Decentralized forest management: and capacity
building in certification. Antimary Forest Management Regional Training Center
Brazil
This project proposes to establish a regional
training center on sustainable forest management in the State of Acre, taking
advantage of the existing facilities in the Antimary Forests. The project will
be impremented by State of Acre Technology Foundation (FUNTAC), a research and
development organization of the Government of Acre. The location of the project
will make possible to consider training to support the efforts in the implementation
of forest management plans in the Brazilian States of Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia
and Mato Grosso, as well as the Bolivian Departments of Pando and Beni, and
the Peruvian Department of Madre de Dios.
The training center will focus on building
capacity of forest operators and forest workers in implementing sustainable
forest management at field level. The project specific objectives also include
gathering and dissemination of technical and economics information concerning
sustainable forest management practices in the region.
The training program will take into consideration
the lessons learnd in the implementation of forest management at Antimary State
Forest (ITTO Project) amd also of the technical and scientific expertise available
in research organization, universities and other important initiatives such
as the noe carried out by Tropical Forest Foundation in the State of Para. The
aim will be to put in practice existing knowledge to improve forest practices
(operations) at field level. The training program will cover multiple use forest
management aspects, including harvesting (timber and non-timber products), forest
management practices (forest incentory, forest census, silviculture treatments,
and other aspects) as well as accounting, administrative, economics, social
and environment issues related to the use, processing and trade of the forest
products.
The main target beneficiaries will be the
private sector, the actual responsible for the implementation of the forest
management plan at field level. As the training program will also consider the
introduction of modern technologies in the implementation of forest activities,
gains on productivity are expected. This will reduce the costs of forest management
operations, and thus help to make these activities feasible economically as
compared to the conventional logging.
Implementing agency
State of Acre Technology Foundation
(FUNTAC)
Budget
ITTO: USD 577'800
Swiss contribution: USD 250'000
Planned duration
3 years
Starting date
November 2006
Status
under implementation
Topics
Reforestation and Forest Management
Contact
jgasana(a)intercooperation.ch
Progress report
November 2011
In accordance with the most recent progress report submitted in February 2011, progress in project implementation can be summarized as follows:
490 persons including project operations and forest technicians benefited from training courses in the Antimari Sate Forest Training centre;
In partnership with GTZ, facilities for training and accommodation of students have been completed and refurbished in the Antimari Training Centre;
The training curricula and overall program has been refined and updated;
All project personnel are in place, and savings were achieved as the project coordinator costs are fully covered by the Executing Agency’s budget;
Preparation of 4 “cartilhas”, training booklets on specific aspects of training in reduced impact logging (RIL).
December 2010
This project proposal was approved
as a 4th revision and fully funded by the Council at its Thirty-seventh
Session in December 2004. The Agreement regulating the implementation
of the project was signed in September 2005. Upon the submission of the
first Yearly Plan of Operations, the first disbursement of funds was made
in July 2006 and the second disbursement in November 2008.
This project aims to contribute towards the sustainability of forest management
practices in the Western Amazon and the achievement of ITTO's Objective
2000 through the establishment of a regional training center for sustainable
forest management in the State of Acre. This proposed center takes advantage
of the existing facilities in the Antimari State Forest and focus on improving
the knowledge and capacities of forest operators, technicians and forest
workers at the forest management unit level. It also put into place several
dissemination mechanisms oriented towards the promotion of sustainable
forest management practices. The location of the project makes it possible
to carry out training activities not only for the Brazilian States of
Acre, Amazonas, Rondonia and Mato Grosso, but also for the Bolivian Departments
of Pando and Beni, and the Peruvian Department of Madre de Dios.
Since the Forty-second session
of the Committee and in accordance with the most recent progress report
submitted in March 2010, progress in project implementation can be summarized
as follows:
490 persons including project operations and forest
technicians benefited from training courses in the Antimari Sate Forest
Training centre;
In partnership with GTZ, facilities for training
and accommodation of students have been completed and refurbished in
the Antimari Training Centre;
The training curricula and overall program has
been refined and updated;
All project personnel are in place, and savings
were achieved as the project coordinator costs are fully covered by
the Executing Agency's budget;
Preparation of 4 "cartilhas", training
booklets on specific aspects of training in reduced impact logging (RIL).
In its December 2010 Session, the ITTO Committee on Reforestation
and Forest Management took note that after the last Project Steering Committee
Meeting and monitoring mission in November 2009, the project's activities
are now catching up and being implemented smoothly. The Executing Agency
has adhered to ITTO's rules of procedure for the implementation of projects,
particularly as regards the submission of no-objection requests for the
purchase of capital goods and selection of project personnel to be covered
with ITTO funds, updated Yearly Plans of Operation, and Annual Audits.
The project documentation is uploaded and available in the ITTO Online
Monitoring System - OLMS, which facilitates communication between the
Executing Agency and the Secretariat. The Committee accepted the extension
of the Project as requested by the Executing Agency, without additional
budget, until December 2011 for the successful completion of its activities.
