Rational management of tropical dry forest with the people at the centre of the Project Azua, Dominican Republic

Abstract

Since January 1999, the rural regional development project ‘Bosque Seco’ (Rational Management of Tropical Dry Forest) in the Southwest of the Dominican Republic is in its follow-up phase. The objective of the project was to enable the rural poor to meet their basic needs and to manage those natural resources at their disposal in a sustainable manner, so that the forest can not only be protected but also recover from decades of exploitation and gain in productivity.