The Sustainable Land Management Project and agro forestry systems (SLMP) is an operation backed up by the PNDP, which aims to enable communities contribute into the fight against land degradation in critical areas through the adoption of good practice in sustainable land management, capacity building, tools and adequate mechanisms by communities, thus strengthening the overall impact of PNDP. It is implemented through three main components namely:

(I) improving the integration of sustainable land management in local development,

(ii) institutional support for sustainable land management and

(iii) management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation and project communication.

The Project is implemented from 1 December 2006 and will end March 31, 2012. Funded by the Global Environment at U.S. $ 6,000,000 (approximately 03 billion FCFA), the operation is implemented in 18 councils of the four western regions (Bangangté, Magba, Kouoptamo, Santchou ), the Centre (Yoko, Batschenga, Okola), Adamawa (Ngaoundere (i), Meiganga, Tignere Ngaoundal, Mayo-Darla) and North (Mayo-Oulo, Guider, Pito, Lagdo Tcholliré, Figuil).

In line with procedure of the PNDP, the SLMP helped develop a specific approach to developing / updating of development plans at local and communal level on the one hand, and a development process of the Plan of Use and Land Management on the other hand. To date, in addition to the updating or development of approximately 145 including 20 development plans at municipal level and 125 at the local or community micro-projects identified and implemented in about 390 communities covering areas as diverse that the anti-erosion (grass strips, bunds, etc…)., the bays, reforestation, actions of conflict resolution, establishing plots agrostological, fodder agro forestry fields, etc... About 270 micro-projects (about 80 completed) and are being allowed to showcase more than 16 000 hectares under sustainable land management good practices, benefiting for over 7,000 households. Some good practices are observed in the intervention areas and are being funded by an independent consultant.

Five (05) Councils (Okola, Bangangté, Ngaoundal, Lagdo and Pitoa) were accompanied in the elaboration process of their land use and management plans, which are being implemented. Nine (09) frameworks for conflict resolution have been revitalized to bring in business advisory committees of settlement of agro pastoral conflicts at municipal level. The geographic information system is regularly updated and can produce, among other things, the location maps of major interventions. Finally, this project was the subject of an assessment of the economic impact in 2010 with the support of a team of WBI from the World Bank.

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