Senegal Ag/NRM Program "Wula Nafaa“ Design and Implementation based on the Nature Wealth and Power Framework Bob Winterbottom International Resources Group April 4, 2007

Senegal’s Wula Nafaa Program Wula: The Bush Nafaa: Interest, Richness, Value Thus: “The Value of the Bush"

Nature, Wealth, Power Provides the Strategic Framework for Wula Nafaa Power: Political support for just, democratic and transparent government, local participation, empowerment and benefit distribution. Wealth: Enhanced business management, credit, market access, profitability, economic incentives, fiscal policies and cost benefit analysis Nature: Efficient local approaches that promote improved NRM and sustainable farming, livestock raising and resource use

What is NWP? A discussion paper based on lessons learned from CBNRM experience in Africa (particularly forestry, wildlife and agriculture) Information aimed at enhancing the debate on rural development and natural resource management in Africa A tool to support policy dialogue An analytical framework to support the design of more comprehensive rural strategies and more effective program interventions

Some Definitions and Links POWER Environmental governance is the distribution, exercise, and accountability of power and authority over nature. For rural Africans a major governance issue is control and access to resources WEALTH Natural capital is the basis for rural production and economic systems, and in most African economies, it is the single most important non-human economic asset. Investments in natural capital have a high rate of return at the national level. NATURE Resources – land, water, forests, wildlife – are dynamic, socially embedded, economic and political. Human institutions define resources and their use.

Namibia CBNRM Program case study for NWP

NWP Principles – Nature / Resources 1.Improve information and knowledge management systems 2.Promote land use planning and appropriate resource tenure systems 3.Foster social learning, innovation and adaptive management 4.Build capacity and invest in human resources 5.Promote cost-effective technical advisory and intermediary services

NWP Principles – Wealth / Economics 1.Be strategic about the economics of natural resources management 2.Strengthen markets and make market incentives a more important part of NRM strategies 3.Invest in rural organizations as the long-term “building blocks” of rural development 4.Create a framework in which people can make better NRM choices in their own self-interest 5.Assure that resource managers have secure access to the means of production and the benefits of their NRM investments

NWP Principles – Power / Governance 1.Strengthen procedural rights for rural people 2.Improve rural representation and amplify the voices of the poor and hungry in public decisions that affect their lives and well being 3.Distribute environmental authority and functions to institutions best positioned to exercise them 4.Transfer environmental powers to representative and accountable authorities 5.Explore minimum environmental standards 6.Encourage checks and balances, pluralistic approaches and conflict management

Objectives of the Wula Nafaa Program To contribute to the reduction of poverty and promotion of sustainable local development by: –Increasing revenues of local beneficiaries and local collectivities –the empowerment of local populations –the promotion of integrated, decentralized and participative management of local resources

Increased number of new or existing NR-based enterprises that show increased, measurable revenues in areas targeted by the AG/NRM program Increased number of new or existing non-traditional AG enterprises that show increased, measurable revenues in areas targeted by the AG/NRM program Number of new or existing NR or NTA based enterprises in areas targeted by the AG/NRM program that show increased, measurable revenues AND have applied training to develop business plans and marketing strategies, adopted improved production, harvesting and/or value-added processing techniques, and negotiated joint ventures with external partners Number of enterprise groups benefiting from initial training by the facilitators Wula Nafaa Community Benefits Component Contractual Targets

Wula Nafaa Community Benefits Component - Contractual Targets (cont.) Cumulative number of enterprise groups assisted by the facilitators (program support) Number of market surveys and studies to identify potentially marketable AG/NRM products. Number of grading schemes and value-added processes developed to increase revenue and income to producers per unit of production. Increase in level of revenues by assisted group enterprises Increase in volume / number of products marketed by assisted group enterprises

Increased number of communities/CBOs that have undertaken community-led activities to increase productivity of NR sustainably Increased number of communities/CBOs that have engaged in formal co-management relationships (joint ventures, etc.) with actors and institutions external to the community to increase productivity of NR sustainably Increased number of hectares that are covered by legally recognized, community managed sustainable NRM plans Resource assessment and mapping/GIS capabilities strengthened at the regional level Number of communities/CBOs that have developed CBNRM plans, protocols, agreements and local codes governing access, use and protection of NR Number of communities receiving training in NR monitoring, enforcement of local codes and conflict management Wula Nafaa Rights and Responsibilities Component – Contractual Targets

Wula Nafaa Policy Component – Contractual Targets Reduced legal, regulatory or administrative barriers Verifiable, sustained processes of consultation between communities and sub-national / national governmental offices and the private sector; Preparation and dissemination of assessments, studies, analyses related to the policy reform agenda Development of tools and information systems to support the policy component

Application of NWP: Management of Common Land 2.Deliberation on local rights and responsibilities POWER 3.Installation of local conventions and training on proper management techniques NATURE 1.Organization of producers and marketing of high potential products WEALTH Products: Non timber forest and agricultural products

Application of NWP: Management of Classified Forests 1.Delimitation of forest/ collaborative management rights clarified POWER 2.Management plan elaborated NATURE 3.Marketing of high potential products identified by inventory WEALTH Products: Woody products/ NTFPs / Wildlife hunting

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