Forestry-Strategy.. - The REDD Desk

• Establish a demand-driven, household-based extension and information disseminationsystem supported by DAFO as well as model farmers and others• Assist villagers in forming groups or association for collective management of NTFPsincluding domestication, sales and processing• Establish micro-finance systems to support villagers investing in cropping, NTFPdomestication and processing, livestock production and so on• Develop domestic and international marketing mechanism for promoting sale of forestryand agricultural products5.3 Cross Cutting Areas5.3.1. Legal Framework and ImplementationImportant legislation for particular kinds of forests and forestry activities was mentioned invarious sections in Chapter 2 and 3. Several proposals for amendment and improvement oflegislation specific to sub-sectors are made in the previous sections of this chapter. To have anincreasingly complete and coherent legislative framework for the sector at large, and enhancechances of proper implementation, the following actions need to be taken:• Issue extension materials on key forestry legislation in cooperation with Ministry ofJustice in formats suitable for local authorities and villages to improve implementationand awareness• Improve the access to, and dissemination of, forestry legislation by publishing togetherall legislation currently in effect, and issuing periodic updates• Clarify which forestry legal documents have been repealed and which are still in effect• Continue to issue implementing regulation mandated by the Forestry Law• Conduct training on legal drafting and implementation focused on the PermanentSecretary Office (MAF), Technical Division (DOF), and members of PAFO/DAFO withsuch duties• Institute committees or working groups for different forestry sub-sectors to be involvedin consultation or for multi-institutional drafting teams for key legislation5.3.2. Law Enforcement and GovernanceProblems of law enforcement and governance are mostly related to harvesting and utilization oftimber and non-timber forest products. In spite of the government efforts to regulate forestresource uses there have been cases of unauthorized harvesting, utilization and trade of forestproducts at various levels.Weak enforcement of laws and regulations has led, in many cases, to logging in productionforests not in accordance with the targets set in the respective management plans; or to excessivecutting by those who have been allocated a logging plan; or to them cutting outside theboundaries to which their logging plan was bound, or to excessive or inappropriate extraction ofNTFPs. Similarly, weak enforcement of law and regulations has permitted, or not detected, casesof individuals or firms which go into conservation and protection forests and log or extractNTFPs.In addition to the proposals for action related to this issue in the previous sections a couple ofactions are proposed as follows in order to improve law enforcement and governance in theforestry sector.59