ZIFLP is supporting the formation of Community Forest Management Groups (CFMGs)s

The Zambia Integrated Forest Landscape Project (ZIFLP) is supporting the formation of Community Forest Management Groups (CFMGs) in the Eastern Province as part of the support to the Government’s National Strategy to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation. The aim is to secure the long-term sustainable management of forests to mitigate climate change. Incentives (payments) to CFMG’s are linked to the obligations to protect, manage, control and sustainably utilize their community forest according to the legal Agreement entered into with the Director of Forestry. Communities can qualify for performance incentive
payments based on the Community Forest Management Agreement entered into with the Director of Forestry.

The incentive payments promoted are clearly linked to resource management and in support of emissions
reduction and will prepare communities engaged in emission reduction activities to access future payments
under the proposed Jurisdictional Sustainable Landscape Program.

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