Mama Misitu's issue groups

To achieve the campaign's objectives, ‘Mama Misitu' will address seven ‘Issue Groups' which have been developed from the recommendations made in the TRAFFIC (2007) report:

1. Increasing stakeholder awareness about the economic value of forests and the need for improved forest governance;

2. Challenging corruption and encouraging improvement of moral values;

3. Improving stakeholder understanding of forest harvest compliance supported by increased availability of information;

4. Increasing local awareness about law compliance and improved prosecution of forest crime;

5. Emphasizing the need to strengthen PFM and improve the speed of its roll-out;

6. Improving stakeholder awareness about the need to increase timber export standards;

7. MJUMITA developed as an organisation for enhanced advocacy and engagement in forest governance and participatory forest management issues (more information shortly)