• Programmes
  
  
• Thematic Programmes
  
  
  • Forests and livelihoods
    
    
• Forest and Livelihoods Regional Conference
  
  
• Improving policy and institutional capacity for participatory forest management
  
  
• Practices and policies that improve forest management and the livelihoods of the rural poor
  
  
• Building capacity for participatory forest management for good governance in the Caribbean region
  
  
• The sustainable forest management planning project
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• Regional knowledge sharing initiative on improved governance and influencing policy for community forestry and sustainable forest-based livelihoods
  
  
• Capacity building for watershed management stakeholders in Trinidad and Tobago
  
  
• Technical Assistance Projects
  
  
• Coastal and marine governance and livelihoods
  
  
• Strategy Programmes
  
  
• Issue Programmes

FORESTS & LIVELIHOODS

Participatory Forest Management: Improving policy and institutional capacity for development (2006-2010)

This regional project is funded by the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) under its National Forest Programme Facility (NFPF). It was designed and is being implemented by CANARI in conjunction with the Forestry Departments of the seven project countries: Barbados, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Forestry Department in Jamaica is implementing its own project activities under NFPF funding but participates in and contributes to regional activities.

Project goal
To research and promote ways in which forest management can optimise the socioeconomic and environmental benefits from forests and to build capacity for participatory planning and management of forest resources at the regional, national and local level.

The following are the main components of the project:

1. An assessment of the policy and institutional context and capacity needs for participatory forest management in each of the project countries
• Barbados Review Document
• Dominica Review Document
• Grenada Review Document
• St. Kitts & Nevis Review Document
• St. Lucia Review Document
• St. Vincent & The Grenadines Review Document
• Trinidad & Tobago Review Document
2. Capacity needs assessments in each of the project countries
• Barbados Capacity Strategy Document
• Dominica Capacity Strategy Document
• Grenada Capacity Strategy Document
• St. Kitts & Nevis Capacity Strategy Document
• St. Lucia Capacity Strategy Document
• St. Vincent & The Grenadines Capacity Strategy Document
• Trinidad & Tobago Capacity Strategy Document
3. Regional capacity building strategy
4. Regional seminar on forest policy, Grenada, February 2007
5. Regional workshop Participatory Forest Management: Key tools and methods
6. Training of Trainers in Participatory Forest Management workshop
7. National workshops
8. Action learning projects
9. Small grants programme
10. Regional workshop (co-funded with EU)
11. Exchange visits
12. Independent evaluation of project
13. Testing communication products

See also: CANARI 2011. Facilitating participatory natural resource management: A toolkit for Caribbean managers. Laventille: CANARI.