MGT OF NAT RESOURCES

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The project will support the development for the planning, management and monitoring of natural resources, including the strengthening of supporting legislation. The project will also test a model for rural development that will promote more sustainable and responsible management of renewable natural resources by organized rural communities. Project-financed investments comprise: (a) the strengthening of (i) the planning and monitoring capacity of the reorganized Directorate of Forests and Natural Resources; and of the National Remote Sensing Center; and (ii) the establishment of poaching control posts in the national parks; (b) the training and education of farmers and public servants, partly through technical assistance; (c) studies, including the preparation of a natural resources management master plan for the Borgou Department; (d) the preparation and implementation of integrated development plans for three natural forests, with local participation; (e) the development of watersheds in four test sites as part of land management operations by local communities; (f) land right surveys on the same watersheds leading to mapping and recording individual and community rights; (g) the implementation of research and development operations on the watersheds and in farmer fields; and (h) wildlife management operations, with the participation of the population, in two areas adjacent to the national parks.