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Comanagement of Forest Resources in Overlapping Protected Areas |
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Colombia has 54 areas within the national parks system which cover approximately 10% of the national territory and 511 indigenous territories which cover approximately 25% of the national territory. Some of these national parks and indigenous territories overlap. There is a clear need for management plans for these overlapping areas, for which agreements will have to be made between the national parks and the indigenous communities, but there is no clear method or procedure for establishing management agreements for these protected areas.
Through this project TBI Colombia seeks to answer the following questions:
- How can the governmental environmental authorities and indigenous authorities build suitable policy tools for the better management of the natural resources?
- How can information be generated for use by government as well as indigenous environmental authorities?
- How can guarantees be provided for incorporating local indigenous visions into public administration policies?
The goal of this project is to design and implement agreements and management plans for land use, fauna, fishing and forest resources.
Objective
To provide support to indigenous communities and national park staff for the formulation and implementation of natural resources management plans within national park management plans.
Duration
2007 to 2011
Expected outcomes
Capacity building activities in which both indigenous communities and protected areas authorities can jointly develop tools for managing and protecting natural resources. TBI Colombia expects that activities in this project will yield scientific and local research results as well as GIS applications for monitoring and evaluating the use of natural resources.
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