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2010 > Extra-sectoral activities affecting forests

Extra-sectoral activities affecting forests

Are decisions about extra-sectoral operations - such as mining, road building, large-scale agriculture, hydropower or other infrastructure projects - transparent? What transparency rules apply to these? Are there extra-sectoral threats to the forest? How?

The decisions on other activities are not transparent.
Although there are other activities that threaten forests, the legal system prioritizes the development of the extractive activities to the detriment of proper management of forest resources.

Is there a Strategic Environmental Assessment to identify and resolve conflicting land uses between forests, mining, large-scale agriculture and infrastructure development? Does the National Forest Policy document seek to address this? Do any policy documents from the other sectors?  Read the report...

Is there a strategic process to assess priorities between development options?

Yes, the Ministry of Environment, which chairs the Technical Advisory Committee on Zoning, has published Guidelines for Land Policy, which promote the processes of Zoning on the basis of the Ecological Economic Zoning. Also, this document responds to the need that the authorities of the regional and local governments have to reorient the various economic activities on their territories in order to avoide socio-environmental conflicts on overlapping titles and inappropriate uses within their territories.
In regions where these functions have been transferred there are also processes similar to the Ecological Economic Zoning. Read more...
Are there clear, documented, and understood steps for making decisions over the use or conversion of forest lands for other purposes such as mining, large-scale agriculture or infrastructure development?  Read the report...

Is it clear who decides if / when to make decisions between development options?

There are no rules or guidelines on how decisions are made regarding development options. Decisions are made according to political priorities that the government has defined. Read more...
At the time an area of forest is identified for allocation to any sort of non-forest purpose, are stakeholders consulted, for example on any conditions or mitigation commitments?  Read the report...

Is there a stakeholder consultation process on decisions between different development options?

No, the decisions are made without a proper consultation process, but rather according to the priorities set by government policy. Read more...
Is the final decision to allocate any forest to non-forest use made in way which allows citizens to assure themselves that the correct process has been followed? – is the process documented and published?  Read the report...

Is the final decision-making process on different development options transparent?

The decision-making process is not transparent. However, according to Item 4.2 of the Policy Guidelines for Land Management, the Technical Advisory Committee on Zoning are going to propose a monitoring and evaluation system for the process of occupation and land use, in coordination with the various levels of government and after consultation of the civil society. Read more...
Once the final decision has been made, are local people informed of where mining, large-scale agriculture or infrastructure development in forests will be / is occurring, so that they are aware operations should be happening in their area, and to give them the opportunity to know if operations are legally in that location?  Read the report...

Is information on implementation of non-forest use / conversion given to the public?

No, the implementation of non-forest uses is generally not known by the population. The population becomes aware of such operations only once they start. Read more...
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