The Coastal Delta Zone Land Use Planning (LUP) Methodology

The lessons and results of the village level participatory LUP are meaningful when scaled up to broader context and interactively linked to land use plans of townships, regions, and or national level in addition to nurturing opportunities for replication. The LUP process in the pilot areas was designed to follow national policies, laws, rules, regulations, and existing guidelines developed for enhancing agricultural production, protection and conservation of ecosystem forestlands.