Bio-diversity

Project goal: To preserve population of tropical local fruits varieties, through stimulating the conservation awareness of the local community and maximizing the utilization of unproductive lands. Project objective : 1. To conserve biodiversity through the active participation of local community; 2. To increase the participation of the community in utilizing unproductive lands; 3. To provide a pilot for the community in replicating demoplot to a larger areas; 4. To establish a picnic ground (fruits garden) for holidays to be visited by local or urban inhabitants; 5. To provide potential alternative source of income for local community; 6. To increase the welfare of the community. Activities to be carried out under the project : 1. Preparation. a) Nursery establishment; b) Land preparation and management; c) Seeds collection. 2. Local training and education in the field. a) Seeds planting and preserving; b) Farming techniques; c) Harvest and post-harvest techniques. 3. Outreach Approach. a) Dissemination of the succeed results; b) Replication of the activities to a larger areas. 4. Technical Assistance. a) Saplings preparation techniques; b) Preserving techniques; c) Pest/disease control method. 5. Evaluation and Reporting. Project Participants and/or beneficiaries : 1. Yayasan Tembak Maris. 2. Loa Bakung village, Kunjang River, Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Anticipated result of project : 1. Utilization of unproductive land into a productive, so it will embark the potent of the community in land establishing a better environment; 2. Distribution of the fruits saplings to surrounding villages will be a positive impact of the project in order to conserve rare fruits in East Kalimantan; 3. Establishment of new employment opportunity for local community; 4. New source of income for the community which in turn will improve their welfare.

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