Stakeholders in Botswana aims for FSC

 

Stakeholders in Botswana are under revision of the Interim National Standard (INS) based on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification system. Two workshops were held in Gaborone and Mauni to review the INS that would apply to certify forest biomass in the country. A sixty days' public consultation has been opened for the INS. Should you wish to participate please click here: https://africa.fsc.org/en-cd/sub-regions/southern-africa 

AFRICAN UNION CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN (2022-2032)

 https://au.int/sites/default/files/documents/41959-doc-CC_Strategy_and_Action_Plan_2022-2032_23_06_22_ENGLISH-compressed.pdf

Proving the Heights of Management of Community Forests in Kilwa landscape

 

EFC experts under the support of MCDI, working with communities in Kikole village government and the village natural resources committee of the village, assessed the performance of their village land forest reserve (VLFR), with several parameters and elements that proved to have been improved over the last five years. The communities, through their committee has been pulling resources and planning for management of their VLFR by protecting it from various threats including wildfires and grazing. The return of rare and endangered wildlife like Wild dogs and elephants, which disappeared for quite some time have been a major indicator for the forest healthy. A standardized assessment tool (i.e. METT tool) indicated a much higher percentage management score at baseline in 2022 for many of VLFRs in the Kilwa landscape. Thanks to MCDI and P4F for the support.    

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The Year 2100