Participatory Forest Landscape Restoration of Deng Deng National Park
Cameroon’s Deng Deng National Park (DDNP) extends over some 68,264 hectares and encompasses both savannah and dense rainforest areas. Nineteen villages bordering the Park, and the main economic activities in this forest landscape are agriculture, collection of Non-Timber Forest Products, logging and mining. Unsustainable management practices and an increasing deforestation threaten the local ecosystem.
This IKI Small Grants project aims at community-based restoration of degraded forest areas in DDNP collaborating with key stakeholders, including local communities, local administrations and deconcentrated services, and decentralized territorial authorities.
Landscape analysis and participatory mapping help identifying areas for restoration. Project activities include training of stakeholders in restoration, developing a joint action plan for forest landscape restoration, and implement restoration activities in three villages. Especially women and youth engage in seedling production, running tree nurseries, and planting seedlings in degraded areas.
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
IKI Small Grants supports Service d’Appui aux Initiatives locales de Développement (SAILD) in their organisational capacity development through:
- Training in business English
- Professional training in Monitoring & Evaluation
- Gender Training and development of organisational gender strategy
ABOUT THE ORGANISATION
Service d’Appui aux Initiatives locales de Développement (SAILD) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that has been working in rural development in Cameroon since 1988. Their focus is to support farmers and communities that live primarily off natural resources in their entrepreneurial and agro-pastoral activities. This helps contribute to their socio-economic and cultural development and to sustainable management of natural resources. SAILD has relevant experience in sustainably managing natural resources at community level.