The Group is an advisory body to the FDA and part of its role is to make policy recommendations to the FDA, assist the implementation of community forestry programs; and help to build stronger ties between FDA and forest communities. The communication was channeled through the Technical Manager of the Community Forest Department (CFD) at the FDA, Atty. Predicated on the observations, the forest working group called on FDA to develop and put in place a monitoring mechanism to track the disbursement of community forest funds. This process is necessary, as it would help FDA to determine whether ECs and CFMBs are properly managing community forest funds. This is a professional working group.
