Project strengthens community’s engagement in natural management
Project strengthens community’s engagement in natural resource management
A water resource management project has been underway in Dak Rong commune, K’Bang district of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, aiming to preserve the local biodiversity, improve the livelihood of communities in the basins of Srepok and Sesan rivers sustainably, and encourage the engagement of parties in managing natural resources.
Hanoi(VNA) – A water resource management project has been underway in Dak Rongcommune, K’Bang district of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, aiming topreserve the local biodiversity, improve the livelihood of communities in thebasins of Srepok and Sesan rivers sustainably, and encourage the engagement ofparties in managing natural resources.
The project, jointlymanaged by the People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) and the GreenViet BiodiversityConservation Centre from 2016-2019, focuses on supporting and creatingfavourable conditions for local communities in getting involved in conservingand restoring the forests in the corridor between the Kon Ka Kinh National Parkand the Kon Chu Rang natural reserve.
At the same time, itwill also assist locals in developing sustainable agro-forestry models, thuseasing the pressure on forest resources, which have been threatened by illegaldeforestation.
Dak Rong, home to1,042 households with 3,668 people, has a total natural area of about 34,000hectares, including nearly 28,000 hectares of forest land, mostly productionforest.
Locals mostly live onagriculture and forest exploitation, but due to limited arable land, they tendto destroy the forest for cultivation of industrial plants.
At the same time, DakRong has three hydropower plants, which seriously affects the rice farms in KonLanh Te and Kon Von I villages and part of industrial tree farms in Ha Dung IIand Dak Trum villages, while seriously harming the water resources for dailyactivities of people in Kon Lanh Te village.
In order to promotethe engagement of locals in Dak Rong in managing and protecting forests, theproject has defined the role, capacity and the interest of relevant parties in thework, thus proposing the formation of an organisation representing thecommunity called forestry team in villages. Supported by the localadministration, 14 teams have been set up so far in the villages of Kon Loc I,Kon Von I and Kon Lanh Te.
The teams help connectlocals with forest owners and the local administration in managing andprotecting forests as well as discussing relevant issues. They also contributeto enhancing organisation capacity for the community, while improving locals’ livelihoodin line with sustainable natural resources exploitation.
The model also helpssettle disputes in natural resources and improve the relationship of parties inforest management and protection.-VNA
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