Clusa-natural resource management

ORGANIZATION OF VILLAGES INTO GROUPS FOR PURPOSES OF MANAGEMENT AND FACILITATION

For purposes of being served by CLUSA facilitators and for organization into future resource management areas, each village surveyed (along with its neighbors) is assigned to one of five named groups. their names are:
CHINKHOMBE (Nthambwa-Musonda, Tontholani, and neighbors southwest of Chiulukire)

ZINAKA (Ndelemani and neighbors northwest of Chiulukire)

MAGOBO (Kazika and neighbors north of Chiulukire)

MATUNGA (Gaveni, Kazembe, and neighbors east of Chiulukire)

MKAIKA (Agasi, Chipilingo, and neighbors southof Chiulukire)
GOOD VERSUS BAD FOREST

Communities were asked what their perceptions of good and bad forests are. They are summarized in the following box.

One of the most striking related comments was made by one village that views forests as “areas for agricultural expansion.”