ANSAB promotes local initiatives for sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation by forming and strengthening local forest user groups (FUGs), developing of forest management plans and enhancing local capacities in implementing forest management efforts. Building on the past enterprise-oriented initiatives for community forest management, we focused, in 2005, on strengthening the capacity of forest user groups and their federations. We also worked to improve the  forest management practices, maintaining sustainable forest management framework and biodiversity conservation.

In 2005, ANSAB work directly with 112 forest users groups and 11 district FECOFUN chapters. This effort helped to conserve and manage 80,525 ha of forest and meadows and provided 13,167 households with forest products (for subsistence and commercial purposes) and ecosystem services. Other planned activities with the long term sustainability implications include improving the capacity of local stakeholders, such as district forest officers; ensuring improvements in pro-poor decision making and benefit distribution; guaranteeing transparency in account keeping and fund mobilization; and enhancing knowledge, skills and attitude for sustainable harvesting and conservation.