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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by toubab1020[/i] [br]If I read the report correctly this means that communities will have RESPONSIBILITY for forests situated on their lands,this is IN MY OPINION an excellent idea .I see one flaw ,there has been no mention of training these communities in management of such a gift,for instance there will doubtless be taxes to be paid on the sale of produce from the Community Forest,there will be greedy people with MONEY who will try to "take control" of this Community asset.Great idea but APPEARS not to have been thought through to a viable business plan. ====================================================================== Thursday, November 09, 2017 The Ministry of Forestry and Environment,Climate change and Natural Resource and its line department would soon transfer 38 state forests to community ownership across the country. According to forestry officials,at least thirty-eight communities have been recommended to take ownership of their community forests. Speaking to reporters, Cherno Gaye, head of the participatory Unit at the Department of Forestry, said what the ministry and its line department are doing now was a process. He said by Gazette,a notice book indicated that 38 communities that have been in the forest community management process are qualified to take over their community forest reserve. According to Mr Gaye, before the handing over took place, there was a process and it had to pass through legal process, and now confirmed that all these communities qualified to gain their community forest reserve. Mr Gaye disclosed that those forest reserves are now declared in the gazette notices as community forests. He thanked the Ministry of Justice and all others who have contributed in one way or the other in making the process to reach this stage. “We are also encouraging those communities who are in the process to tell them that one day they will also gain their forest ownership,” he said. Source: Abdoulie Nyockeh http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/community-to-take-ownership-of-38-state-forests [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.