Development of a Common Mapping Platform to

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Development of a Common Mapping Platform
to Support Land Use Planning in Cameroon
Final Project Meeting and Scoping for Next Phase
Thursday 25 February 2016
Capitol Hotel, Buea
Acknowledgements
The LTS and Rainbow Environment Consult Team members wish to express their gratitude to
all the representatives of Ministries, national and international NGOs, research institutions
and development partners in Cameroon who gave their time, ideas and enthusiasm during
the first phase of this project – without which it could not have been a success. In particular
we wish to thank the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development for serving
as the institutional home of the project and supporting it throughout, providing leadership
to the sectoral Ministries that have participated in the project now, and whose continued
collaboration is essential for the future. The National Focal Point, and the Regional
Delegation have provided unfailing support for the program, organising and hosting
workshops and leading field missions.
The great interest shown in the project, and the contribution of time and effort of many
institutions and individuals towards the common goal of improved, transparent, informed
land use planning provides reason for optimism that rational land use planning will soon be
the norm in Cameroon.
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Acronyms
AJESH
Ajemalibu Self Help - http://ajesh.org֙
CIRAD
Centre International pour la Recherche Agronome pour le Développement www.cirad.fr
CED
Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement - www.cedcameroun.org
CSO
Civil Society Organisation
DFID
Department for International Development (UK Government)
DO
Divisional Officer
EFI
European Forest Institute - www.efi.int
ESIA
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
EU
European Union
FODER
Forêts et Développement Rural (a national NGO) - www.forest4dev.org
FPIC
Free Prior Informed Consent
GoC
Government of Cameroon
IIASA
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - www.iiasa.ac.at
IITA
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture www.iita.org/iita-cameroon
INC
Institut National de Cartographie - www.inc.ayoos.com
IRAD
Institute for Agronomic Research and Development - http://iradcameroun.cm
IRGM
Institut de Recherches Géologiques et Minières - www.irgm-cameroun.org
KfW
German Development Bank - www.kfw.de
LLMSDP
Local Land Management and Sustainable Development Plan
LTS
LTS International Ltd - www.ltsi.co.uk
LUP
Land Use Plan
MINADER
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - www.minader.cm
MINATD
The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation http://minatd.cm
MINDCAF
Ministry of State Property, Surveys and Land Affairs
MINEE
Ministry of Energy and Water - www.minee.cm
MINEPAT
Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development www.minepat.gov.cm
MINEPDED
Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development www.minep.gov.cm
MINEPIA
Ministry of Livestock and Animal Industries - www.minepia.gov.cm
MINFOF
Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife - www.minfof.cm
MINIMIDT
Ministry of Industry Mines and Technological Development www.minmidt.net
MINRESI
Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation
MINTP
Ministry of Public Works - www.mintp.cm
NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation
NP
National Park
PA
Protected Area
PAMOCCA
Projet d’Appui à la Modernisation du Cadastre et au Climat des Affaires http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/Cameroun__Projet_d%E2%80%99appui_%C3%A0_la_modernisation_du_cadastre_et_au_climat_des_affaires_
-_Rapport_d_%C3%A9valuation.pdf
PCD
Plan Communal de Développement
PLADDT
Plan Local d’Aménagement et de Développement Durable du Territoire
PNDP
National Community Driven Development Programme - www.pndp.org
PSMNR
Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the
South West Region of Cameroon - http://psmnr-swr.org
REC
Rainbow Environment Consult - www.rainbowenvironment.com
REDD+
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
RFUK
Rainforest Foundation UK - www.rainforestfoundationuk.org
RGRC
Référentiel Géographique Routier du Cameroun - http://mintpcarto.dynmap.org/rgrc/flash
RRI
Rights and Resources Initiative - www.rightsandresources.org
SIGAT
Système d’Information Géographique dédié à l’Aménagement du Territoire
(MINEPAT)
SRADDT
Schéma Régional d’Aménagement et de Développement Durable du Territoire
WRI
World Resources Institute - www.wri.org
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature - www.wwf-congobasin.org
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ I
RESUME EXECUTIF ..................................................................................................................................... III
1.
2.
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1
BRIEF REMINDER OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................................... 1
1.2
OBJECTIVES OF THE MEETING ...................................................................................................................................... 1
PROCESS OF THE MEETING .............................................................................................................. 2
2.1
MINEPAT UPDATE ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
2.2
WORD FROM THE GOVERNOR’S REPRESENTATIVE ................................................................................................... 3
2.3
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 3
2.3.1
LTS presentation.................................................................................................................................................. 3
2.3.2
EFI presentation ................................................................................................................................................... 4
THOMAS SEMBRES PRESENTED THE SCOPE FOR A POSSIBLE NEXT PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT. HE EXPLAINED THE EFI’S
ENGAGEMENT APPROACH AND OUTLINED THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE ENGAGEMENT. THE FULL PRESENTATION IS
ATTACHED IN ANNEX 5. ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.3.3
2.4
3.
RFUK presentation.............................................................................................................................................. 4
DISCUSSIONS AND FEEDBACK...................................................................................................................................... 4
WORKING GROUPS ............................................................................................................................ 8
3.1
WORKING GROUP 1 – LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING PROCESS ................................................................................ 8
3.2
WORKING GROUP 2 – WHAT ADDITIONAL DATA AND FUNCTIONALITIES SHOULD BE BUILT INTO THE MAP
PLATFORM, AND WHAT CAPACITY SHOULD BE BUILT TO USE IT? ............................................................................................. 9
3.3
WORKING GROUP 3 – COORDINATING MULTIPLE ACTORS IN LAND USE PLANNING AT LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND
NATIONAL LEVEL..........................................................................................................................................................................10
4.
3.4
PLENARY SESSION AFTER WORKING GROUP PRESENTATIONS ..............................................................................11
3.5
FINAL TOUR DE TABLE ................................................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................... 14
ANNEX 1. ATTENDANCE LIST ................................................................................................................. 15
ANNEX 2. AGENDA OF THE MEETING ................................................................................................... 20
ANNEX 3. PHOTOS OF THE BUEA WORKSHOP .................................................................................... 21
ANNEX 4. LTS PRESENTATION OF PROJECT PROGRESS AND FINAL MAPPING TOOL ................. 23
ANNEX 5. EFI PRESENTATION OF THE SCOPE FOR A 2ND PHASE OF FUNDING FOR BUILDING A
COMMON MAPPING PLATFORM TO SUPPORT LAND USE PLANNING .......................................... 38
Executive Summary
This report presents the outcome of the final meeting of the first phase of the European
Forest Institute (EFI) funded mapping project to “Develop a Common Mapping Platform to
Support Land Use Planning in Cameroon.”
The meeting took place on 25 February 2016 in the Conference Hall of the Capitol Hotel
Buea. Forty-seven people attended, including representatives of the Ministry of Economy,
Planning and Regional Development’s (MINEPAT’s) Cartographic Unit, the Technical
Secretariat for Reduction in Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation within the
Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED),
the South West Governor’s Office and the Regional Delegations of MINEPAT (which
organised the event), the Ministry of State Property, Surveys and Land Affairs (MINDCAF), the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER), the Ministry of Environment,
Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED), the Ministry of Territorial
Administration and Decentralisation (MINATD), the Mayor of Nguti Municipality, five
traditional chiefs from Nguti, and national, regional and local Civil Society Organisations
(CSOs; Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement; CED, Forêts et Développement
Rurale; FODER, Ajemalibu Self Help; AJESH, World Wide Fund for Nature; WWF), a number of
international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs): EFI, Rainforest Foundation U.K; RFUK,
World Resources Institute; WRI, Development Partners and programmes (the German
Development Bank; GIZ, the Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural
Resources in the South West Region of Cameroon; PSMNR, the National Community Driven
Development Programme; PNDP), and the organisations contracted to managed the project
(LTS International; LTS and Rainbow Environment Consult). The event was also covered by the
press.
A challenge in the operationalisation of the 2011 Law on Land Use Planning is that the
information to guide land use decisions is either missing, out-of-date, or too coarse (for
example existing global data sets) to be useful at the micro level – where the decisions taken
will finally have their impact.
The objective of the EFI project was therefore to design, build and test a common mapping
platform to improve the transparency of spatial planning in Cameroon, focussing on
providing information and tools that can support the participatory preparation of Local Land
Use and Sustainable Development Plans at the Municipal level – the lowest level of planning
envisaged in the 2011 Law on Land Use Planning. This online tool will make available various
Develop a Common Mapping Platform to Support Land Use Planning
in Cameroon – Final Report – 14 Mar 2016
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types of information to those who need it during multi-stakeholder land use planning at the
municipal (and hopefully regional) level. In consultation with MINEPAT and other
stakeholders, the project team selected Nguti as the pilot municipality to engage with the
local stakeholders to understand what sort of decisions might be made during local land use
planning, the information they needed to guide such decision-making and how local level
land use planning should be conducted.
Over the past 12 months, the project team has focussed on developing and testing standard
protocols for collecting spatial data that can inform land use planning, and the preparation of
map layers to integrate into the mapping platform. The data that has been compiled so far
includes data on accessibility, crop suitability, floral diversity and community land use and
customary rights.
The project implementers quickly realised that to succeed in the compilation of data from a
wide variety of sources, it was necessary to build alliances with many partners – including
other Ministries, international and national NGOs, international research institutions and
projects working on the ground. The project has evolved into a voluntary collaboration of
many organisations, and a momentum has built to continue the work. The team has used the
experience from this pilot phase to conceive a collaborative programme of work that
continues to compile data and tools to support land use planning at this local level. The
project team therefore used the opportunity of the final workshop to confirm the interest of
stakeholders to continue and strengthen the collaboration.
The final outcome of the workshop was a consensus that partners would continue to
collaborate to build a common mapping platform that can integrate data from diverse
sources with the goal to support inclusive and transparent land use planning. Ideas on
additional data layers to add to the platform, functions that need to be available to analyse
data, and mechanisms to coordinate efforts at the national, regional and local levels were
discussed. On the basis of stakeholder recommendations compiled during the workshop, the
project team has drafted a concept for a ‘multi-partner programmatic approach’ at the
national, regional and local levels to continue building spatial data and tools to support
participatory land use planning.
This voluntary initiative will be formalised by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between MINEPAT and the partners who wish to join the initiative. The draft MoU and
concept note will be distributed to potential partners for their inputs and feedback in the
near future.
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Résumé Executif
Ce rapport présente les résultats de l’atelier final dans la première phase du Projet de
cartographie financé par l'Institut forestier européen (EFI) pour «développer une plateforme
de cartographie commune d'appui à l'aménagement du territoire au Cameroun."
La réunion a eu lieu le 25 Février 2016, dans la salle de conférence du Capitole Hôtel à Buéa.
Quarante-sept personnes ont pris part, dont des représentants de la Cellule de Cartographie
du Ministère de l'Economie, de la planification et de l’aménagement du territoire (MINEPAT),
le Secrétariat technique pour la réduction des émissions dues à la déforestation et à la
dégradation du MINEPDED, les services du Gouverneur de la Région du Sud-Ouest (Ministère
de l'Administration Territoriale et de la Décentralisation), et les Délégations Régionales du
MINEPAT (qui a organisé l'événement), Ministère des Domaines, du Cadastre et des Affaires
Foncières (MINDCAF), Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural (MINADER),
Ministère de l'Environnement, Protection de la Nature et de développement durable
(MINEPDED), le Maire de la Municipalité de Nguti, et cinq Chefs Traditionnels de Nguti, les
organisations de la société civile aux niveaux international, national et local (Centre pour
l'Environnement et le Développement, DEC, RFUK, Forêts et développement Rurale; FODER,
Ajemalibu Self Help; Ajesh, World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF), un certain nombre
d'organisations non gouvernementales internationales (Rainforest Foundation UK; EFI, World
Resources Institute (WRI), les Partenaires et programmes de développement (la Banque
allemande de développement; GIZ, Programme pour la gestion durable des ressources
naturelles dans la région du Sud-Ouest du Cameroun; le Programme pour l’Aménagement
Durables des Ressources Naturelles dans la Région du Sud-Ouest ; PSMNR, le Programme
National du Développement Participatif (PNDP) et les organisations sous contrat avec EFI qui
gérent le projet (LTS International et Rainbow Environment Consult). L'événement a été
couvert par la presse.
Un des défis identifiés dans l'opérationnalisation de la loi sur l'aménagement du territoire
2011 est que l'information pour guider des décisions pour l'utilisation des terres est
manquante ou périmée, ou trop grossière (par exemple des ensembles de données globales
existantes) pour être utile au niveau micro - où les décisions prises auront leur impact.
L'objectif du projet EFI a donc été de concevoir, construire et tester une plate-forme
cartographique commune pour améliorer la transparence de l'aménagement du territoire au
Cameroun, en mettant l'accent sur la fourniture de l'information et des outils qui peuvent
aider à la préparation participative des Plans Locaux d'Aménagement et du Développement
Durable des Territoires (PLADDT) au niveau des municipalités - le niveau de la planification le
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plus décentralisé prévu dans la loi de 2011. Cet outil « en ligne » mettra différents types
d'informations à la disposition de plusieurs parties prenantes qui en ont besoin au cours de la
préparation des PLADDTS (et des Schémas Régionaux d'Aménagement et du Développement
Durable des Territoires; SRADDT). En consultation avec le MINEPAT et d'autres parties
prenantes, l'équipe du projet a sélectionné Nguti comme la municipalité pilote pour
s’engager avec les acteurs locaux afin de comprendre le genre de décisions qui pourraient
être prises lors de la préparation des PLADDTS, les informations dont ils ont besoin pour
guider cette prise de décision et la méthodologie pour la préparation des PLADDTS.
Au cours des 12 derniers mois, l'équipe du projet a mis l'accent sur le développement et le
test des protocoles normalisés pour la collecte de données spatiales qui peuvent éclairer la
planification de l'utilisation des terres, et la préparation des couches cartographiques à
intégrer dans la plate-forme cartographique commune. Jusqu’à aujourd’hui, les données
compilées comprennent des données sur l'accessibilité, l'adaptabilité aux cultures, la diversité
botanique et l'utilisation des terres par les communautés, et les droits coutumiers.
Les exécutants du projet ont vite compris que pour réussir dans la compilation des données
provenant d'une grande variété de sources, il était nécessaire de construire des alliances avec
de nombreux partenaires - y compris d'autres ministères, les ONG internationales et
nationales, les institutions internationales de recherche et des projets travaillant sur le terrain.
Le projet a évolué vers une collaboration volontaire de nombreuses organisations, et une
initiative a été entreprise pour poursuivre ce travail. L'équipe a utilisé l'expérience de cette
phase pilote pour concevoir un programme de travail collaboratif qui continuera à compiler
des données et des outils pour appuyer la planification de l’aménagement du territoire à ce
niveau local. L'équipe du projet a donc utilisé l'occasion de cet atelier final pour confirmer
l'intérêt des parties prenantes à poursuivre et renforcer cette collaboration.
Le résultat final de l'atelier a été un consensus que les partenaires continueront à collaborer
pour construire une plate-forme cartographique commune qui peut intégrer des données
provenant de sources diverses dans le but de soutenir un processus inclusif et transparent
d’aménagement du territoire. Des propositions des couches de données supplémentaires
qu’on peut ajouter à la plate-forme, les fonctions qui doivent être intégrées dans la plateforme pour analyser les données, et des mécanismes pour coordonner les efforts aux niveaux
national, régional et local ont été discutées. Sur la base des recommandations des
intervenants compilées lors de l'atelier, l'équipe du projet a élaboré un concept pour une «
approche programmatique multipartenaires » avec des instances de coordination aux niveaux
national, régional et local pour continuer à construire des données et des outils spatiaux pour
soutenir l’aménagement participatif du territoire.
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Cette initiative volontaire sera formalisée par un protocole d'accord entre le MINEPAT et les
partenaires qui souhaitent se joindre à l'initiative. Il a été convenu que le projet de protocole
d'accord et la note conceptuelle seront distribués aux partenaires potentiels pour leurs
contributions et commentaires.
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1. Introduction
1.1 Brief reminder of the project
The objective of the project is to design and test a mapping tool to improve the transparency
of spatial planning in Cameroon, in the context of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
and Degradation (REDD+). The tool will make available various types of information to those
who need it during multi-stakeholder land use planning at council (and regional) level.
The project1 is funded by the European Forest Institute (EFI) REDD+ Facility. EFI’s funds come
from many donors. A consortium is responsible for the implementation of this project:
•
LTS International (LTS) – Consortium lead
•
Rainbow Environment Consult – National partner to implement the project
•
World Resource Institute (WRI) – Developing the mapping portal (previously
Ecometrica)
•
Proforest – Providing technical support.
The project is supported by the Government of Cameroon. A first scoping mission took place
in June 2014. The European Union Ambassador to Cameroon wrote to the Minister of
Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) on 11 December 2014 requesting
official support for the project. The Minister of MINEPAT responded on 3 February 2015
giving his support.
The project has initially focused on the South West Region and Nguti Council. Rationale for
choosing Nguti was presented in the Project Interim Report No.1 (May 2015).
In April 2015, two launch meetings were held in Buea and Nguti, which were organised to
present the rationale for development of this tool; to understand the stakeholder interests in
land use planning; to share ideas about what types of decisions a mapping tool should be
able to help; to agree what spatial data are needed to make these decisions; and to gain
support of regional and local stakeholders.
1.2 Objectives of the meeting
The objectives of the meeting were twofold:
1.
To present the final results of the EFI project for review by stakeholders;
2.
To discuss the way forward and gather inputs and suggestions from stakeholders on
the draft concept for a possible future phase of work that may be funded by EFI.
1
http://www.efi.int/files/attachments/open_calls/r-2014-8.2-02/00_tender_specifications.pdf
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2. Process of the meeting
On 25 of February 2016, a workshop was held in the conference hall of the Capitol Hotel
Buea to present the final product of the project to stakeholders. Forty-seven people from
various ministries, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and representatives of council and
traditional authorities took part in this meeting. The full list of participants is presented in
Annex 1.
The meeting began at around 9 a.m. with the singing of the Cameroon national anthem. The
meeting was presided over by the MINEPAT’s representative, Professor Soh Fotsing, as well
as the workshop launch by the Governor’s Representative. The full agenda for the meeting is
outlined in Annex 2 (and photos from the workshop are presented in Annex 3). The workshop
was articulated around the following activities:
•
MINEPAT update
•
Words of the Governor representative
•
Power point presentations
•
Discussions
•
Group work
•
Closure
2.1 MINEPAT update
In his opening address, the representative of MINEPAT, Professor Soh Fotsing expressed his
honour to introduce the meeting, and thanked the various participants for respecting the
invitation at this workshop. Then he reminded participants that, since 2011, the Law on Land
Use Planning had been introduced by the government to support its strategies for land use
planning. The above-mentioned law is accompanied with a number of tools such as: the
Schéma National, Plan National de Zonage, Schema Régionaux, and the Plans Communales de
Développement (PCD). However, these tools are not yet implemented at the local level. For
this reason, some international organisations have decided to fund a cartographic platform
project.
He equally reminded participants of the fact that this project aims at sharing information with
all the partners who are specialised in land use planning. Hence the support that has been
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given by MINEPAT and other institutions (WRI, Rainforest Foundation U.K.; RFUK, Ajemalibu
Self Help; AJESH, Rights and Resources Initiative; RRI) to the project. This activity took place in
five main phases:
•
The scoping phase (June 2014)
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The launch meeting at Buea and Nguti (April 2015)
•
Fieldwork to collect data (botanical surveys: May-June 2015; participatory mapping by
RFUK and partners: ongoing) and preparation of map layers (crop suitability, access etc.)
•
The progress validation workshop (November 2015)
•
The final meeting to present results (February 2016; this meeting)
2.2 Word from the Governor’s Representative
Following the introduction by MINEPAT, the Governor’s Representative in turn took to the
floor and thanked all the participants for their presence at this meeting, then launched the
meeting on behalf of the Governor of the South West Region.
2.3 PowerPoint presentations
Three presentations were made by LTS, EFI and RFUK.
2.3.1 LTS presentation
A presentation of the progress, and final products of the project was made by James Acworth
(LTS – Mapping Project Leader). See full presentation in Annex 3.
During his presentation, he reminded participants of the national context of the project and
the importance of land use planning. He gave an overview of the project and highlighted the
importance of gaining the support of the government. He also summarised the wide
consultation with national, regional and local actors that has taken place during the
implementation of the mapping tool project. After showing all the data that has been
compiled and used for the implementation of the tool, he presented the ultimate product of
the project – the online mapping tool itself, which is located on the WRI platform2.
2
http://my.forest-atlas.org/v2/?appid=309f69bcfc3448eca104b449d52ee465
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2.3.2 EFI presentation
Thomas Sembres presented the scope for a possible next phase of engagement. He
explained the EFI’s engagement approach and outlined the different phases of the
engagement. The full presentation is attached in
Annex 4.
2.3.3 RFUK presentation
Thierry Handja presented on “the way forward” for the Mapping and Forest Governance
Programme. He first reminded the audience of the launching date of the programme,
presented the local collaborators (Forêts et Développement Rurale; FODER, AJESH) and the
objectives. Then he outlined the next activities of the programme.
2.4 Discussions and feedback
The presentations were followed by plenary discussions. Questions and answers are
presented below.
Frank Stenmanns (Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the
South West Region of Cameroon; PSMNR):
•
Question: Has the tool already been tested? How flexible is the tool to accommodate
land use options?
•
Answer: One of the first applications developed was the oil palm suitability tool. The
platform can help to answer specific questions like “where does oil palm grow well?”
•
More refined analysis is possible and we want to expand those functionalities,
e.g. how much unallocated land in x municipality can be used for agriculture?
•
Other types of analysis already available include forest cover loss, forest composition.
•
The tool is being developed to support land use planning.
•
The team would like to get input on what analysis is needed by users and then more
functions can be built. This is the subject of one of the working groups.
Théodyl Nkuintchoua Tchoudjen (Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement; CED):
•
Question: Will MINEPAT be the administrator of the tool? Is the idea only to focus on
forests, because the tool has adopted the WRI platform model? What kind of data
could be shared to the platform? Who is allowed to post information?
•
Answer: MINEPAT hosts the platform. Land use planning will not be limited only to
forests but will involve the entire landscape. The URL “my.forest-atlas.org” currently
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being used for the beta version of the platform will be moved to a “MINEPAT” URL in
the next stage
•
Concerning the coordination of the platform, it was suggested that a technical group
be put in place
Tatiana Ngangoum Nana (Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable
Development; MINEPDED):
•
Question: Why was Nguti selected as a pilot area?
•
Answer: Land use planning deals with land and communities – so we decided to test
land use planning at the municipal level – which is the only level at which land use
planning can engage with the communities directly affected. About 15 potential rural
municipalities were reviewed against a set of criteria (presence of current or future
land use conflicts between different land uses and actors; various pressures such as
large-scale agriculture and new infrastructure and new conservation initiatives; the
presence of potential partners, interest of stakeholders, availability of existing data,
etc.). In consultation with partners and MINEPAT, Nguti was selected as a “hot”
municipality, meeting most of the criteria.
Georges-Thierry Handja (RFUK):
•
Question: Is the tool open source? At the moment it runs on ESRI ArcGIS software,
which is expensive in the long-term. What is the cost of the licence?
•
Answers: WRI emphasised the need to assess all the options for software. The
problem is that if one opts to use Open Source applications, it is often necessary to
contract an expert developer to adapt it to the specific needs of the users, whichcan
also be expensive. For example, timber legality traceability software costs millions of
dollars.
•
James Acworth: WRI and MINEPAT can ensure sustainability of the platform beyond
EFI support. And what ensures sustainability ultimately is the interest by all
stakeholders. OpenStreetMap (OSM) should be used as much as possible to store and
share data – it is open source and widely accessible to all.
Mor Achankap Bakia (GIS Expert, PSMNR / Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife; MINFOF):
•
Questions: How can communities benefit from the tool, practically?
•
Issue of security, who will manage the tool and who can change the data it presents?
•
On the issue of sustainability, what happens after the project?
•
What’s the link with ongoing regional planning work, which seems to be top-down
(based on what was presented at the recent workshop on the Schéma National held
by MINEPAT and their consultants in Buea)?
•
And how about risks of creating new conflicts through village boundaries that have
not been previously agreed?
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•
Boundaries of Nguti – the National Cartographic Institute (INC) has a responsibility to
draw maps, under the instruction of MINADT. The municipal boundaries showing on
the Mapping Platform are not the same as the ones that are currently recognised by
MINADT.
•
Note that the lowest jurisdiction recognised by the government is the council
(municipality) level, and going below that jurisdictional level is a risk, there are no
official village level boundaries.
•
The issue of security needs to be assessed further, need to reflect on procedures to
validate the data before it gets published. Need openness by the government to
publish data that they may not like.
•
Answers: The municipality boundaries used in the platform are also produced by INC
(and shared via the MINTP Portal – Référentiel Géographique Routier du Cameroun;
RGRC). There are other diverging maps. However, as a matter of fact council
boundaries have never been validated in Cameroon. The national zoning plan is
expected to work on this.
•
Regarding village boundaries the team recognised that these may be sensitive.
However, for the purposes of land use planning it is important to determine who can
decide on land use in any particular area. In the long-term, village boundaries will
need to be better defined. The key question is how to present these ‘village
boundaries’. They are not claims on ‘ownership’ but can help determine which village
administers what land.
•
In the next phase WRI will endeavour to ensure that information generated by the
project should be put on an open source platform to facilitate accessibility and reduce
cost.
Julien Dupuy (Adviser, PSMNR):
•
Comment: We need to think about how to develop protocols to ensure coherent and
consistent data for inclusion in the map.
•
Answer: The first phase of the project worked at developing protocols for collecting
data in the field and preparing map layers for a number of different layers. These will
be further developed, tested, and validated in the next phase of work. All
contributions are welcomed.
Peguy Tchouto (PSMNR):
•
Question: There are still gaps (for example in the botanical data available for the
South West Region, or Nguti Municipality), what can we do to fill them?
•
Answer: The project is still a pilot initiative. There are a lot of gaps about data and all
this will need to be addressed. The value of the mapping platform is to clarify what
data are available, and what is missing. The next phase of work will try to fill some of
these gaps.
Téodyl Nkuintchua Tchoudjen (CED):
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•
Question: Why wasn’t MINATD invited to the meeting?
•
Answer: The MINATD is normally represented by the Divisional or the Sub Divisional
Officer. But the idea is about who have data to share for the platform. That is why
they are not involved at a high level.
Traditional Chief:
•
Question: What do we need to do if we want to have a map coming from the
platform?
•
Answer: Maps could be printed directly from the platform and copies given to all
those who want one.
Okenye Mambo (the German Development Bank; GIZ Technical Adviser on Land Use Planning
to MINEPAT):
•
Comment: Capacity building at local level is also important. The next phase of work
needs to include work at the local level to understand how to use this tool in such a
way that it can benefit local people.
•
Answer: The working group this afternoon will address the question of what capacity
is needed to support the further development and widespread use of the mapping
tool.
M. Abbe Bikele (South West Representative, National Community Driven Development
Programme; PNDP).
•
Question: Lots of information exists in the context of Council Development Plans
(CDPs) on a village-by-village basis - data that span across many different sectors.
How can this be integrated? There is no need to collect such data repeatedly.
•
Answer: The team accessed some of the PNDP data and used it. There is a lot of
inconsistency between the data provided by PNDP and that collected by others in the
same villages. There is a need to clarify who will manage each type of data set. Ideally
accurate and up-to-date information should be provided by each sectoral Ministry
(for Health, Education, Transport and Infrastructure, village populations, etc.).
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3. Working groups
After the last presentation, participants were divided into three groups to work on three
different aspects of land use planning, after which they presented their work to the plenary.
3.1 Working Group 1 – Local land use
planning process
•
What should be the key steps of the local Land Use Planning (LUP) process?
o
Diagnostic: Clarify status quo, situation on the ground, and bigger picture
(regional level orientations that affect the local process), identify challenges to
be addressed through the LUP process
o
Mapping: of local stakeholders (traditional council, women group, man, all
village management committee, e.g. forest, water, youth groups, development
agents, civil society organisations, mayor, technical services). Do a stakeholder
analysis to understand and clarify roles
o
Get a consensus of the objectives to be achieved through the process
o
Methodology development:
Procedures, approaches and rules, based on the resources available
Consultations
o
Negotiation and development of the plan
o
Implementation of the plan: Identify opportunities (land use types),
suitability, limitations
o
•
Who should be involved? What should be the roles of the various actors?
o
•
Follow up
To be clarified during mapping of stakeholders
What are the key decisions to be taken in the local LUP?
o
Identification of the activities that will optimize the collective preferences, as
defined during the LUP process, as part of the development of the
methodology and clarification of the objectives
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3.2 Working Group 2 – What additional data
and functionalities should be built into the
map platform, and what capacity should be
built to use it?
•
Draft list of additional information to build into platform
o
Integrate spatial information that is available in Council Development Plans
o
National cadastral information: Projet d’Appui à la Modernisation du Cadastre
et au Climat des Affaires (PAMOCCA) / National Geodetic Network
o
Include sector strategic plans (inter alia planned new railways, roads, mines)
e.g. Ministry of Public Works (MINTP)
o
Add information on meteorology
o
Update administrative unit boundaries (e.g. municipalities, divisions, regions)
o
Add crop suitability maps (currently cocoa, oil palm)
o
Add more up-to-date and accurate soil data
o
Data could be loaded in the system annually to ensure it is regularly updated
at the same time every year (suggestion from Group 3)
•
What sort of functions should the platform have?
o
The functions to be developed are based on the information we have on the
site
o
Improve the level of security to the data shared by the platform (the level of
access should be organised into user types: administrators who can edit data,
down to users who can view data but cannot edit it)
o
Extend the analysis functions by improving data quality
o
Develop function to compare the suitability of land for different uses such as
agriculture (various crops and production systems) and conservation
o
Include map layers to show / analyse corridors for wildlife and for
transhumance by cattle herders, for example
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•
What more support will be needed to help regional and local stakeholders use
the tools?
o
For local users: Train/support people to collect information, and how to use
the mapping platform through:
Producing an offline version that everyone could use on their laptop
Periodical printing of paper maps for people to understand what is
going on
o
This could be done by local NGOs, the local administration, Local Council
Technicians and not just by MINEPAT
3.3 Working Group 3 – Coordinating multiple
actors in land use planning at local, regional,
and national level
Who would be involved, and what are the structures needed to coordinate land use planning
at the various levels in the LUP process?
•
Local level identification of actors:
o
Divisional Officer (Sous-Prefet)
o
Mayor
o
NGOs
o
Associations / cooperatives
o
All concessional sectors
o
Local development partners
o
Private society
o
Sectoral administration
o
PNDP
o
Community
The council (mayor) is better placed to coordinate the process of planning, with the technical
help of MINEPAT under the administrative control of the Divisional Officer.
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•
Regional level
o
Regional Delegation MINEPAT
o
Sectoral ministries (delegates)
o
Network of councils
o
Development actors
The Regional Delegate of MINEPAT is the technical coordinator with the support of sectoral
delegates who come with the data. The governor is the administrative supervisor at this level.
•
National level
o
The MINEPAT is the centre of coordination
o
The other ministries (MINFOF, MINEPDED, etc. are brought together to discuss
and share information with MINEPAT
o
•
This level is more protocol and political
What coordination between regional and national level?
o
Starting point moves from up to down: law, decrees, decisions (arrêtes)
o
The collection of data starts from local to regional and national level
o
The information coming from national help to orientate the work done at the
low levels
3.4 Plenary Session after Working Group
presentations
After the presentations, the following points were raised for consideration in the next phase:
•
Cultural and social evaluation of land use options should also be taken into
consideration – not only economic evaluation
•
Councils should look into comparative advantages and competiveness of different
land uses, by seeking for ways to raise income that would lead to development
•
It would be necessary to make use of the council development plan in the project
•
The land utilisation description type should be looked into so to boost the economy
of Nguti sub-division
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•
Most importantly, councils should be involved in the entire process especially during
data collection in the field
•
Councils should collaborate more with CSOs
•
Precision on what land use plan mandate is all about should be made for clarification
•
Sectorial ministries should communicate more
3.5 Final Tour de Table
The contributions that each partner organisation could bring to further development of the
common mapping platform are listed below, as proposed by each of the organisations
themselves:
National Community Driven Development Programme (PNDP)
PNDP, which is coordinated by MINEPAT collects data at two levels: during the preparation of
Plan Communal de Development and during the implementation of projects. But the data are
sent to Yaoundé for the production of maps. These data could be integrated into the
mapping platform. Note that MINEPAT is also developing a tool for spatial data compilation
called SIGAT (Système d’Information Géographique dédié à l’Aménagement du Territoire).
World Resource Institute (WRI)
WRI has signed a Protocole d’Accord with MINEPAT, with the idea to structure all existing
information and provide this to the wider public. WRI will also build technical and human
capacity of MINEPAT to manage such data and the platform. WRI will also approach various
partners (such as GIZ and other agencies) to form synergies at the central level, where there
are a lot of on-going or planned initiatives on land use planning. There is now need to go
and look for additional data that is relevant for Cameroon, that comes from regional or even
global surveys and analyses, for example. The idea is to collect and share as many data layers
as possible. MINEPAT will also collaborate with other ministries, which could own data and
share it via the same common mapping platform.
Rainforest Foundation U.K. (RFUK)
The current participatory mapping project runs until March 2017. RFUK works with AJESH to
support communities in the mapping of customary rights. They will also help communities in
their capacity to use the maps, participate and be represented in ongoing processes that
affect them, such as land use planning. RFUK is doing a similar process in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (Maniema Province). RFUK would like to learn from Nguti and the
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approach to land use planning being taken here for the broader Congo Basin and the
Democratic Republic of Congo in particular. RFUK will also commission an analysis of the
outcomes of the mapping and forest governance project at the end of the project.
Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement (CED)
CED is involved in two areas of work. They are documenting land rights and supporting the
work of the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), to produce maps and document customary
rights. The intention is to better understand customary rights, which are not fixed, but change
with time.
The other aspect of their work is to review the economic questions – How to balance large
and small-scale development (orientation of development)? Which land use is most
profitable and appropriate for the various stakeholders? Is maintaining forest for local use
more profitable than converting to agriculture?
Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) / Programme for the Sustainable
Management of Natural Resources in the South West Region of Cameroon (PSMNR)
We need to think about arbitration between different interested parties, and how to make
decisions about issues that go beyond municipal boundaries. In terms of contributions,
PSMNR will: 1) update and share existing data about Protected Areas (PAs) that can clarify
information related to conservation (however, noting that there is very little information
about biodiversity outside the Protected Areas); 2) support the design and implementing of
participatory wildlife corridor management, through a participatory approach; 3) support
studies (carrying out surveys), facilitate consultations and discussions, provide expertise;
4) facilitate innovative management with communities in protected areas, looking at how
they live in these situations and support them to protect the PAs; 5) Develop methodologies
for land use planning in these contexts specifically to deal with these situations – for example
PSMNR has developed and implemented guidelines to negotiate Permanent Use Zones for
communities living within Korup National Park.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
WWF works in four protected areas with MINFOF. In particular it is looking at wildlife data.
WWF assists the process of participatory management of wildlife corridors. WWF prepared
the first REDD+ Project Idea Note, with the proposal that an emission reduction programme
might be developed for Nguti Municipality. However, another region was selected
(South / East).
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4. Conclusion
The workshop ended on a very positive note, with a closing address from the representative
of MINEPAT who said he was going to take it upon himself to inform his hierarchies of the
outcomes of the workshop, and ensure that the different strategies proposed are being
adopted in the different sectorial ministries.
He also mentioned that it would be important to take into account the scale of
representation as well as the metadata of the data. He insisted on the centralisation of the
coordination of activities at a specific institution, because there are many actors involved in
the cartography. About the coherence of the “schema” he said they are still waiting for the
hierarchy to put in place the territorial administration council.
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Annex 1. Attendance list
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Annex 2. Agenda of the meeting
Time
AGENDA item
Speaker / Moderator
09:00-09.10
Welcome and opening remarks
Regional Delegate MINEPAT
09:10-09:20
Introduction of each participant
Tour de table
09:20-09:35
MINEPAT update on progress with Schéma
National and Plan de Zonage. Perspective and
timeframe for Land Use Planning in South West
Region (Schéma Régional and Plans Locaux at
Council level).
Representative MINEPAT
Yaoundé and/or Regional
Delegate
09.35-10:00
Summary of project progress so far and
presentation of final product: demo of online
mapping platform
James Acworth (LTS) and WRI
representative
10.00-10.15
Review and feedback from participants.
Discussion of other layers that might be useful.
Moderator (Tim Fomete,
Rainbow)
10.15-10.30
Further work planned by partners – RFUK.
GT Handja - Rainforest
Foundation UK
10.30-10.40
Further work planned by partners – PSMNR
?? - PSMNR
10.40-10.50
Overview of other potential contributions to
mapping (soil maps, crop suitability maps, etc)
IITA, BGR, other… Request
absentees to send briefing.
10.50-11.00
Presentation of MOU between MINEPAT and
WRI.
WRI and/or MINEPAT
11:00-11.15
Coffee/tea
11.15-11.30
Scope for a possible next phase of EFI support,
and likely content: principles, key components.
Thomas Sembres, EFI
11.30-12.00
Discussion and feedback from participants.
Moderator
12.00-12.30
Future development of mapping platform –
building additional functionalities
James Acworth
13.00-14.00
Lunch Break
14.00-15.30
Drafting a roadmap for a phase 2 – local land
use planning in SW Region.
Group Work and feedback.
15.30-16.00
Discussion on possible roles and responsibilities
of multiple partners in a Programmatic approach
to supporting Land Use Planning.
Moderator
16.00-16.15
Review and feedback from participants.
Moderator
16.15-16.30
Closing remarks
Regional Delegate MINEPAT
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Annex 2. Photos of the Buea Workshop
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Annex 3. LTS Presentation of project
progress and final Mapping Tool
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Annex 4. EFI Presentation of the
scope for a 2nd phase of funding for
building a Common Mapping
Platform to support land use
planning
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