Environmental policy and administrative management

Target Population / Location of project: 600 community members from 175 households ,mostly farmers, residing in and depending upon the provision of ecosystems of the Mekhong River and Indo-Chinese Sub-region Unit of Biogeography Environment Problems and Livelihood: Main occupation of target population is paddy farming with supplementary gardening and other crops. Prevailing uncontrollable application of chemical substances, encroachment of marginal forest, excessive community waste, waste from pig pens, and unregulated use of electricity and other fossil-based energy all lead to degradation of local and global environment. Adding insult to the injuries, participatory process for solution and development is rather limited. So, building capacity of target population is essential. Objectives: 1.To build capacity of youth groups on environment conservation and energy at community scale 2.To instill conservation awareness and promote participatory process in management of natural resources and energy conservation Activities to be taken: 1.Launching study tours to successful communities on relevant subjects and put in to practice 2. Surveying the used quantity of chemicals , energy, and non-degradable plastic as well as respective expense 3. Launching campaigns through plays by youth group 4. Launching reforestation in marginal agricultural land , including pigment species 5. Launching dying activities to reduce the use of chemical dyes 6. Building biogas plants for 10 families 7. Producing and applying organic compost for 50 families Anticipated Outputs and Results: 1.Observable increased capacity of target groups through being able to put what are learnt into practice 2. Emergence of data base on chemicals used, energy consumed and related expense-all leading to collective planning 3. About 10 ha of marginal land being re-vegetated 4. Reduction of expense of about 60 % on chemicals fertilizers and pesticide, and 50 % on canned gas and fire-woods 5. Additional 10 families replicating biogas use

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