[{"bbox": [82, 104, 1145, 185], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, the action will support the effective implementation of participatory forest management arrangements, a modality that is foreseen by law (Forest Act), and hence involving local communities in managing as well as using public forest resources."}, {"bbox": [82, 216, 472, 243], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [82, 243, 533, 266], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will address human-wildlife conflicts."}, {"bbox": [82, 269, 1145, 376], "category": "Text", "text": "It is also expected that the implementation of the action will have positive effects on the resilience of local communities by the promotion of income generating activities (value chains, PES, ecotourism), by assisting them in the registration and sustainable management of local communal forests, and by improving the productive capacity of their environment (agroforestry, watershed protection)."}, {"bbox": [82, 407, 320, 431], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [82, 433, 1145, 513], "category": "Text", "text": "It is recognised that a good forest cover has a regulating effect on the hydrological systems in the area under influence; in that sense, this action - by addressing deforestation and promoting forest restoration - contributes to reducing the risks for flooding as well as for wells and rivers drying up during the dry season."}, {"bbox": [82, 513, 1145, 590], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, the action includes an element of reforestation of slopes for watershed protection, what contributes to reducing the risks of local landslides and erosion as well as ecological systems thinking in and around forests to build resilience."}, {"bbox": [82, 637, 406, 665], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [68, 678, 1157, 1352], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>3</td><td>Trained staff don't remaining in function</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>For sustainability, capacity building and skills enhancement will also target local authority staff.</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>The current payers in PES loose interest and commitment</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Continue expanding the pool of payers; ensure good communication with the current payers to keep them motivated; base the PES design on win-win situations</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>The removal of ambiguities in the CFR boundaries is not stopping illegal issuing of land titles and other types of encroachment in CFRs.</td><td>H</td><td>H</td><td>Policy dialogue under the Forest Partnership; Organise media campaigns; Negotiate enhanced patrolling by the forest service.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Insufficient allocation from the national budget to the sector.</td><td>H</td><td>H</td><td>The EU will continue to advocate through the Forest Partnership.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [82, 1354, 237, 1377], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [82, 1380, 1145, 1432], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Preparatory stakeholder consultations learned that tree growers will not continue to invest in forest plantations if current facilities and opportunities for harvesting, processing and marketing do not improve in the country."}, {"bbox": [82, 1434, 1112, 1485], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Preparatory mapping of ongoing and planned interventions showed that the Lakeshore and Sango Bay Forest Ranges are under-supported when compared to other ranges."}, {"bbox": [82, 1487, 1145, 1539], "category": "List-item", "text": "- CFM/CLA work will be informed by the recent publication (2020) \"Review of Collaborative Forest Management in Uganda\"."}, {"bbox": [82, 1540, 1145, 1592], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The development of new financial instruments will be based on previous successful experiences by the DFIs in the region as well as by civil society organisations especially when it comes to PES applications."}, {"bbox": [82, 1593, 1145, 1644], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The design of the timber tracking system to be established in Uganda is based on experiences from other countries, in particular Ghana (FLEGT)."}, {"bbox": [1039, 1662, 1157, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 23"}]