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Albania
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Land Degradation
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2005
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1,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: ALB/05/09 |
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Land erosion in the last decade represents one of the most serious threats to ecosystems, biodiversity, and development in Albania. Uncontrolled harvesting and grazing, conversion of agricultural land for inappropriate agricultural use or other ( ... )
of development, uncontrolled usage and poor forest management, are some examples of unsustainable land management practices very common in the country, which are leading to severe land degradation. In these conditions, it is necessary to understand the impact of our actions over the land and to look for land usage and management alternatives.
The objective of Earth Day is to force the
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Honduras
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2005
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30,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: HON/OP3/SGP/012/05 |
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El proyecto busca fortalecer las capacidades humanas en la prestación de servicios eco turísticos y de hidroterapia en los pobladores de la comunidad de Agua Caliente; Contribuir a la protección y conservación de la microcuenca y de las fuentes ( ... )
s aprovechando sus atractivos turísticos y de salud; Brindar la infraestructura básica con servicios eco turísticos y de salud para satisfacer la demanda de los visitantes.
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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30,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: JOR/OP3/05/02 |
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The project is part of a 3-project cluster that will be implemented by community organizations in 3 neighboring villages in Karak governorates, south of the Kingdom. The projects aims at assisting local communities in the concerned areas to adapt to ( ... )
of climate change including draught and subsequent land degradation, through improving community management of natural resources including water and soil in a way that contributes to sustaining those resources and improves the living conditions of those local communities. Activities to be supported by the projects include water harvesting through establishment of water storage reservoirs and
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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26,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: JOR/OP3/05/01 |
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The project is part of a 3-project cluster that will be implemented by community organizations in 3 neighbouring villages in Karak governorates, south of the Kingdom. The projects aims at assisting local communities in the concerned areas to adapt ( ... )
acts of climate change including draught and subsequent land degradation, through improving community management of natural resources including water and soil in a way that contributes to sustaining those resources and improves the living conditions of those local communities. Activities to be supported by the projects include water harvesting through establishment of water storage reservoirs
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Tanzania
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Land Degradation
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2005
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20,733.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: TAN/NBI-NTEAP/05/07 |
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The project purpose is to conserve the Ngono River Catchment areas through addressing the effects of bush fires, water sources protection and income generating activities. The project will cover about 13000 households with a population of about ( ... )
people in three wards of Kasharunga, Mabunda and Magata-Karutanga respectively. The project will improve forestation and afforestation in fishing communities, from fire prevention teams, address forming practice at river banks and establish income generating activities respectively. Ngono river is one of the tributaries of Kagera river which contributes 45% of the lake runoff. Ngono
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Tunisia
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Land Degradation
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2005
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48,375.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: TUN/05/002 |
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Le présent « Expérimentation de technologies innovantes basées sur l?utilisation de la palme pour lutter contre l?ensablement en zones littorale et désertique « est un projet pilote a pour principaux objectifs de :
- Développer des ( ... )
logies innovantes et performantes en maticre de lutte contre l?ensablement en zone désertique et littorale (stabilisation des dunes), basées sur une utilisation des matériaux locaux et de nouvelles techniques d?implantation.
- Préserver la diversité génétique du palmier dattier en valorisant un sous produit abondant et régulier et en améliorant sa productivité et la qualité de ses
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2005
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20,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: GHA/05/083 |
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Increasing land degradation in Gburumani caused by wildfires, sand wining, unsustainable farming practices, inappropriate wood fuel extraction and in appropriate charcoal production has led to loss of biodiversity, poor farm yield, out ? migration, ( ... )
inequality and household poverty.
In the past the land was very fertile and the bulk of the population relied on it for a their daily sustenance. The land could regenerate itself after damage because there were no large numbers of burrowed pits created in the name of re-graveling and reshaping of roads. Farming activities were at a smallholder level and not mechanized. Economic trees such
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Mongolia
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Land Degradation
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2005
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7,538.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: MON/05/10 |
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Desertification is one of the most pressing environmental issues in Mongolia. Desertification is being intensified over most of Mongolia by many factors like sand shifts, negative effects of climate change and pastureland degradation. ( ... )
rtification intensified by soil erosion, land degradation and climate change effects is a problem everywhere in Mongolia, even in forest steppe areas. This grant is given to a local community group to take some protection measures to rehabilitate a local ecosystem, combat soil erosion and to control sand shifts. For the first year, some 2 ha area of degraded land near Tseel village centre has
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Mongolia
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Land Degradation
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2005
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2,628.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MON/04/23 |
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Spring is a most valuable life-supporting source in Mongolian Gobi. By the last census held in 2004, 1484 springs over the country were completely dried up over the last 20 or so years. If this trend continues in its current speed, half the all ( ... )
s in Gobi will completely be dried up over the next 10- 5 years.
The grant is given to a local herder cooperative to support their initiative to collect spring and rain waters with a small dam to combat soil erosion and desertification in the territory of bagh No. 2, Shinejinst sum of Bayanhongor aimag. Actually, the grant was supposed to support a Gobi spring and to protect the surrounding
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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28,200.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: JOR/05/14 |
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In Al Ghuwairiyeh area in Zarqa, which suffers several environmental, social and socio-economic problems, the Soldier?s Families Welfare Society will implement the Herbal Plants Project. The project involves the establishment of a small herbal ( ... )
production unit over a piece of land close to the Society?s headquarter in Al Ghuwairiyeh, train women and provide them with job opportunities, promote planting of herbal plants in the community and establish a model for sustainable land management to other communities in the governorate. The National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer (NCARTT) will provide the technical
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Mozambique
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Land Degradation
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2005
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14,250.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: MOZ/SGP/OP3/Y1/CORE/BD/2005/16 |
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The project is based at ?Aldeia dos Antigos Combatentes?, in Boane district of Maputo province. It is a community of war veterans, illiterate marginalized groups with limited subsistence means and basic social services. The area is very rich in ( ... )
ersity and a high potential wildlife area. It is in the junction between Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa, within the Lebombo Mountains range that establishes a natural border between these countries. The area is crossed by various river systems with relevance to the Umbeluzi River that supplies the entire Maputo city.
The area faces accentuated deforestation, pollution of the Umbeluzi
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Nicaragua
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Land Degradation
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2005
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10,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: NIC/OP3/05/09 |
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El proyecto se trata de implementar el modelo de pago por servicios ambientales, con la implementaciòn de instrumentos Jurídicos, plan de Transformaciones Tecnológicos, Implentacion del Fondo Ambiental y resolver conflictos entre oferentes y ( ... )
antes. El objetivo principal lograr la restauración del área de recargue de los principales acuíferos en 154.92 has, producción de agua y su abastecimiento para consumo humano a 45 viviendas de la comunidad de San Luis. Esta área es de interés nacional por encontrarse en la convergencia de 5 micro cuencas de 4 municipios.
Se quiere evitar el deterioro creciente del área de recargue del
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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40,200.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/04/10 |
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The project is one of a cluster of three projects to be implemeted in the north of Jordan with the aim to contribute to controlling land degradation and soil erosion, improving productivity of agricultural land and preserving environmental ( ... )
ces. The project activities include the introduction of soil conservation measures, water harvesting, using effective drip irrigation techniques, bee keeping, medicinal herb planting and processing, installation of solar cells for water heating and improvement of sanitary situation in the concerned villages. It is hoped that these projects would constitute models that encourage neighboring
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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38,300.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/04/09 |
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The project will be implemented as part of a cluster of three projects in the north of Jordan, two in Irbid and one in Ajloun governorate with the aim to contribute to controlling land degradation and soil erosion, improving productivity of ( ... )
ltural land and preserving environmental resources. The project activities include the introduction of soil conservation measures, water harvesting, using effective drip irrigation techniques, bee keeping, medicinal herb planting and processing, installation of solar cells for water heating and improvement of sanitary situation in the concerned villages. It is hoped that these projects would
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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42,200.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: JOR/04/11 |
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The project will be implemented as part of a cluster of three projects in the north of the country with the aim to contribute to controlling land degradation and soil erosion, improving productivity of agricultural land and preserving environmental ( ... )
ces. The project activities include the introduction of soil conservation measures, water harvesting, using effective drip irrigation techniques, bee keeping, medicinal herb planting and processing, installation of solar cells for water heating and improvement of sanitary situation in the concerned villages. It is hoped that these projects would constitute models that encourage neighboring
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Tanzania
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Land Degradation
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2005
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12,668.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: TAN/COMPACT/GEF/05/06 |
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Mabungo village is situated in a semi arid areain the lowland of Mt. kilimanjaro, this area receives very low rainfall whereby only irrigation can assure reliable crop production. A total of 250 families depend on Mabungo furrow as the source of ( ... )
for domestic use, livestock as well as for irrigation. The furrow has a long history way back 1940. It was constructed by the villagers under the Chief leadership.
The furrow was not in use after the intake was washed away by floods in 2004 rendered abstraction of water from the river to be difficult. This project intends to help the community to rehabilitate this farrow to be able to
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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31,300.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: JOR/OP3/05/06 |
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The project is part of a 3-project cluster that will be implemented by community organizations in 3 neighboring villages in Karak governorates, south of the Kingdom. The projects aims at assisting local communities in the concerned areas to adapt ( ... )
acts of climate change including draught and subsequent land degradation, through improving community management of natural resources including water and soil in a way that contributes to sustaining those resources and improves the living conditions of those local communities. Activities to be supported by the projects include water harvesting through establishment of water storage reservoirs
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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6,045.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KAZ/04/16 |
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The degradation of the environment in the Aral Sea region is extremely noticeable at this point. As the result of drying out, the climate of the region has changed. The world of animals and plants is degrading. The drying parts of the sea and the ( ... )
? deltas are becoming natural mobs and spreaders of infection and polluting substances. In the village there blows strong wind that rouses dusty storms. The wind spreads the dust, containing high concentration of salt, from the surface of the dried out bottom of the sea to big distances, which causes salting and degradation of the nearby agricultures. Lands of the Aral region are strongly exposed
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Uganda
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Land Degradation
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2005
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3,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: UGA/05/47 |
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Kapchorwa Community Development Association (KACODA) is a community based organization engaged in the promotion of sustainable community development initiatives such as tree planting, improved agricultural practices, agroforestry and conservation ( ... )
ion activities.
These activities are aimed at conserving the Mt. Elgon National park buffer area, indigenious tree species and the river banks from degradation since this river forms an important catchment area for the river Nile ecosystem.
The project area experiences high rates of population growth, land fragmentation and degradation, biodiversity loss,degradation of river banks for
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2005
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26,800.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: GHA/05/086 |
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The main problem to be addressed by the Project is land degradation around natural water reservoirs and wetlands in Kinkangu and Tatala communities. The two communities lie within a four-kilometer stretch along a major annual stream. The nearest ( ... )
ngu) is approximately five (5) Kilometers from Bunkpurugu, the district capital. Tatala is nine (9) kilometers from Bunkpurugu. The people are predominantly peasant farmers?, dependant on the annual rains for the major crop cultivation activities. During the dry season, members of both communities engage in dry season vegetable production using water from natural water reservoirs. It is the
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