Bio-diversity

ABOUT NGO Mungule Women Farmers Group Community Based Organization (CBO). The project is located 10km north of Lusaka and 10km off the great north road towards the west, covering Mungule and surrounding villages. This is a rural area characterized by massive deforestation resulting from charcoal burning, excessive cutting in illegal coupes and conversion of forestland to agriculture. These, in turn are driven by population growth and basic needs of people. Late burning coupled with over-exploitation of forests in this area has caused changes in the light conditions and accelerated grass growth, which in turn has provided fuel for late fires thereby adversely affecting the Ecosystem. Mungule is a low income rural area whose residents live in abject poverty and mainly survives through charcoal burning / selling and vegetable gardening. The relevance of the project to the GEF/SGP country programme strategy is to enhance community capacity for biodiversity conservation through the promotion and wider coordination of biodiversity education and public awareness programme of the GEF/SGP for biodiversity information, communication Purpose To strengthen community biodiversity conservation and promote wide spread community participation in natural resource management and care for forestry biodiversity at community level. Core Activities Sensitization Training Demonstration Tree planting and promotion of natural regeneration of vegetation Monitoring and evaluation 2. Projects main objective 2.1 To promote participatory management and use of sustainable forests such that all stakeholders including men, women and children take active and sustained interest in effective conservation, production, management and utilization of forest resources. 3. Specific objectives 3.1 Sensitize 10,000 people of Mungule and surrounding villages on forestry biodiversity conservation by 31st December 2013. 3.1 Train 15 women, 10 men and 15 youths of Mungule and surrounding villages on biodiversity conservation by 31st December 2013. 3.3 Establish 1 forestry biodiversity farmer demonstration plot in Mungule by 31st December 2013. 3.4 Plant 10,000 trees in Mungule and surrounding villages by 31st December 2013. 3.5 Conduct 3 monitoring and evaluation activities for Mungule Community Forestry Biodiversity Project by 31st December 2013. 4. Key project outcomes 4.1 By end of project, 10,000 people of Mungule and surrounding villages will have been sensitized on forestry biodiversity conservation. 4.2 By end of project, 15 women, 10 men and 15 youths of Mungule and surrounding villages will have been trained in forestry biodiversity conservation. 4.3 By end of project, 1 forestry biodiversity farmer demonstration plot will have been established. 4.4 By end of project, 10,000 trees will have been planted in Mungule and surrounding villages. 4.5 By end of project, 3 monitoring and evaluation activities for Mungule community forestry biodiversity project will have been conducted in Mungule and surrounding villages. 4.5 Increased land area under forest cover as a result of tree planting and promotion of natural regeneration of vegetation.

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