MANUAL OF PROCEDURES

 

FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING IN THE HFZ

 

SECTION A - STRATEGIC PLANNING

 

 

 

 

March 1998

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1

 

Preface.. 3

 

A1.      Introduction to Strategic Planning.. 4

A1.1    Overview of Strategic Planning. 4

1. Purpose of strategic planning. 4

2. The Strategic Planning Framework. 4

 

A2.      Forest Reserve Management Plans. 8

A2.1    Introduction to the Plans and their Preparation. 8

1.  Introduction. 8

2.  Legal Requirements. 8

3.  Key Policy Considerations. 8

4. The Planning Process. 9

A2.2    Formation of planning teams and collation of existing information. 10

1.     Introduction. 10

2.     Formation of a planning team.. 10

3.     Collation of existing information. 11

2.3       Provisional Zonation Maps. 14

1. Introduction. 14

2. Zonation - Overview.. 14

3. Zonation for Protection. 15

4. Zonation for Production. 66

A2.4    Provisional Setting of objectives for beneficiary rights. 108

1. Introduction. 109

2. Provisional Identification the Beneficiaries of Forest Reserve Management 116

3. Beneficiary Objectives: the right to revenue. 134

4. Beneficiary Objectives: The Rights to Forest Produce for Domestic Use. 146

5. Additional Beneficiary Rights. 163

A2.5    Supportive Field Investigations. 169

1. Introduction. 170

2. Socio-economic Investigations. 184

3. Reconnaissance of  the state of the high forest 232

A2.6    Provisional management planning for protection zones. 254

1. Introduction. 268

2. Hill Sanctuary. 275

3. Swamp Sanctuaries. 307

4. Provenance Protection Areas (PPAs) 333

5.  Special Biological Protection Areas (SBPAs) 360

6. Cultural Sites. 387

7. Research Areas. 409

8. Fauna Protection Areas (FPAs) 429

9. Fire Buffer Zones. 458

10. Shelterbelts. 487

11. Convalescence Forest 514

A2.7    Provisional management planning for production zones. 1

I. Introduction. 2

2. Timber Production Areas. 7

3. NTFP Production Areas. 81

4. Plantation Production Areas. 120

5. Conversion Areas. 180

A2.8    Provisional management planning for local people. 219

1. Introduction. 220

2. Revenue From Forest Reserve Management 224

3. Access To Forest Products. 254

A2.9    Compilation of Part 1. 308

1. Introduction. 309

2. Structure of Part 1