Brief Meetings & workshops (as needed) to be held with the 6 Township Chiefdoms and Section selected through Action 1. description Identify the scale at which natural resource management should take place and to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the TA (PC, SH and TCs) Agree an appropriate name for the of management” “unit Develop the internal governance structures (e.g. the Council of Elders) suitable for collective decision-making and internal conflict resolution Identify the membership of the or unit of management and ensure that there is adequate representation of the “community” Membership by the Township-level Council of Elders Identify the scale (e.g. individual members, Council of Elders/Township Chiefdom, Section Head, Paramount Chief) at which decisions can be made, and about which resources these should include Assess the resource base 3.1 A minimum of 2 meetings per Section DC & BCP FD Year 1-3 High A clear The TA (Section Head and Head a year to discuss and decide the framework Township Chiefdoms) currently appropriate within the TA for has no formal mandate or structure for making decisions about, and structure for managing natural and, resolving conflicts over, natural conflict resources other than farmland resources resolution 3.2 An intensive programme of meetings BCP & DC FD Year 1-2 High Local The currently is “community” and workshops with the selected largely responsible for the day to “community” Township Chiefdoms to develop the resource day activities that impact upon arrangements for assuming the users are these resources but has no authority and responsibility to fully authority to control these manage the natural sensitised activities and to exclude anyone “community’s” resources and from using them, therefore use prepared to of these resources is largely take opportunistic and open access of “control” the process 3.2.1 Identify the membership of the TC BCP & DC Year 2 High Clearly Membership is very likely or unit of management defined recognised already but this “community” membership to to ensure that no one “tested” with a legitimate claim is disadvantaged
Brief description Meetings & workshops (as needed) to be held with the 6 Township Chiefdoms and Section selected through Action 1. Identify the scale at which natural resource management should take place and to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the TA (PC, SH and TCs) Agree an appropriate name for the “unit of management” Develop the internal governance structures (e.g. the Council of Elders) suitable for collective decision-making and internal conflict resolution Identify the membership of the “community” or unit of management and ensure that there is adequate representation of the Membership by the Township-level Council of Elders Identify the scale (e.g. individual members, Council of Elders/Township Chiefdom, Section Head, Paramount Chief) at which decisions can be made, and about which resources these should include Assess the resource base 3.1 A minimum of 2 meetings per Section Head a year to discuss and decide the appropriate within the TA structure for making decisions about, and, resolving conflicts over, natural resources DC & BCP FD Year 1-3 High A clear framework for and conflict resolution The TA (Section Head and Township Chiefdoms) currently has no formal mandate or structure for managing natural resources other than farmland 3.2 An intensive programme of meetings and workshops with the selected Township Chiefdoms to develop the arrangements for assuming the authority and responsibility to manage the “community’s” natural resources BCP & DC FD Year 1-2 High Local “community” resource users are fully sensitised and prepared to take “control” of the process The “community” currently is largely responsible for the day to day activities that impact upon these resources but has no authority to control these activities and to exclude anyone from using them, therefore use of these resources is largely opportunistic and open access 3.2.1 Identify the membership of the “community” or unit of management TC BCP & DC Year 2 High Clearly defined membership Membership is very likely recognised already but this to “tested” to ensure that no one with a legitimate claim is disadvantaged
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