In an article "Participatory forest management: the Jamaica Forestry Department experience" by M. Headley (Unasylva 214/215:44-50, 2003) Jamaica's first efforts to obtain rural participation in forestry are described, with a commitment to pursue thisprocess. Excerpts follow: In 1999, the Jamaica Forestry Department launched a pilot programme to organize local forest management committees (LFMCs) as instruments through which communities would become involved in the utilization and management of nearby forest reserves. Activities in the pilot area began in 1998, and the groundwork to establish a LFMC for the Buff Bay/Pencar Watershed Management Unit (WMU) got underway in 1999.
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