CEJ calls for measures to curb unsustainable charcoal production

Centre for environment justice (CEJ) has urged government to promote community private partnerships in forest resource management to curb unsustainable charcoal production and encroachments in forest areas.

CEJ head of programmes Ricky Kalaluka states that government should therefore, promote community private partnerships agenda in order to leverage financial resources for private sector investments in community forestry.

Mr. Kalaluka has since cited dambwa forest reserve in Livingstone district, southern province, as an example where community private partnerships can be a success stating that the communities living in the fringes of the remaining dambwa forest reserve have a chance to build tourism businesses.

Mr. Kalaluka states that as opposed to community based natural resource management (CBNRM), community private partnerships (CPPS) enable the involvement of private companies in the conservation agenda even when cooperation is still maintained with governments and international organizations. “