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The Project Community Forestry in North-Eastern
Namibia (CFNEN) is a cooperation of the Directorate of Forestry
(DoF) of the Ministry
of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, the German
Development Service (ded) and the German
Development Bank (kfw).
Based on the ForestAct of 2001, the project assists local communities
to establish their own community forests, to manage and utilise
them in a sustainable manner.
With the provision of logistical, administrative and technical support,
communities are empowered to protect and preserve their indigenous
forests as a basis for people’s lives, and for income generation
aimed to improve local livelihoods.
As a core program of the Directorate of Forestry and an important
component of the German-Namibian Development Cooperation, community
forestry contributes to the achievement of Millennium Development
Goals such as environmental sustainability, poverty reduction and
gender equality.
The German Government provides additional personnel for technical
advise (DED) and financial support for necessary investments (KfW). |
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| News
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New road signs demonstrate community empowerment
Travellers in north-eastern Namibia are nowadays
facing newly erected road signs alongside of main roads passing
through community forest areas. The new road signs show by
passers that they are entering protected forest areas, managed
by local communities. Thirteen of these community forests
have been legally established beginning 2006 under the Governments
policy of Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM)
and its commitment to decentralisation and community empowerment.
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| Craft Centre in
Ncumcara Community opened |
Supported by CFNEN a craft shop has opened its doors at Ncumcara
Community 35 km south of Rundu close to B8.
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