From Monday 9th to Friday 13th December 2024 Enabel through Transforming Eastern Province through Adaptation (TREPA) Project is training Private Forest Management Unity (PFMU) leaders, District foresters and TREPA partner’s technicians on planning for sustainable management of PFMUs established under the TREPA project being implemented in  all seven districts of Rwanda’s eastern province namely Ngoma, Bugesera, Gatsibo, Kirehe, Nyagatare, Rwamagana and Kayonza . 
The trainings are focusing on the need and concept of Simplified Forest Management Plan (SFMP), a planning and forest management tool that will guide them on further sustainable management for established PFMUs. It also provides skills on how to elaborate and implement a Simplified Forest Management Plan (SFMP).  

These trainings will provide details on further elaborate SFMP concept and techniques, SFMP elaboration process to the community group leaders and District technicians and partners that who will cascade it down   to the community to enhance their participation. This includes details on restored PFMU (location, map, area, species, management blocks (MB), management regime, PFMU members organization and leadership. SFMP has also a specific emphasis on sylvicultural operation plan, harvesting plan and other key guidance techniques on PFMU management. 
Along with PFMU establishment, the Simplified Forest Management Plan (SFMP) is a long-term forest management plan elaborated to guide on proper management for established private Forest Management Units (FMUs) and to that will help support the forest owners PFMU members, District and forest stakeholders to enhance their role in increasing and maintaining forest cover. of understanding and capacity in PFMUs sustainable management.   

 About TREPA 

The Transforming Eastern Province through Adaptation (TREPA) Project is a six-year intervention operating in all seven districts of Eastern Province. This project is funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and implemented by six implementing partners (RFA, IUCN, Enabel, Cordaid, ICRAF, and World Vision), where each institution has a specific component to implement. In TREPA project, Enabel- Rwanda is responsible for the implementation of activities related to restoration of 6,545 hectares of private smallholder forests through the private forest management unity (PFMU) approach and the one related to dissemination of 100,000 improved cooking stoves to the project beneficiaries. 

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