In Tunisia all forest areas are public: in order to use forest products, producers and firms should go through a tendering system subject to Article 18 of the Tunisian forestry code, organized each year by the Tunisian Forestry authority. Small firms and the local populations are facing many difficulties to use available resources legally. The DGF is promoting a new form of sustainable management for forest resources: Concluding contracts between the organized local community and the administration to improve their livelihood and to protect forestal areas.
The co-management of forest resources in Tunisia: A new approach for sustainable development in the sector of AMP
- Category: Aromatic & Medicinal Plants
- Themes: Legal framework
- Position in the value chain: Forestry
- Type: Practice
- Scale: National
- Country: Tunisia
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- Keywords: aromatics, co-management, contract, essential oils, natural remedies, sustainable development, wild harvested plants
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