The situation analysis on ¿Knowledge sharing and participatory extension in community¿based/private small-scale tree and forest management¿, commissioned to ETC Ecoculture, was recently finalised. The study made a recommendation that FTPP and CF/FONP should pay more attention to the following domain of interest in order to promote RLN in CBNRM.
�� the cosmovisions of local people living in natural forest areas as a basis for sustainable forest management;
�� giving back the credibility to local indigenous knowledge and management practices for multiple use of natural forest and tree resources. This should provide the basis for further participatory technology development (PTD) and up-scaling through local sharing processes and use of adapted ¿external¿ knowledge;
�� a more focused analysis of the conditions necessary by which local people are able to assume their accountability for sustainable forest management and the analysis of the subsequently needed enabling environment. These conditions are related to benefits, knowledge, land tenure and usufruct rights and organisational capacities and claim making power;
�� the role of private enterprise in creating added value to forest and tree products, through certification, investments in higher quality products and market support. At the same time more information is needed to assure financial sustainability of extension services