A group of beekepers receiving practical training on modern
Beekeeping technologies in Same District witha technical input 
from TAWIRI.

V. OVERALL LESSONS LEARNED IN PROJECT  
     IMPLEMENTATION

1. Bringing together central and local government forest and  
    other key sectors staff to work as a team is more efficient if 
    not. 
2. Mode of operation/ implementation of project activities by 
    using already existing institutions has improved the capacity 
    of district and central government departments leading to 
     sustainability of activities and increased sense of local 
     Ownership and responsibility.

3. The start of community participation in forest management
    of government forests has helped to improve relations
    between foresters and communities.

4.  The use of Steering committees at Regional,
      national and Site levels has enhanced project
      linkages nationally and regionally in addressing
      cross-cutting issues;
5. Participatory planning takes a great deal of time and 
    is, therefore expensive. However, the process is very
    necessary for local project ownership;

6. Global Biodiversity Conservation initiatives can only
     succeed if the local community needs are adequately
     addressed. Local Communities often have a much 
     greater wish list than such  initiatives can provide.
     care must be taken in not creating excessive hopes;

7. This on is a complex , multi-layered project and it is
     essential that clear, well defined indicators to monitor
     project progress are developed during project prepara-
     tion and as well as the collection of the necessary
     baseline data.
8. Various stake holders may have different interests as 
     opposed to project interests and these have to be care-
     fully evaluated. Politicians for example may wish to
     stress more on development activities than conservation.

9. Community involvement in project activities needs to
    be carefully undertaken by selecting an approach that
    is acceptable and appropriate for the socio cultural
    group being targeted.

10. In order to promote project ownership by the local -
      communities, it is necessary to involve them right
      from the start of project planning; in the formulation
      of village based plans to implementation and monitoring
      of activities.