Fostering sustainable forest management in Hunan Province

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As follow-up to an initial AFD rehabilitation and reforestation project in Yunnan Province, AFD supported the government of Hunan in implementing a sustainable forest management project. The project accomplished the following actions:rehabilitation of 100,100 hectares of bamboo and plantation of 60,600 hectares of woody species,construction of forest roads, creation of a fire prevention network,capacity building for stakeholders (local communities, forestry cooperatives, State-owned companies, administration) with training sessions on good management practices,international certification of sustainable forest management and valuing of forest carbon credits.