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and sell forest products such as charcoal now that the roads are more accessible.However, what we see as important additional benefits created through TFCG is theimprovement in agriculture, where as much as 80% of the total income in Lunenzicomes from agriculture. In addition, care should be given to the most severelimitations in the area such as crop failure or soil erosion during the rainy seasons.8.5.2 NyaliPerhaps the biggest challenge in terms of Nyali benefitting properly from REDD is interms of getting all the villagers to accept the project and the restrictions which willbe placed on their access to the forest. As seen in this chapter a large part of thevillagers were very sceptic to REDD and whereas some thought their land would betaken away from them, others felt they could not be motivated to stop using the forestregardless of the payments received. This scepticism was also coupled with a generalmistrust of its village leaders as they feared REDD would result in both corruptionand elite capture when the carbon payments started arriving. The reluctance ofcompliance can be very serious for the villagers, thus further awareness rising isneeded. Given the size of the village and its division into 11 different sub-villageswith large forest areas the patrolling and enforcement activities will probably be anextensive task and preconditions that some level of legitimacy for the project is inplace. As for Masugu, Nyali has also experienced high immigration into their area,and in addition to and increasing area being cleared for agricultural land, it has alsolessened the social cohesion among villagers which might have been present before.Given the large size of land it is also a worry that those living in the more remoteareas of the village will be left out of the benefit sharing. Another issue, concerningstrengthening individual property rights is that it might bring negative effects to theinformal rule of allowing people on their land to collect firewood. If these areasbecome too degraded then conflicts might arise and some might start venturing intothe forest. Nyali could benefit from more fuel efficient energy stoves, as firewood wasthe main source of energy and use of forest product. However, improved agriculturalpractices or other sources of livelihood is also an area for improvement and mightprevent more people to go into the charcoal business. As a final note, however not abig issue yet, there should be a strategy in place when it comes to possible conflicts or273