Provincial Planning Provincial Planning and Provincial Planning and The Provincial and Development Development Departments Development Management Committees Departments coordinate with all the Departments will oversee will be headed by development departments at the project progress and Provincial Planning and the provincial level. provide direction for Development Departments future planning through and will coordinate and Provincial Management oversee progress, provide Committees. guidance for the project’s consistency and synergy with the other on-going development processes in the province, on the annual work-plan and project implementation Other provincial Provide inputs for Will provide technical The relevant departments departments like management including assistance and available would be the members of Wildlife, Fisheries, development of the relevant inputs for management of Provincial Management Agriculture and sector. Wildlife department relevant sector Committee. Livestock manages the protected or high The PMIUs will consult Department conservation value forests. with these entities through regular meetings, information, commitment, communication, dissemination, joint planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Board of Revenue in Management of ownership of Board of Revenue will The Board of Revenue in Provincial forest lands rests with the provide services for their provinces will be governments Board of Revenue of digitization of land responsible or digitization provincial governments records in the landscape. of land records in the landscape. Forest Community Local Forest Communities in Local community Existing or news CBOs including women the forest landscapes are the including women and will be direct participants and vulnerable key users and custodians of the vulnerable groups will be in activities of the project. groups having user forest resources. They have no involved in planning, rights in Forests or very limited rights in designing, reserved forests and some implementation and rights in protected forests. In participatory monitoring Guzara/ Community forests, of the project they have more rights. Rights interventions. Their include firewood collection, participation will be grazing of animals, share in ensured through the timber sales proceeds for local existing or newly formed right holders from areas which community based are harvested according to a organizations. management plan of the Forest Deptt (so-called ‘royalties’; 80% share in Hazara Division). Use of timber for local purpose is allowed with
Provincial Planning and Development Departments Provincial Planning and Development Departments coordinate with all the development departments at the provincial level. Provincial Planning and Development Departments will oversee the project progress and provide direction for future planning through Provincial Management Committees. The Provincial Management Committees will be headed by Provincial Planning and Development Departments and will coordinate and oversee progress, provide guidance for the project’s consistency and synergy with the other on-going development processes in the province, on the annual work-plan and project implementation Other provincial departments like Wildlife, Fisheries, Agriculture and Livestock Department Provide inputs for management including development of the relevant sector. Wildlife department manages the protected or high conservation value forests. Will provide technical assistance and available inputs for management of relevant sector The relevant departments would be the members of Provincial Management Committee. The PMIUs will consult with these entities through regular meetings, information, commitment, communication, dissemination, joint planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Board of Revenue in Provincial governments Management of ownership of forest lands rests with the Board of Revenue of provincial governments Board of Revenue will provide services for digitization of land records in the landscape. The Board of Revenue in their provinces will be responsible or digitization of land records in the landscape. Forest Community including women and vulnerable groups having user rights in Forests Local Forest Communities in the forest landscapes are the key users and custodians of the forest resources. They have no or very limited rights in reserved forests and some rights in protected forests. In Guzara/ Community forests, they have more rights. Rights include firewood collection, grazing of animals, share in timber sales proceeds for local right holders from areas which are harvested according to a management plan of the Forest Deptt (so-called ‘royalties’; 80% share in Hazara Division). Use of timber for local purpose is allowed with Local community including women and vulnerable groups will be involved in planning, designing, implementation and participatory monitoring of the project interventions. Their participation will be ensured through the existing or newly formed community based organizations. Existing or news CBOs will be direct participants in activities of the project.
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