Community Forestry II (PROCYMAF II)

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The Second Community Forestry Project will assist indigenous communities, and ejidos (land-holding consisting of either indigenous or non-indigenous members with rights, stipulated in law, in communal resources under which an individual family has a right to individual plot of land allocated by communal decision) that own forests in priority regions of Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, and Quintana Roo, to improve the management, and conservation of their forest resources, and to generate alternative sources of income in a sustainable manner. The project components would: 1) strengthen the capacity of communities and ejidos to take decisions, particularly as regards natural resource management. Regional Participatory Committees will be established, and Rapid Rural Appraisal exercises will be conducted to set priorities, designed to assist communities at different levels of development, with the assistance of specialized consultants, particularly in drafting by-laws for community governance. 2) The forest resource management technical strengthening will respond through specific studies, to identify alternative resources for the diversification of production, provide specialized consulting services concerning land-use zoning, and make recommendations, and, includes as well, feasibility studies for non-timber forest products, and specialized courses for human capital development. Specialized technical assistance will support communities. 3) The diversification and investment component will support diagnosis and analysis of potential investments, which includes investment in subprojects in ejidos and communities. 4) The institutional strengthening component will support project subunit's coordination in participating states, and financing of basic goods and services, including vehicles (not financed by the loan), information technology, training, and baseline studies on environment and social issues.