175 16,283 279 TOTAL ]kpIa[ma's,qf 16,419,271 23,419,628 82,926 118,281 *) others include various fish species sold, eaglewood (Aquilaria crassna), and wild cinnamom, “chouang” bark (Cinnamom sp.) 11- The harvesting of all wildlife, rattan canes (Calamus sp.), eaglewood (Aquilaria crassna) and ‘hak tin houng’ (Helminthostachys zeylanica) are particularly destructive and should be terminated. Harvesting of kisi resin is mainly threatened by logging of the commercially interesting wood of Parashorea spp. This logging should be limited. Harvesting of bong bark has been very intensive lately, but this tree can coppice from roots and should survive. C: Recommendations 1 Domestication trials should be set up to investigate the potential for cultivation of cardamom Amomum spp.), bong bark (Notaphoebe umbelliflora), ‘kheua hem’ vines (Coscinium usitatum), paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera), mak khene (Zanthoxylum rhetsa) bamboos (various spp.) and rattans (Calamus spp.). 2 Feasibility studies should be done on the potential for developing village based processing industries for production of (i) incense sticks from bong bark, (iii) berberine powder from kheua hem vines, (iii) furniture from rattan canes, (iv) production of wallmats from bamboo. Additional marketing studies on kisi resin and cardamom are also recommended. 3 Increasing participation of villagers in decision making in the future resettlement process should be pursued through use of RRA techniques and land use planning based on villager’s own forest blocks and boundary definitions. 4 Poor families, i.e. families with structural rice deficits, need special assistance from the resettlement authorities. Wealth ranking should be used by the resettlement authorities to identify needy families and proper assistance should be given to them immediately. 5 Immediate conservation measures that should be taken by the district and provincial authorities are (i) a ban on trade in hunted animals with clear sanctions, (ii) a ban on logging of ‘mai si’ wood (Parashorea dussaudi).
PART 2: MAIN REPORT 1 BACKGROUND This report describes the findings of a short mission (3 weeks) to study the use of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP’s) on the Nakai Plateau, Khammouan Province, Lao PDR. This study is part of a larger study on resettlement options on the Nakai Plateau, which is undertaken by NTEC, the consortium aiming to construct the Nakai Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project. These studies are required to meet World Bank and Government of Lao PDR environmental and resettlement requirements. Realisation of this project would require the resettlement of approximately 850 families in 17 villages from within the reservoir area. The 20,000 ha proposed resettlement area is located on the Southern edge of the Nakai plateau, above the 538 m. high-water line, between the Nam Malou and the Nam On. The terms of reference for the NTFP mission were: • to identify type and value of NTFP’s currently used by the villagers on the Nakai plateau; • to identify traditional user boundaries for various NTFP’s, especially in the proposed resettlement area; • to identify potential opportunities for the NTFP’s that occur naturally and their sustainable use and value; • to identify potential opportunities for improvement in the use of NTFP’s in the resettlement area. A team of three staff members of the Department of Forestry, currently working with its NTFP Project (financed by Lao and Netherlands Governments, assisted by IUCN) were assigned for this mission. The team consisted of one woman and two men. The field advisor for Champasak to the NTFP Project assisted for one week in setting up the survey and in designing the report. The itinerary of the team was as follows: 26/2 travel to Thakek, introduction to NTEC, collect reports, maps 27/2 travel to Nakai, introduction to district authorities, village selection 28/2 to 3/3 fieldwork Ban Khone Ken 4/3 to 6/3 fieldwork Ban Ka Oy 7/3 to 9/3 fieldwork Ban Nakai Neua 10/3 to 13/3 fieldwork Ban Sop Phene 14/3 to 17/3 fieldwork Ban Thalang 18/3 market research Ban Lak Sao, Bolikhamsay 19/3 market research Thakek, Khammouan 20/3 travel back to Pakse 24/3 to 30/3 write report, Pakse
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