There are 94 projects that match your search.
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Lesotho
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Multifocal Area
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2009
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28,483.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/06 |
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The main goal of the project is to preserve and promote Lesotho’s biological diversity, reduce land degradation and generate income through plantation and processing of indigenous and exotic/ornamental bamboo. Objectives include but are not ( ... )
d to mobilization of five (5) community groups in Liqoabing area to form legally registered entities for ease of bamboo project implementation, capacitating of eighty (80) communitiy members from five registered groups with technical skills training in bamboo production and management, establishment of a nursery of +3000 seedling capacity in the Liqoabing area for seedling transplanation to the
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Lesotho
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Biodiversity
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2009
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23,622.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/05 |
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Purpose of the project is to conserve threatened species of aloes particulalry the spiral aloe (Aloe polyphilla) which and indigenous aloe found only in Lesotho. With the expanding market for aloe products, certain species of aloe are being ( ... )
rvested, for productionof cosmetics and herbal remedies. THe project intends to propagate the threatened species of aloe for sale as seedlings and for plantation and sale as mature plants. Both the nursery and the plantation will serve as demonstration sites for awareness raising about the economic value of these plants and it is envisaged that ecotourism will also be promoted. The project site
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Lesotho
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Land Degradation
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2009
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47,122.70
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/LD/2009/17 |
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The threat of land degradation is pronounced throughout Lesotho, but particularly around the lowlands and urban areas where the majority of the population live. Without intervention through education and practical projects, soil erosion will ( ... )
ue to be a worsening problem. The project proposes to use an indigenous tree nursery in Maseru and educate students within schools around Maseru as this is where there is the highest population density in Lesotho and as such is the area where land degradation is most severe. The proposed site and interventions correspond with the GEF operational programmes related to land degradation (outcome 6)
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Lesotho
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Land Degradation
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2009
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17,841.12
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/16 |
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The Association is a legally established entity. It was established in 2006, on the premise that it would focus its efforts on range management afforestation, land rehabilitation, improvement of fodder production, production of treated poles and ( ... )
eping. Members of the association are exclusively herders (men and boys), who are committed to enhance the environment and natural resources in their village while also getting livelihood support benefits. Currently the Association has a membership of 30, and its activities are coordinated by a 7 member committee. Achievements so far include: tree planting both fruit (peach) and fuel; and
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Lesotho
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Land Degradation
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2009
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12,082.69
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/14 |
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Establishment of Utloang Balisana Association in 2004 was as a result of a training organized for herders by the Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation in 2004. It was during this training that a nearby Herders Association was visited to expose ( ... )
s to what organized groups can achieve in terms of sustainable land management. The herders were motivated by the enthusiasm and passion with which host members carried out their land rehabilitation. The Association started off with only twelve members but now it has a membership of 21. It has strong support from the Ministries of Forestry and Land Reclamation through the District Coordination
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Lesotho
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Chemicals
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2009
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47,391.89
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/CH/2009/13 |
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The Maseru Aloe’s process of making agave gels from the leaves results in very strong natural fibres as by-products. The fibres are currently discarded as waste. They have a potential to be used in strengthening plastics to make strong composite ( ... )
als. Research has shown that these fibres could be used to reinforce high density polyethylene to make very strong insulating ceiling tiles. Studies (2002) have also found that waste paper and waste plastic made 53.5% and 36% of the total solid waste generated in Maseru and Maputsoe respectively. These figures may be presently higher due to an increase in industrial and commercial activities
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Lesotho
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Chemicals
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2009
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29,389.86
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/12 |
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Many schools in urban areas are highly affected by land and air pollution. Land pollution is largely caused by solid waste in the form of plastics, cans and bottles through littering by learners and communities surrounding such schools. Whereas air ( ... )
on is caused by emission from vehicles, gases from aerosol cans and by burning solid waste within the school compound. The schools identified by Geography and Environmental Movement (GEM) as its pilot schools are located in Maseru urban area where most of the solid waste is produced. Maseru urban area is a major center of production of solid waste in Lesotho. As an attempt to resolve the problem
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Lesotho
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International Waters
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2009
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5,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/11 |
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The overall objective of the project is to mobilize Semonkong communities and forge consensus on appropriate interventions for wetland conservation and protection in Semonkong. Semonkong used to have an abundance of water resources, lush grasslands ( ... )
re fast disappearing. The wild plants and animal species that thrived in the wetlands have now disappeared. This can be attributed to rapid population growth, development, climate change (intensive drought), overexploitation of the natural resources, overgrazing, soil erosion, absence of an overall plan environmental management and general collapse of traditional management practises. Many
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Lesotho
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Land Degradation
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2009
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31,650.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/07 |
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The project seeks to, within the next two years, curb degradation and reclaim 5000m2 of highly eroded areas in the Senqu and Khubelu river catchments within the Molika-liko and Khalahali community councils. Though the project will be based mostly in ( ... )
lages and seeks primarily to adress issues surrounding land degradation, it has far reaching implications in that it impacts on the general environment by reducing the pressure and over exploitation of other natural resources by communities as their livelihoods are compromised thus sustaining local biodiversity, improving quality of water, hence costs and sustainability of water projects
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Lesotho
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Multifocal Area
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2009
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29,795.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/09 |
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The overall objective of the project is to enhance availability of raw material for production of aloe cosmetics through plantation of Aloe americana in degraded areas of Makhalaneng. As the aloe cosmetics market grows, the availability of the good ( ... )
y aloe plant diminishes hence a challenge to curb the situation by having aloe plantations in the country. The targeted aloe is Agave American which is classified as an alien invasive species in Lesotho yet it has proved to be of economic importance particularly in the production of household Vaseline and as animal feed during severe drought periods. The plant is also used for land
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Lesotho
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Biodiversity
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2008
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37,940.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2008/03 |
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The primary objective of the project is conservation and preservation of endemic plant species of economic value and threatened plant species through propogation for sale and re-establishment of locally extinct endemic species in the wilderness as a ( ... )
ution to the preservation of the natural heritage and poverty alleviation. Botha Bothe is situated in the northern foothills of Lesotho hosting unique biodivesity, water sources.However unsustainable utilization of these resources (overharvesting for sale) and veldfires threatens the existence of this natural heritage.The most sought after parts of the plants are the roots.An example of such
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Lesotho
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Biodiversity
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2008
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4,209.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2008/04 |
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Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Mount Moorosi, a mountain with historical background and cultural heritage, through awareness and education, establishment of a botanical garden and sale of natural products from the botanical ( ... )
. The current phase of the project will focus on planning and capacity
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Lesotho
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Biodiversity
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2008
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32,660.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2008/02 |
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For Lesotho, the loss of gene pool of indigenous chickens poses several significant problems such as lack of disease resistance of which those genes are available in indeginous chickens which are endangered and face extinction. Indigenous chickens, ( ... )
ficant buffer against poor nutrition and poverty reduction for subsistence farmers, have forage freely in villages without requiring expensive feed and building their immunity to most local diseases. The project aims to research and demonstrate the performance of indigenous chickens (true-to-type-Basotho chicken) under propoer management and to initiate breeding to sustainable levels. It is also
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Lesotho
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Biodiversity
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2008
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36,759.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: LSO/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2008/01 |
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Serumula Development Association proposes to facilitate the establishment of a botanical garden project at Tsenekeng village in Semonkong for in situ conservation of biodiversity. The proposed project directly addresses the biodiversity focal area ( ... )
ng on capacity development for the rural communities in Lesotho. The project is intended to address the environmental problem of over-exploitation of plants of economic/medicinal value by the impoverished rural communitites, resulting in loss of biodiversity. The project will train communities on issues of in situ biodiversity conservatio, support infrastructural developments necessary for
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