{"id":8475,"date":"2019-11-21T08:27:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T05:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landuse-ca.org\/?page_id=8475"},"modified":"2021-12-15T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T07:23:27","slug":"konczeptualnaya-osnova-3-2","status":"publish","type":"iluma","link":"https:\/\/www.landuse-ca.org\/en\/iluma\/konczeptualnaya-osnova-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrative forest management to increase forest cover in Tajikistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. What is this land use practice about?<\/strong>
Tajikistan is a mountainous country that is very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: climate-\u00a0related hazards, such as landslides, floods, and droughts are not uncommon, while remote\u00a0populations that rely upon their natural environment to ensure their livelihoods have very limited\u00a0coping capacities to deal with the aftermath of natural disasters. It is expected that climate change –\u00a0related risks will increase in the coming decades. Extreme weather events in particular are expected\u00a0to become erratic and unpredictable. Sustainable management of forests can help to attenuate the\u00a0risks associated with climate change by: a) reducing the likelihood and intensity of expected hazards
(via soil stabilisation, reduced erosion, flood protection); and b) increasing the resilience of local\u00a0populations (via increased economic opportunities, diversification of options for energy supply, and\u00a0legally guaranteed tenure rights).\u00a0Forests play a key role in the lives of Tajikistan\u2019s rural population. Firewood, fodder, medicinal\u00a0plants, fruit, and nuts can be sold locally at a profit and thus represent an important source of\u00a0income. Forests also perform an essential function in regulating the water balance and providing\u00a0protection against natural disasters. Rehabilitating and protecting forests is therefore of vital\u00a0importance in the process of strengthening resilience and adapting to climate change.
Unfortunately, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, increased demand for fuelwood led to\u00a0widespread deforestation. This made Tajikistan more vulnerable to climate change. Conflicts over\u00a0land use rights between forestry offices and the local population also continue to lead to overuse\u00a0and degradation of forest resources.<\/p>\n

The experience of GIZ has shown that measures to strengthen the capacities of forest authorities\u00a0and forest users to plan, implement and monitor sustainable forest management, as well as to settle\u00a0land use conflicts, function best when they are consensus-oriented. In this way, measures taken can\u00a0lead to the rehabilitation of degraded forest areas, greater availability of fuelwood and increased\u00a0earnings from forest management activities. Integrating biodiversity conservation into the capacity\u00a0building process further promotes the long-term stability of forests and helps to mitigate the\u00a0negative impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n

2. Cornerstones of Forest Management<\/strong>
Successful forest management requires a multilevel and multi-dimensional approach. Piloting\u00a0integrative forest management approaches based upon rehabilitation, protection, and reforestation\u00a0is as important as supporting appropriate forest governance and management structures which\u00a0enable sustainable forest use planning and monitoring. Forests-based economic development based\u00a0upon timber, pasture, non-timber forest products (NTFP) or tourism provides the opportunity to\u00a0take advantage of economic incentives to promote sustainable management approaches among the\u00a0local population and forest management institutions.<\/p>\n

The most important fundamental elements of forest management, as land-use practices, are:
1. Rehabilitation of the forest
2. Forest protection
3. Afforestation and reforestation
4. Forest management and management planning
5. Business development<\/p>\n

Integrative Forest Management in Tajikistan for Integrative Land Use Management Approaches<\/h6>\n

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