ITOH Community Graziers Common Initiative Group

by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office

Summary

This project focuses on sustainable livestock protection and farm management in the Kilum Mountain Forest of Cameroon.

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Challenge

The Itoh Community Grazing Reserve is home to an exciting pilot initiative aimed at reducing the negative economic impacts imposed by a ban on resource use, by local people, in the Kilum Mountain Forest of Cameroon. This project also aims at improving the efficiency of the resource use in the Itoh region and the co-management, by the surrounding villages, of a judicious system of crops and livestock integration.

Solution

Construction of an external fence around the community grazing; Subdivision of grazing lands into paddocks; Construction of a water supply system; Construction of livestock production; Planting of over 30 000 multipurpose tree species

Long-Term Impact

Reduce poverty through the improvement of incomes by distributing the proceeds of sustainable resource use. Improved ecosystem health and sustainability through improved livestock management techniques and the planting of multipurpose tree species

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Organization Information

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office

Location: New York, NY - USA
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office

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