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According to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Forestry of 2002, all SADC member states (MS) agreed and committed to serious actions to achieve development, economic growth, alleviating poverty, promoting sustainable management and
utilization of all types of forest resources and effective protection of the environment and safeguard the interests of both the present and future generations. Forestry has been one of the areas for technical cooperation between MS. Enhanced PFM is one of the strategic program areas of the SADC Forestry Strategy (SFS) 2010-2020 and used as an approach to reduce rural poverty.