Description: The Wallis Forest initiative aimed to advance conservation, management, and sustainable use. It entailed establishing a comprehensive forest inventory with a monitoring system and land use mapping, defining conservation strategies through local consultations, piloting rehabilitation in degraded secondary forests by planting seedlings, and developing a management plan and forest policy. Collaboration with customary chiefs and authorities designated three pilot sites in key biodiversity areas, effectively engaging villages in rehabilitation efforts. Accomplishments involved creating a forest inventory with 26 permanent monitoring plots, identifying three pilot sites, restoring 4 hectares, replanting 1,600 plants, and clearing over 3 hectares of invasive species. Additionally, the project propagated seedlings from two nurseries, drafted a forest policy framework, and created an action plan aligned with the chiefdom’s calendar. Capacity-building efforts included training individuals in inventory design, enhancing technical knowledge, engaging participants in workshops, instructing nursery workers, and educating teachers on climate change’s forest impact.
Duration: 18 months
