Bio-diversity

The project supplements the reforestation efforts of the Northwest Conservancy of the Forestry Division, which, because of budgetary constraints could manage no more than 20ha per year. The project complements the efforts of other nurseries, such as those of the Forestry Division and the Caribbean Forest Conservation Association, which do not have the capacity to produce the vast number of plants required for the national reforestation effort. The overall objective of the project is to provide planting stock for the reforestation of the Western Northern Range. The specific objectives of the project are: (a) To raise about 150,000 plants per year of specially chosen pioneer and other species primarily for the Northern Range Community Forest Rehabilitation Project (NRCFRP) (see Projects TRI/03/06 and TRI/03/07). (b) To maintain a viable community organisation around the establishment and operation of the nursery. and (c) To generate income for the community through the production and sale of plants.

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