Project Detail

Tree planting at the half-mile strip area of Ruwa.

The half mile strip area in Ruwa has a U-shape and thus it receives tree extraction pressure from all its sides from villages around it. Among those villages Ruwa has increased extraction of forest products in area without re- planting hence created bare space on the half mile strip area.
Maua Seminary together with the communities in Ruwa village have proposed tree planting project to support their innitiative in tree planting as they had already planted 1200 trees.
This proposed project will contribute and enable the community together with Maua Seminary to plant about 10,000 trees on the same area. This project will plant tree in more than 25acres of the bare area in the half mile strip area.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Franciscan Seminary MAUA

Country:

Tanzania

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 4,313.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 1,078.25

Project Number:

TAN/COMPACT/GEF/06/06

Start Date:

5/2006

End Date:

12/2007

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Capacity - Building Component

Forest departiment has frequent training and seminar of community leaders in the managemnt of the half mile strip area througth joint forest management.

Policy Influence

Influenced joint forest management policy

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

N/A

Linkages gef projects

N/A

Planning gef grant

N/A

Planning non gef grant

N/A

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The local Chagga people will participate in the project implementation.

Replication of project activities

The project has been replicated by other village near the half mile strip area as an economic activity.

Policy Impact

The project has positive impact on joint forest management policy.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project is expected to involve local people in tree planting to improve agroforest practices. Tree planting on the half mile strip area will improve the availablity of forest products for sustainable livelihood.

Notable Community Participation

The project was initiated with participation from community and church leader, it is expected that this participatory initiative will continue.

Project sustainability

The project was started long a ago and it has currently harvested timber and poles for sale.This will sustain the project activities.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project will promote public awareness on land management practices in combating land degradation.

Gender Focus

Trees planted on the half mile strip will increase the availability of grass for fooder as well as fuel wood within reasonable distances.

Project Results

The project has managed to plant tree in 8 hectors though the aim was to planting trees on only 2.5 hectors of the bare halfmile strip area.The area has been planted with different tree species including those which takes short time to mature and are used as soft wood.

The project has also rehabilitate the Monas canal which originates in the natural forest of the Mt. Kilimanjaro. The environmental commettee and increased community involvement in the management of the halfmile strip area has also strengthen the relationship between the community and the forest extension officers.

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Indicators

Biophysical

Hectares of land sustainably managed by project 2

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 3

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