1. More Iwokrama experience of community
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than Stakeholders
participation in forest management
Sydney Allicock, Chair, NRDDB
Iwokrama International Centre and the North Rupununi District Development Board
April 19-20, 2010
Indigenous Conference on Protected Areas
Guyana
4. Iwokrama International Centre for Rain
Forest Conservation and Development
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5. Iwokrama’s Mission
To promote the conservation
and the sustainable and
equitable use of tropical Dual Purposes
rainforests in a manner that will Conservation /
lead Sustainable Use
to lasting ecological, economic
and social benefits to the Non-commercial /
people of Guyana and to the Commercial
world in general, by National
undertaking research, training, Development /
and the development and
dissemination of technologies Global Value
6. Integrating Conservation
with Sustainable Use
First phase – Research
including Zonation of the
forest
Communities integrally
involved in process of
selection of zones
Zoning based in specific
criteria
Wilderness
Preserve
Sustainable
Utilisation Area
7. Iwokrama Businesses
Integrating Conservation & Use
Current phase emphasis-
Business Development
Core Costs
Areas
Ecotourism
Training
Sustainable Forestry
Intellectual Property &
Services
8. Iwokrama and Stakeholders
Office of the President, Government of Guyana Board of Trustees Commonwealth Secretariat and International Community
Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Affairs Iwokrama Centre AID Agencies (DFID, CIDA, EU, IDRC, USAID)
Guyana Forestry Commission International Organizations (UNICEF, UNDP, FAO, UNEP)
Environmental Protection Agency International Research Centres (CGIAR, CIFOR)
Ministry of Local Government International Conservation NGOs
Ministry of Amerindian Affairs International Zoos and Aquaria
Ministry of Agriculture International Museums and Universities
Guyana Geology and Mines Commission International Indigenous Peoples NGOs
Ministry of Education International Unions (IUCN)
Guyana Police Force International Conventions (CBD, Ramsar, CITES)
Fisheries Department International Foundations (MacArthur, Ford, etc)
Ministry of Health International Media
The Lands Commission Diplomatic Corps
Region 9 RDC
Region 8 RDC
Political Parties Guyana National Museum
Local Police, Education and Health Guyana National Zoo
The Guyanese Public Institute for Applied Science and Technology
Guyanese NGOs and Civil Society Guyana School of Agriculture
Iwokrama Forest
National Amerindian Organizations National Agricultural Research Institute
Management
Amerindians in Guyana University of Guyana
Women’s Organizations Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity
Guyana Business Community Environmental Studies Unit
Individuals living in, or near, the Iwokrama Forest Conservation International - Guyana
Fairview and Surama Villages Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society
North Rupununi Community Councils Karanambu Trust
NRDDB WWF - Guiana Shield
Region 9 Touchaus Council
Region 8 Communities Iwokrama Staff
Region 8 Area Council
Airline, Shipping Companies
Trucking Companies Infrastructure Suppliers and Builders
Aquarium Fish Traders National Media
Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association NTFP Companies
Gold Miners Timber Companies
Region 9 Chamber of Commerce Tourism Companies
Wildlife Trappers and Traders Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana
Chainsaw Loggers Tourism Entrepeneurs
Wild Meat Traders Forest Producers Association
Sport Fishers and Hunters Food and Material Suppliers
Commercial Fishers Customers
9. Iwokrama and Local People
Historical owners of
Iwokrama Forest
Rich culture
Language
Archeological sites
Iwokrama & how it relates to
People
Stakeholders &
Shareholders
Fairview Village (ownership
22,000 ha of Iwokrama
Forest since 2006 through
acquisition of ‘title’)
10. Frameworks for Participation
The Iwokrama Act –
Legislation that guarantees and protects the
rights and enables access to the use of the
Iwokrama Forest by the Indigenous Peoples in
the communities “neighbouring” the Forest who
have customary (traditional) rights to the Forest
– This section of the Act therefore provides the
entry point for participation in the Iwokrama
Programme by Amerindian communities living in
and around the Iwokrama Forest.
11. The Communities-North Rupununi
18 communities
6000 people
90% Amerindian (Indigenous)
Mostly savannah
Makushi language spoken in most homes
12. North Rupununi District
Development Board
A multi-stakeholder forum and representative body to
enable improved communications, information-sharing,
decision-making, benefit-sharing for the people of the
North Rupununi
between and among the leaders, village councils
community citizens, local & other government officials
especially the MoAA.
To provide an organised, local, community-based
forum for ensuring community-led interests,
negotiations and agendas when meeting with other
“outside” / “counterpart” Agencies such as
Iwokrama, UNDP, CI etc…
Established 1996
13. North Rupununi District Development
Board
NRDDB UMBRELLA & INSTITUTIONS
BHI
BHI MRU
MRU
NRC&DT
NRC&DT
Credit Facility
Makushi
Makushi
Credit Facility
Research Unit
Research Unit
Executive Committee
Radio Paiwomak
Radio Paiwomak Arapaima
Arapaima
NRDDB
NRDDB
Community
Community Aquarium
Aquarium
Eco-Tourism
Eco-Tourism
Youth
Youth Junior
Junior
Leadership
Leadership Wildlife Clubs
Wildlife Clubs
Farmers
Farmers
14. Premise for Sustainable Resource
Use
Three Legged Stool
Sustainable Resource Use
Communities
Iwo
s
Access to
es
Scientific
Markets & Knowledge &
kra
sin
Capital Reputation
ma
Management
Bu
Business and Rights
Operational Established
Know-How Partnerships &
Trust
Environmental
& Social
Historical Rights & Ownership
Monitoring &
Local Ecological Knowledge
Management
Field Skills
Skills
Social & Cultural Structure
Access to
Social Monitoring Skills
Green Markets
Sydney Allicock, Surama
15. From Stakeholders to Shareholders
Community rep. on highest
level of Iwokrama’s
management- Board of
Trustees
No community
representative on Board in
initial stages
2002 – Sydney Allicock,
Surama Village appointed
as Community
Representative on the
Sustainable Resource Use
Board
Communities
Iwo
s
Access to
es
Scientific
Markets & Knowledge &
kra
sin
Capital Reputation
ma
Management
Bu
Business and Rights
Operational Established
Know-How Partnerships &
Trust
Environmental
& Social
16. Collaborative Management
with North Rupununi
Memorandum of Understanding -2003
Identified common goals and objectives and outlined
protocols to be observed
Collaborative management agreement-
NRDDB-2005, revised 2008
Binding Iwokrama and NRDDB to commitments
Sets out a framework where Iwokrama and NRDDB will
collaboratively manage the Programme Site
17. FairView Village- titled
Collaborative MA- FairView
Centre recognises FV village as its partner in
conservation and development of lands within the
programme site
Ownership in timber business
Iwokrama, FairView, NRDDB communities
Shareholding agreement
Benefit sharing mechanism
Tourism- visitors fee
18. Benefits
Community Fund
Established 2008
Fund-capacity building, conservation,
community business development
Training Opportunities
Courses- sponsored persons
Wildlife Clubs
Employment
About 60 percent of Iwokrama staff from N
Rupununi communities
Community Tourism
19. Towards the Future…
The lesson / success of the Iwokrama-NRDDB
partnership for co-management relies on the
“ownership” by local people, the practice of principles
for good governance and the combined vision and skills
of stakeholders / partners in the process
Support for Low Carbon Development Strategy of the
Government of Guyana
