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PWLUP : Participatory Water and Land Use Planning

Preparation for presented PWLUP

(SUMALOM Nam Ton Project)

4 Oct 2012

Project Background & Location PWLUP Approach and Concept Stage and IWRM Elements Definition of the concept Progress and on-going activities Lessons Learnt

Participatory Water and Land Use Planning

Content

Background :

Supported by the German Government through KfW. Department of Water Resources (DWR) under MoNRE

is Project Executing Agency, MAF is Project Implementing Agency

Duration: 2010-2017 Objectives:

Communities manage their natural resources more effectively and sustainably

Farm households improve their farm and forestry production

Multi-stakeholders Watershed Management Process is established


Project Background and Location

70Km northwest of VTE, upper part belongs to Hin Herb District (9 villages) and Lower part in Sangthong District (34villages). ST one of the 47 poorest District in Lao PDR

Why PWLUP : Based on PLUP, a planning method that is

commonly accepted in accepted Added simple, water resources relevant

planning tools as part of the original PLUP methodology


Stage (PLUP Manual) IWRM Elements for PWLUP exercises 1 Preparation for land use planning

Add water related to present preparation documents

2 Socio-economic, land and forest data collection

Add water related data and water and related natural resources data

3 Delineation of village and village cluster boundaries

Locate where water resources are tapped or used

4 Village and village cluster land use zoning

Consider adding water sources (surface water and groundwater), riparian buffer zones, wetlands, Fishery conservation zones, spots of possible pollution – draft a plan for water allocation

5 Village and village cluster land management plans

Associate water management plans – identify possible change in water use, possible change in water quality

6 Land data and digital map record keeping

Add water related data collected in stage 2 and 3

7 Land registration in rural villages

Draft a plan for water allocation

8 Village and village cluster networks and networking

Facilitate a “Villages and Kum Ban Watershed Network” as the place for water and land dialogue at that level.

9 Monitoring and evaluation Draft a land and water village monitoring and evaluation system

Participatory Water and Land Use Planning Stage and IWRM Elements


Definition of the concept

• Watershed Class 5: Gently sloping land and flat areas(0 _6 %). Lowland Farming, paddy rice, other agricultural uses and forest

• Watershed Class 4: Gently sloping lands (6 –-15 %). Moderate need for water and soil conservation. Wide range of land use options in agriculture and forestry.

• Watershed Class 3 (15_-35 %): Agro Forestry Areas with moderate to steep slopes and less erosive landforms. Used for commercial forest, grazing and combinations of trees and agricultural crops.

• Watershed Class 2 (35-_45 %): Recommended land use: forest (conservation and production forests), agro-forestry and grazing

• Watershed Class 1 (> 45 %): Protection Forest Areas, should be under permanent forest cover.

The Land use/water management criteria has Defined and Drafted the Agreement each village and The Planning could be linked with other sectors. ( PLUP VDP DSEDPWater development plan.)

Report are now been drafted, for Suanmone and Namthome and vangmar village are nearly completed.

Information table content used and analyzed in this report (Data base: Socio_Economic Data/Problem Analysis.) GIS,Map ….

About 38% of villagers in 4 Target Villages have secured land use rights and about 61% of water and forest each village have protected.

PWLUP exercise was already conducted from Stage 1 to Stage 6 ( Stage 6 PLUP Data Record Keeping and Digital Mapping), and completed for 4 villages in the target of yearly Plan.


Progress and on-going activities





PWLUP Completion DateData Collection Check ListSocio-Economic Data (table 2) yes/noFamily and Community Land Tenure Data (tables 3a and 3b) yes/noPopulation increasing/decreasing trends (table 4) yes/noGroundwater use (table 5) yes/noWood and NTFP (table 6) yes/noWild Life Conservation (table 7) yes/noVillage Water and Land Management PlanningVillage Problem Census (table 8) yes/noVillage LW Conservation Plan 5 years (table 9) yes/noMapsFuture Land Use Planning Map yes/noSlope Classification yes/noWater Resources Maps yes/noSUMALOM Nam Ton Support for future planning yes/noAgreements and regulationAgreement on Inter-Village Boundaries yes/noAgreement "Appointment of the Village Committee yes/noAgreement Water Resources and Land Use Classification /Zoning yes/noRegulations for water and land management planning and use yes/noParticular implementation IssuesStrengthsWeaknessessRecommendations/pending issuesList of Participants to the PLUPCompletion status (up to step Nr ?) (number betwenn 1 to 9)



Participatory Water and Land Use Planning Progress and Activities being

undertaken and planned



Participatory Water and Land Use Planning Progress and Activities being

undertaken and planned








Lessons Learnt

Basic of knowledge for extension Team Member on the Computer skills and Map reading or working with Villager are limited.

Because of so many activities are carried out at the same time, villagers get confused.

Wetland and Irrigation scheme have not been Identified. (to introduce the discussion about possible area to conservation or Irrigation intake and number….

Community Land Analyses table information and Current Land use/ Land cover map needed to be Analysis and puts it to report.

we have focused on the data base and GIS data which are then reflected in the table and map. In order to consistent set of data for each village that can be easily consolidated later.

Training needed for team Members for ST as well In each fiscal year before starting the process.

To find solutions to protect the villages/villagers and natural resources, through land Demarcations and registration after PWLUP Exercise.

Documents

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