Environment Program Support Project

Project will fund: 1- mgt. plan for forests outside the protected area (PA) system, planning and zoning of new PAs, and community-based sustainable forestry mgt. and development of sustainable harvesting regimes for non-timber forest products; 2- mgt. plan development, mgt. assistance and operational expenses in priority PAs of high biological value but low near-term economic value, as well as analytical work to reform PA fee-taxation policies; 3- rapid field inventory of Malagasi coral reef ecosystems and recommendations for marine parks; 4- technical support for regional envt. programming, training and inform. needs; 5- review nat. policies for exporting non-timber forest products to increase value captured; 6- comprehensive review of biodiversity outside PAs to determine its real values and inform conservation and NRM planning; 7- applied research and training for biodiversity mgt.