In situ and Ex situ Conservation of Commercial Tropical Trees - ITTO

107• Stimulate subprojects to analyze and organize their own lessons fordissemination;The environment education component is still not effective.Indigenous People’s ComponentAfter some delays in the definition of scope and funding, the Indigenous People’sComponent (PDPI) of the Demonstration Projects has been moving forward.Its objective is to contribute to the protection of Brazilian rain forests by improvingthe economic, social and cultural sustainability of indigenous people, promotingconservation on their lands and supporting planning and implementation forlocal initiatives that could serve as demonstration projects. Appraisal wascompleted in February 2000 under KfW and GTZ leadership, the first applicationof the “lead donor” concept where the Rain Forest Trust Fund and thus theWorld Bank do not participate in project funding and supervision. Preparationis being completed with a US$494,800 grant from Japan, including a number ofparticipatory activities with indigenous organizations.The component will include four subcomponents: (i) small grants forsurveillance and protection of indigenous lands, economically sustainableactivities and cultural revitalization, enhancing self-esteem and improving capacityto manage natural resources, (ii) subproject management, (iii) capacity-buildingand dissemination of subproject results to other communities and specialists,and (v) institutional strengthening of indigenous organizations, empowering themto negotiate with other actors.The component of the Demonstration Projects will be implementedover a five-year period with an estimated funding of DM 20 million fromGermany, £1.5 million from UK and US$2.5 million from the BrazilianGovernment. As requested by the Council of Indigenous Organizations in theAmazon (COIAB), the coordinating unit will be located in Manaus and headedby a selected indigenous leader with management experience.Forest Resources Management ProjectObjectives and Initial AccomplishmentsStarted in January 1999, the US$20 million Promanejo project is well underway.The objective is to promote sustainable forest management through:• Strategic studies to revise forest policy and incentives. The Forest SectorStudy Group was created and met in February and April 2000 to prepare awork plan and define terms of reference for the first five studies. Resultsare feeding directly into the forest management component of the National