1. INITIATIVES RELATED TO FORESTS AND REDD+ IN NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE June 2011

2. OUTLINE  Major drivers of deforestation  Mitigation Measures  Initiatives being undertaken  Challenges.

3. Major drivers of deforestation  Agriculture practices  Brick kilns  Charcoal  Road construction, ie M8 & feeder roads  Hydropower – Powerline clearance to the main grid - Kabompo gorge hydropower  Mining – 3 major large scale open pity mining - Displacement of people – i.e. 634  Timber harvesting

4. Mitigation Measures  Promoting - natural regeneration - conservation farming (i.e. 1000 supported by Kansanshi mine) - establishment of exotic plantations - Early burning & other silvicultural practices  Alternative income generating activities - Bee keeping & - Collection of other non timber forest products

5. REMNPAS Project  The Reclassification and Effective Management of the National Protected Areas System (REMNPAS) Project commenced in 2006. The Project aimed at :  Examining & putting in place appropriate policy, regulatory & governance frameworks in order to provide new tools for Public-Private-Community and Civil Society management partnerships.  enhancing and strengthening the existing institutional capacities for improved Protected Areas representation, monitoring & evaluation including business & investment planning.

6. AREAS PROPOSED FOR RECLASSIFICATION  Following categories were proposed to be added to the current Protected Areas system:-  Nature Park,  National Reserve,  Partnership Park,  Game Reserve, and  Geoparks.

7. AREAS PROPOSED FOR RECLASSIFICATION AS NATURE PARKS CONT’D  NATURE PARK  Protected Area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation by the FD  gazetted area on state land managed for conserving and restoring the native elements of biodiversity  Non-consumptive forms of environmental education and recreation allowed

8. AREAS PROPOSED FOR RECLASSIFICATION AS NATURE PARKS NWP  NATURE PARKS  Luji Nature Park;- North-western Province  Zambezi Source Nature Park;- North western Province; and  considered potential management areas that could provide case scenarios for community benefits through carbon trading and payment for environmental services.

9. Innovative Programme on Integrated Forest Management  Management of a forest area for all different user groups, including e.g. commercial forestry, energy crops and non-timber products, agriculture, biodiversity, cultural heritage, water, soil, health and recreation  Concept paper developed  To be supported by Finnish Govt  To be piloted in Kasempa & Mwinilunga districts of NWP  Sensitisation meetings held at provincial & district levels

10. Project Goal  The overall goal is to decrease poverty in rural communities dependent on forest resources by developing opportunities for sustainable use and management of timber and non-timber forest resources and energy crops, as well as for sustainable agricultural production.

11. LIFE PROGRAMME  Linking Incomes Food security and Environment (LIFE)  Community based and implemented through US Peace corp volunteers

12. Pillars of the programme  Sustainable forest management & Environmental education  Conservation farming practices  Income generating activities

13. Challenges  REMNPAS classification proposals are yet to be harmonised (i.e. Forestry & ZAWA legal framework)  Communities were sensitized & impatiently waiting for the piloting of the project in order to earn some benefits.  Carbon trade agencies have been enticing traditional leaders to provide land & manage it for carbon credits & some were taken on tours abroad (ie Mozambique)

14. Challenges cont’d  The Innovative Programme on Integrated Forest Management has administratively stalled  The resettlement of displaced communities is leading to the opening up of forest areas.  Is it possible to have a +ve Carbon balance sheet! (Drivers/mitigation measures?)