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Aménagement forestier des forêts classées de Mahon Bakor (Région de Kolda) [Senegal]

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Reporting Entity: Senegal

Clarify if the technology described in the template, or a part of it, is covered by property rights: No

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General Information

General Information

Title of best practice:

Aménagement forestier des forêts classées de Mahon Bakor (Région de Kolda)

Country:

Senegal

Reporting Entity:

Senegal

Property Rights

Clarify if the technology described in the template, or a part of it, is covered by property rights:

No

Classification

Prevailing land use in the specified location

  • Woodland

Contribution to Desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) measures

  • Prevention
  • Adaptation
  • Rehabilitation

Contribution to the strategic objectives

  • To improve the living conditions of affected populations
  • To improve the conditions of affected ecosystems

Linkages with the other best practice themes

  • Capacity-building and awareness-raising
  • Knowledge management and decision support
  • Policy, legislative and institutional framework
  • Funding and resource mobilization

Specifications

Section 1. Context of the best practice: frame conditions (natural and human environment)

Short description of the best practice

prévention et atténuation
de la dégradation des terres, réhabilitation de
terres dégradées|

Location

If the location has well defined boundaries, specify its extension in hectares:

21500.0

Estimated population living in the location:

6000.0

Brief description of the natural environment within the specified location.

Sols sablo-argileux
Plat
formations végétales soudannienne

Prevailing socio-economic conditions of those living in the location and/or nearby

Terres relèvent du domaine classé de l'Etat mais droit d'usage des populations riverainnes.
Agriculture
elevage
Exploitation forestière
revenus tirés de l'agriculture et des sous produits de la forêt.

On the basis of which criteria and/or indicator(s) (not related to The Strategy) the proposed practice and corresponding technology has been considered as 'best'?

Aménagement participatif de la forêt.
Exploitation suivant la possibilité de la forêt.
Organisation villageoise pour la mise en oeuvre du plan d'aménagement

Section 2. Problems addressed (direct and indirect causes) and objectives of the best practice

Main problems addressed by the best practice

Dégradation biologique: réduction du couvert végétale

Outline specific land degradation problems addressed by the best practice

Principale causes de la dégradation des terres : déforestation / disparition de la végétation naturelle, surexploitation de la végétation pour l'usage domestique
(principale source d'énergie, multiplication des menuiseries tenues par des immigrants, sécheresses, pression de la population, régime foncier (la forêt classée
appartient à l'Etat), pauvreté, infrastructures et intrants (ouverture de pistes pour désenclaver certains villages), éducation, accès à la connaissance et aux conseils|

Specify the objectives of the best practice

− Contrôle de la battance
− Contrôle du ruissellement en ravines (ralentissement/retardement)
− Contrôle du ruissellement en nappe (ralentissement/retardement)
− Amélioration de la couverture du sol
|− Stabilisation du sol
− Augmentation de la biomasse (quantité)
− Développement des espèces végétales et de la variété
− Contrôle des feux

Section 3. Activities

Brief description of main activities, by objective

Activités de mise en place (pratique végétale)
1. Production de plants
2. Transport de plants
3. Mise en terre
Activités d’entretien/récurrentes (pratique végétale)
1. Entretien pare-feu
Activités d’entretien/récurrentes (mode de gestion)
1. Animation
2. Suivi et contrôle
3. Formation
4. Mise à feu précoce

Short description and technical specifications of the technology

Elaboration d'un plan d'aménagement impliquant tous les villages riverains.
Division de la forêt en blocs et parcelles.

Section 4. Institutions/actors involved (collaboration, participation, role of stakeholders)

Name and address of the institution developing the technology


Direction des Eaux et Forêts|BP 1831 dakar|Projet d’Appui à l’Entrepreunariat Forestier de Kolda
(PAEFK) |IREF de KOLDA
KOLDA

Was the technology developed in partnership?

Yes

List the partners:

Eaux et Forêts
Populations riveraines des forêts

Specify the framework within which the technology was promoted

  • National initiative – government-led

Was the participation of local stakeholders, including CSOs, fostered in the development of the technology?

Yes

List local stakeholders involved:

Comités de Gestion Villageois
Comité de Gestion Intervillageois

For the stakeholders listed above, specify their role in the design, introduction, use and maintenance of the technology, if any.

Canada: Financement, Expertise
Eaux et Forêts: Expertise Technique, Encadrement et Formation des populations.
Population: Mise en oeuvre du plan d'aménagement.|

Was the population living in the location and/or nearby involved in the development of the technology?

Yes

By means of what?
  • Participatory approaches

Analysis

Section 5. Contribution to impact

Describe on-site impacts (the major two impacts by category)

Production végétale, Diversité biologique|
Augmentation de revenus générés par la forêt.

Describe the major two off-site (i.e. not occurring in the location but in the surrounding areas) impacts

Augmentation de richesse au niveau des villages.
Création d'infrastructures locales. Meilleure cohésion sociale et organisation.

Impact on biodiversity and climate change

Explain the reasons:

puit carbone;
Augmentation des espèces végétales et retour de la faune.

Has a cost-benefit analysis been carried out?

Has a cost-benefit analysis been carried out?

Yes

Specify:

Principales références : PAEFK, 2005. Code local relatif aux modalités de gestion des forêts classées de Mahon et Bakor ; PAEFK, 2007. Plan
d’aménagement des forêts classées de Mahon et Bakor.
Personne-contact: NDIAYE, Déthié Soumaré. Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Rue Léon Gontran Damas, Fann-Résidence, BP 15532, Dakar-Fann,
Tel +221338258066, Fax +221338258168, e-mail: dethie@cse.sn|

Section 6. Adoption and replicability

Was the technology disseminated/introduced to other locations?

Was the technology disseminated/introduced to other locations?

Yes

Where?

Forêts de terroir à Kolda|Forêts de terroir à Tambacounda|Forêts de terroir à Ziguinchor

Were incentives to facilitate the take up of the technology provided?

Were incentives to facilitate the take up of the technology provided?

Yes

Can you identify the three main conditions that led to the success of the presented best practice/technology?

Retombées financières
Participation des populations.
Maitrise technique et scientifique.

Replicability

In your opinion, the best practice/technology you have proposed can be replicated, although with some level of adaptation, elsewhere?

Yes

At which level?
  • Local
  • Sub-national
  • National
  • Subregional
  • Regional
  • International

Section 7. Lessons learned

Related to human resources

Forte capacité de réaction et d'adaptation des populations.

Related to financial aspects

Financements nécessaires pour les études;

Related to technical aspects

expertise des cadres forestiers.

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