FOREST DEVELOPMENT

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The project's main objectives are: (a) to enhance conservation and protection of indigenous forest resources; (b) to alleviate the accelerating fuelwood deficiency; (c) to improve the efficiency of timber production; and (d) to establish a framework for the subsector's long-term development. The project includes investments to: (a) promote tree farming through intensified extension services to smallholders and rural communities and support to nongovernmental organizations; (b) improve indigenous forest conservation, protection and management in the gazetted and ungazetted forest areas; (c) improve the physical and financial management of the existing industrial plantations; (d) strengthen the institutional capacity of the Forest Department (FD) through physical investments, training, management support and technical assistance; (e) upgrade forest research and technical forestry education; and (f) prepare a comprehensive, long-term Forestry Master Plan, including prerequisite studies and surveys.