FAO Forestry:
Native forests are often converted to agriculture
FAO Forestry:
The project was introduced to relevant government departments where participants refined the plan.
FAO Forestry:
A meeting with land claimants served to allay concerns about insecure tenure rights.
FAO Forestry:
The field team used FAO’s tablet-based Open Tenure tool to collect data on land claimants and claims
FAO Forestry:
The team also sought to collect information from women co-owners
FAO Forestry:
Next, surveyors walked the claim’s boundaries with the landowner.
FAO Forestry:
They marked the boundaries on the tablet.
FAO Forestry:
To accurately mark forest boundaries, a Global Navigation Satellite (GNSS) was used.
FAO Forestry:
The GNSS mobile station brought to mark the forest boundaries.
FAO Forestry:
Pilot concluded successfully with the Tunisian DG for Forestry aiming to continue this work.