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Supporting the Elaboration of a National Silvo-pastoral Strategy for Tunisia
CHALLENGE
Tunisia has elaborated a new strategy for sustainable forests and rangelands management for the period 2015-2024, of which finalization and dissemination has been supported by a previous PROFOR activity through the organization of regional workshops and the development of an economic valuation of forests and pastoral lands degradation.
The national strategy for the sustainable development of forest and rangelands aims to reconcile the conservation of forests and rangelands with socioeconomic development by promoting the involvement of community-based organizations and private owners in co-management of forests and rangelands. The strategy has four strategic objectives: (1) adapting the institutional and legal framework of the sector and capacity building; (2) optimizing the sector’s contribution to socioeconomic development; (3) maintaining and enhancing environmental functions and services of the sector’s resources; and (4) consolidating and improving the forest and rangelands’ capital.
This activity aims to help adapt the institutional and legal framework of the sector and build capacity through the identification of main institutional and legal barriers to forests management.
APPROACH
The activity will employ participatory processes, which involves different stakeholders at local, regional, and national levels. There are two main tasks:
Institutional and legal analysis of the forest sector: analysis of the forestry code and the institutional framework governing natural resources, and recommendations for improving the institutional and legal forest framework.
A multidisciplinary approach for better assessing key features of landscapes: integrated landscape management plans for select landscapes in Jendouba, BĂ©ja, Bizerte, Siliana, Sidi Bouzid, and Kasserine and recommendations for improving the collaboration between key stakeholders for the co-management of these landscape areas.
RESULTS
The analysis of the forestry code and the institutional framework governing natural resources was completed and disseminated through meetings and workshops with key stakeholder. Recommendations and options to strengthen the code and framework were identified and the government of Tunisia established a working group to evaluate the implications of each option and suggest the best option to be implemented.
The working group will aim at improve the organizational framework of the MARHP, namely by consolidating the Direction Général des Forêts, the Forest Exploitation Management Unit (Régie d’exploitation forestière) and Forest districts (Arrondissements forestiers) into one structure that will be supervised by six regional directorates, to ensure better coordination, complementarity, consistency and quality. Workshops will be held by May 2017 to better clarify provision of access to forests and rangelands by communities, and how to facilitate co-management of related resources through clear conventions between users and the government administration.
This work is helping to inform the World Bank Integrated Landscapes Management in Lagging Regions Project.
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Last Updated : 06-16-2024
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Integrated landscape management in Tunisia
CHALLENGE
Tunisia has elaborated a new strategy for sustainable forests and rangelands management for the period 2015-2024, of which finalization and dissemination has been supported by a previous PROFOR activity through the organization of regional workshops and the achievement of an economic valuation of forests and pastoral lands degradation.
The national strategy for the sustainable development of forest and rangelands aims to reconcile the conservation of forests and rangelands with socioeconomic development by promoting the involvement of community-based organizations and private owners in co-management of forests and rangelands. The strategy has four strategic objectives: (1) adapting the institutional and legal framework of the sector and capacity building; (2) optimizing the sector’s contribution to socioeconomic development; (3) maintaining and enhancing environmental functions and services of the sector’s resources; and (4) consolidating and improving the forest and rangelands’ capital.
The proposed activity aims to help the implementation of the first strategic objective through the identification of main institutional and legal barriers to forests management.
APPROACH
The activity will employ participatory processes, which involves different stakeholders at local, regional, and national levels. There are three main tasks:
Institutional and legal analysis of forest sector. The output of this activity will be a report that includes a number of key recommendations aiming at improving the institutional and legal forest framework.
Supporting a multidisciplinary approach aimed at better assessing key features of landscapes in governorates of Jendouba, BĂ©ja, Bizerte, Siliana, Sidi Bouzid, and Kasserine. The output of the activity will be a report summarizing assessments, and actionable recommendations on improving the collaboration between key stakeholders for the co-management of the proposed governorates landscapes.
RESULTS
The analysis of the forestry code and the institutional framework governing natural resources was completed and disseminated through meetings and workshops with key stakeholder. Recommendations and options to strengthen the code and framework were identified and the government of Tunisia established a working group to evaluate the implications of each option and suggest the best option to be implemented.
The working group will aim at improve the organizational framework of the MARHP, namely by consolidating the Direction Général des Forêts, the Forest Exploitation Management Unit (Régie d’exploitation forestière) and Forest districts (Arrondissements forestiers) into one structure that will be supervised by six regional directorates, to ensure better coordination, complementarity, consistency and quality. Workshops will be held by May 2017 to better clarify provision of access to forests and rangelands by communities, and how to facilitate co-management of related resources through clear conventions between users and the government administration.
This work is helping to inform the World Bank Integrated Landscapes Management in Lagging Regions Project.
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Last Updated : 06-16-2024
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Sustainable Management of Oasis Ecosystems in Tunisia
CHALLENGE
Traditional oases in Tunisia have significant potential in terms of: intensive development leading to job creation; biodiversity support; diversification through innovative and green activities; and tourism based on exceptional natural beauty in the South. However, these oases face a number of threats. Traditional oases are characterized by: old plantations; three-layered vegetated surfaces; high-tree density (400 trees/ha); very fragmented and small sized individual plantations; low yields; and irrigation from declining water tables. In addition, poor marketing opportunities, limited credit, inheritance practices that continually subdivide land holdings and result in poor land management, and inappropriate tourist development have increased the overuse of natural resources, especially water. This, coupled with the breakdown of land management practices, has helped to increase salinization, loss of soil fertility and sand encroachment. Access to crop and livestock resources to cope with these conditions, and the increased pest and disease problems associated with biodiversity loss, are affecting the survival of oasis farmers. Other challenges include: limited opportunities for capacity development; inappropriate policies and legislative instruments; low level of involvement of local populations, particularly women, in decision-making processes; and the continuing loss of traditional knowledge.
APPROACH
This activity seeks to support the development of a coherent and comprehensive national strategy for the sustainable management of traditional oasis ecosystems in Tunisia, or an Oasis Participatory Development Plan (OPDP), which will involve all stakeholders. This strategy will provide a framework for initiatives aimed at supporting and improving the specific ecosystem services that oases provide, conservation and enhancement of the genetic diversity, and improving livelihoods of people living in traditional oases. The aim will be to develop and pilot a new dynamic participatory approach that enhances the resilience of the traditional oasis ecosystem and involves all relevant stakeholders at local and national levels. The studies supported by the project will build on the findings of a number of analytical studies already carried out by the Government and its development partners (such as the GIZ-supported study on sustainable management of oasis systems, including appropriate indicators, and the IUCN & UKaid study on natural resource governance), and enlarge their scope.
RESULTS
An overall strategic vision for the sustainable management of oasis ecosystems has been prepared, stakeholders have reviewed a comprehensive draft of the strategy, and a number of baseline studies have been produced. The OPDP framework was prepared and reviewed by stakeholders, and six oases were selected, representing a variety of Tunisian oasis ecosystems, and are currently under completion. In addition, a communications strategy and an action plan are being developed, with expected completion in March or April 2015.
An overall national strategic vision for the sustainable management of oasis ecosystems has been prepared. Stakeholders reviewed and approved the national strategy. The development of the strategy has been completed in the context of the World Bank (WB)/Global Environment Facility (GEF) Oasis project, by the elaboration of an action plan which was validated during a national workshop in September 2015.
The framework of an OPDP has been prepared and reviewed by stakeholders, and six oases were selected, representing a variety of Tunisian oasis ecosystems. The OPDP includes a number of priority community-based micro-projects, which translate the strategic vision into immediate investment priorities, including sustainable management of water and soils, protection of biodiversity and diversification of local livelihoods).
Several national workshops and regional consultations have been organized to disseminate, present and validate the strategy and the OPDPs with national and local stakeholders. A communication strategy has been developed and disseminated.
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Author : World Bank
Last Updated : 05-12-2024
