Situation survey


Situation survey


Map of Tree Species

FAO/Czech Trust Fund
Project GCP/MOR/021CEH

ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT HUNTING IN MOROCCO

Contract between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the government of the Czech Republic (donor) signed on 17th November 1997

Donor country:
The Czech Republic

Responsibility for the projekt:
FAO and ÚHÚL Brandýs n/L, Czech Republic (selected national partner organization)

Aim of project:
to contribute towards incorporating hunting and game keeping into the moroccan State Forestry Programme

Expected benefits:
- development of practical game management in Morocco (with the help of a demonstration facility built as a part of the Project)
- support of state administration in the field of game keeping
- active protection of a selected species of fauna (aoudad)
- contribution towards economic growth in rural areas

Duration of Project:
3 years (under the basic contract the Project was to be realized in the period from 1997 to 1999, actual realization began in 1998 and the Project is to be terminated in the year 2000)

Budget of the Project:
6 million CZK

Project Stages

   1st stage (1998)

- in 1998 three short four-member working missions were sent to Morocco under the Project
- at the czech Forest Management Institute, the work was concentrated on the definition of the principles of game management in Morocco and the digitalization of materials for the creation of segments of the game-management GIS

   2nd stage (1999)

- in 1999, two short working missions were sent to Morocco
- at the czech Forest Institute , the work continued on the definition of the principles of game management, the building of a game-keeping control system and the creation of segments of the game-management GIS

   3rd stage (2000)

- the pilot project will be finalized with a proposal to promote partnership activities