This book presents a step by step method to facilitating a community forest management plan in Cross River Nigeria. It takes the reader through the thinking processes, the questions they need to ask and the options they may want to consider with a community when trying to develop a community forest management plan.



Any planning process requires local people to think in a new way. This guide helps a facilitator through the various participatory processes and helps them evaluate their own work along the way. It takes from real field experiences in Cross River State, gives tips and first hand hints of what to do and what not to do. The broad principals behind this manual addressed at every step can be applied to any community forest management planning situation.