Resource Inventory and Amendment of Forest Operational Plan Sample Clauses

Resource Inventory and Amendment of Forest Operational Plan. NTFP resource inventories were carried out to estimate the availability of NTFPs in any given area and to explore enterprise options. This has helped the District Forest Office to determine the harvestable amounts and to make decisions regarding issuing permits for collection of selected NTFPs.. The inventory has also proven to be useful for the members of the CFUGs for planning purpose for income generation, enterprise creation and future conservation efforts. Thus, 17 CFUGs have carried out NTFP resource inventories while sixteen of the users groups used the data to amend their FOPs.

Resource Inventory and Amendment of Forest Operational Plan. (FOP) It was found that most of the CFUGs didn't mention annual harvestable amount of NTFPs in their operational plan. Because of that a resource inventory has been carried out in the selected to estimate the total production of NTFPs in any given area, and to explore enterprise options,. This has helped the District Forest Office to facilitate and make decision to issue required permission for collection of selected NTFPs at harvestable amount (as determined by the inventory report) and it has also proven to be useful for the members of the CFUGs for planning purpose for income generation, enterprise creation and for future conservation efforts. Thus, based on Gap Analysis 17 community forestry has carried out NTFP resource inventory while sixteen Users group amended FOP. Additionally, In this year two of Banke namely Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx and one of Xxxxxxx, Kailaleswar CFUGs have carried out NTFP resource inventory. Bhagati and Taradevi CFUGs have amended their Forest Operational Plan (FOP) based upon gap analysis and NTFP resource inventory while Kailaleshwar is in the of OP amendment. Altogether eighteen CFUGs have amended their OP based on GAP analysis. These users groups revised their operation plan including harvestable amount, enterprise initiative, and institutional settings. These CFUGs reconcile the issue of gender decision making and socially excluded groups for advancement of community forestry. While one CFUGs of Syangja prepared operational plan with business plan of NTFPs products. Remaining seventy three users group were aware of existing gaps in resource mobilization. These groups will include those issues in operational plan during the time of operational plan revision. There is mandatory provision for revising FOP after the completion of five years under the framework of district forestry office while if users group need immediate amendment, it can be amended through the framework of Regional Forestry Directorate Office after one year.