Bio-diversity

Training of selected beneficiaries in food processing, cane crafting and hand made paper, improving micro credit facilities, forest conservation activities and school awareness programmes. The main objective of the project is to replace natural rain forest with a monoculture of tea reduces biodiversity in the buffer zone. The clearing of steep and fragile slopes has led to topsoil exposure, heavy erosion, loss of soil fertility. Future agricultural productivity of the region is threatened. Objectives, activities, groups involved: Promote and facilitate ecologically sound economic activities and mobilize buffer zone communities Ecologically sound economic activities in the forest buffer zone. Establish a bio monitoring system with school children in the area and a systemized bio-monitoring program to ensure environmental sustainability of economic activities of the Benefits:

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