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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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22,598.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: KAZ/05/11 |
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Local communities of Aralkum and Chumysh villages don?t have their own land for cattle breading, and have to use the state grounds (as per sanction of the local authorities without any control over the lands rational use) and nearby private farmers ( ... )
(without any permission of the owner). As a result of a rough infringement of standards for cattle breeding, the pastures around the villages (radius of 5-7 km) are under strong degradation and desertification.
The pastures degradation process increases also due to the cattle of local community has increased in manpower, and also due to additional cattle of the inhabitants who have moved from
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India
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Land Degradation
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2005
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29,112.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/GUJ16 |
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FES is implementing a Small Grants project in three villages in Baroda district of Gujarat. The Goal of the project is River bank stabilization through improving vegetation and arresting soil erosion in the ravenous area through participatory ( ... )
s along Mahi river basin. The objective of the project is to work towards the restoration and stabilization of riverbanks along River Mahi through appropriate soil and water conservation measures, improved vegetative cover, proper tenurial arrangements and appropriate local level institutions.
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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31,100.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: JOR/05/09 |
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In Al Kitteh Village, adjacent to Dibeen Nature Reserve, west of Jerash governorate, Al Kitteh Charity Society will implement the "?Role of Local Community in Integrated Management of Water and Land Resources and Improved Land Productivity in Al ( ... )
Area.? Project. The project aims at improving the efficiency of water use from available springs in the project area in order to enhance irrigation of agricultural lands and improve agricultural productivity. This will be achieved through construction of cement irrigation channels and maintaining old ones, constructing rain-collection cisterns in a bid to eventually impact the environmental,
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2005
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24,860.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: KAZ/05/16 |
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Due to insufficiently considered economical activity, Tekeli city along with natural disasters like earthquake, now facing a number of problems connected with destruction of integrity of natural mountainsides. All these processes are becoming ( ... )
nt through mudflows, landslips. Progressing mudflows in the south of the city for many years are being brining troubles for the people, but no rehabilitating measures have been taken towards solving the problem. The situation now is that the pastures territory has decreased, bush of wild apples, peony are been felled. It?s important also to mark that the cattle over-breeding and ignorant use of
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Cuba
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Land Degradation
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2005
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25,502.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: CUB/OP3/1/05/008 |
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El deterioro del medio ambiente, causado por la actividad antropogénica o natural, aconseja establecer medidas de mejoramiento del principal medio del que dispone el agricultor; el suelo. En el área que se propone para la realización de este ( ... )
to, en los últimos años, como consecuencia de una agricultura donde se utiliza el suelo descubierto, se ha producido una gran erosión con la consecuencia de la pérdida de la fertilidad natural, además en el entorno de la comunidad se observa cómo el recurso forestal es muy escaso, con grandes extensiones dedicados al cultivo de la caña de azúcar, lo que limita la biodiversidad.
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India
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Land Degradation
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2005
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45,349.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/HP05 |
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The Sai Engineering Foundation is a voluntary organization working towards promoting cooperatives in the field of construction and development, providing electrification in remote rural areas. The goal of the project is to evolve a replicable and ( ... )
ffective model for marginal land development by exploiting the potential provided by local geo-physical, meteorological specificities and by enhancing capacity building at grass roots. The specific objectives of the project are harnessing surface, rain and ground water to improve the productivity of marginal land including wasteland, grazing land and range land and ensuring food security and
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Tanzania
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2005
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20,557.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: TAN/NBI-NTEAP/05/06 |
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The project main objective is to support community environmental initiatives in order to minimize impacts of land degradation in to the Mara River.
This project is a community based and aims at enhancing communities to plant trees, protect the ( ... )
ng natural forests, practice improved beekeeping, fish farming, use of controur farming on steep land, use of improved animal husbandry, use of energy serving stoves for domestic purposes and practice environmental friendly horticultural farming
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Mozambique
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Land Degradation
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2005
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41,137.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: MOZ/SGP/OP2/Y6/04 |
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The project aims to develop an integrated management of land, water, and wildlife resources of Mahel region, in contribute to biodiversity conservation, and mitigation of inadequate uses of these resources. Magude is a rich forest ecosystem, with ( ... )
ersity and wildlife resources that are heavily exploited to supply charcoal, firewood, bushmeat, medicinal plants, timber, and farming products to cities like Maputo and Xai-Xai. The project will work with small farmers and traditional livestock producers in providing alternative livelihoods like bee-keeping, planting of fruit, native and exotic trees, control bushfires, limit forest
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Sri lanka
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Land Degradation
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2005
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29,409.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SRL/05/14 |
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Renovoating two dilapidated tanks in Horowpathana and Kahatagasdigiliya in the North Central province of Sri lanka. This area is hit by several spells of drought each year and receive rain only during a brief period of three months. In order to ( ... )
t as much rainwater it is necessary to repair all tanks in the area. Some of the activities are: strenghthening tank bund, establishment of green cover in catchments areas, trees and plant raising, cultiviating medicinal herb gardens and breeding of fresh water fish in tanks.
Objective of the project is to raise awarness in resource management, improve bio diversity particularly in
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Suriname
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Land Degradation
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2005
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2,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SUR/04/07 |
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This project has been implemented to provide technical assistance to the community of Kisai to produce a project proposal for sustainable agricultural production and protein supply. |
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Suriname
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Land Degradation
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2005
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49,900.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SUR/04/03 |
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The village of Heikununu is a maroon village populated with the Saramacan tribe approx 600 villagers. The village is very isolated and there are no basic facilities such as electricity and potable water. The shifting cultivation of the community has ( ... )
ields due to periods of droughts.Through this project the women want to change their condition by raising their awareness about the sustainable use of land, training in biological agriculture (agro forestry) marketing while reducing the degradation (erosion/pollution) of their soil.
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Thailand
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Land Degradation
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2005
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21,329.92
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/04/13 |
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Owing to the influence of the lower Ping Basin of the Chaophaya River,the project area is a flat lowland recognized as one of the most fertile area . Before 1995, agricultural communities practiced one crop a year. Since then, the government policy ( ... )
nsion of agriculture had prompted commercialized-scale three crops a year.
The increase numbers of farmers practicing modern agriculture has produced direct effect upon local environment. Cultivated lands have been used without sufficient fallow period thus
prompted an expansion of land degradation. Natural water quality has been degraded by excessive
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India
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Land Degradation
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2005
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24,363.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/MP04 |
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Samavesh was formed in 2003 to work in the sectors of development and governance. It also works closely with other groups and organizations striving towards similar objectives. The goal of the project?s aim is to create an enabling environment for ( ... )
mmunity to understand and adopt sustainable and bio-diversified agriculture. The project is based in clusters of 10 villages each in Dewas district and Harda distt where land resources are increasingly degrading along with depletion of forest cover. Growing of soy bean as a cash crop has resulted in high inputs in agriculture and food insecurity. The specific objectives of the project are to
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2005
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12,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: GHA/05/087 |
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The Karugbunto, Bulampuso, Jangbarigape, Biboposo (No.1) Biboposo (No.2) and Gandalsipe areas of the Gonjaland are deprived in terms of social and technical infrastructure. Children in the area only have access to primary education. The few children ( ... )
some basic education often drop out as their parents are not able to afford transport to continue their education.
The area experiences erratic rainfall pattern which affects food production in the area rendering the area vulnerable and prone to draught and hunger. When the farms fail in any given year, the fastest available remedy for the farmers is the cutting of trees for fuel wood and
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Albania
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Land Degradation
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2005
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20,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: ALB/05/02 |
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Bovilla artificial lake is responsible for providing approximately 50% of the drinking water supply for the capital town of Albanian with a population that is quickly approaching the 500,000 thousand inhabitants. The area has been in the focus of ( ... )
public debate regarding the need for protecting this strategic water reserve from anthropogenic pollution and land degradation as the result of overgrazing and forest cutting.
The solution to this problem is to be found in a series of preventive and corrective actions that involve local communities. Land tenure transfer from State forest to Communal forest, demonstration and testing of
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2005
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/05/11 |
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Land in Nlapkhwane village is degraded, rendering some parts unproductive due to the presence of dongas and gullies. The area has also lost its scenic and natural beauty. The gullies and dongas continue to develop to such an extent that they are ( ... )
nvading the homesteads. There is an urgent need to rehabilitate the land, and control further development of such. The community has an interest of actively engaging in finding solutions to the degradation through dialogue and involvement of government extension agents who have expertise to impart skills to them for such.
The Nlapkhwane Public Advisory Committee in conjuction with the
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Nepal
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Land Degradation
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2005
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49,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: NEP/04/09 |
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Land degradation in Himalayas is both natural and anthropogenic. Natural phenomena such as landslide, river cutting and flood are also triggered by human?s exploitation to the nature. Unsuitable land management, deforestation, use of chemical ( ... )
izers and pesticide are just a few anthropogenic activities that have degraded the already fragile young Himalayan landscape.
The project?s initiation to establishing an organic village in Timal area, 40km north east from Kathmandu is a very ambitious endeavor in itself. The concept is to develop an organic village where one can find renewable energy technologies such as SHS and ICS coupled
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Barbados
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Land Degradation
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2005
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1,733.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BAR/OP3/YEAR 1/05/16 |
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The purpose of the planning grant is to help the Hewanorra Organic Agricultural Movement (HOAM) to:
(i) conduct research on the extent of organic farming and the willingness of farmers to make a paradigm shift to organic farming from ( ... )
tional agriculture;
(ii) convene meetings and a training workshop for its members and interested persons; and
(iii) draft a Full Grant Proposal.
It is expected that this grant will help to place organic farming on the national agenda of St.
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2005
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35,400.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: GHA/05/075 |
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The project addresses problems in land degradation and desertification control focal area of the Global Environment Facility. The project is a re-settlement area after the construction of the Akosombo Dam along the Volta River. More than 60% of the ( ... )
re badly degraded due to unsustainable agricultural practices; annual bush burning and uncontrolled wildfires; uncontrolled sand winning, excessive harvesting of woodfuels; poor water conservation and soil fertility management due to shortened fallow periods; loss of arable lands due to inappropriate land use practices and weak institutional capacity for sustainable development.
The project
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Nepal
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Land Degradation
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2005
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27,815.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: NEP/04/03 |
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Arsenic is one of the slow poisons which enter human body mostly via contaminated water. In 2002, arsenic survey was done in 20 Terai district in Nepal. The result was rather shocking and alarming. Of the 21,763 tubewell tested, 5% exceed 50 ppb and ( ... )
exceed 10% (Permissible arsenic WHO standard for drinking water is 10 ppb). The statistics also showed that 10 million people in Terai use well for drinking and cooking. This means that at least 3.1 million Nepalese are at risk from contaminated arsenic. In 2003, preliminary results in Nawalparasi district showed that soil from grazed land next to jungle soils have twice the soil arsenic than the
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