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Restoration of Forest to Ensure Survival of Kolam - a Primitive tribe

Project envisages ecosystem resotration and biodiversity conservation as key programmatic areas; which are being reflected through project objectives which are being reflected through project objectives.
The project has been developed keeping the following objectives under consideration:
a.Forest restoration
b. Food and Nutrition Security.
c.Initiating advocacy by strengthening the study group on threatened Tribal Group.
Project focusses on following thematic areas:
a. Forest ecosystems: Sustainable community based activities in forest conservation areas and apply sustainable use methods in forestry as part of management in forest landscapes.
b. Creation of participatory schemes for natural resource management by local and indigenous communities.
c. Promotion of sustainable production and use of non-timber forests product.
c. Biodiversity conservation focal area.
d. Demonstration of community-based approaches to the conservation of natural habitats and ecosystems in and around conservation areas.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

SRUJAN

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 4

Grant Amount:

US$ 34,707.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 5,590.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 8,920.00

Project Number:

IND/SGP/OP4/Y1/RAF/2008/02/MS 26

Start Date:

12/2007

End Date:

11/2009

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Replication of project activities

. Identification of 8 village level volunteers in consultation with jat panchayat members and imparting training to them. . Discussions with villager elders, knowledgeable individuals meetings and focused groups discussions with jat panchayat members , SHG members , farmers , NTFP collectors, Traditional healers , Medicine man , herdsmen etc . Preparation of herbarium and photo documentation. . Computerisation of the data collected. . Preparation of forests restoration plan to be approved by jat panchayat and Gram panchayat. . Liasion with National Rural Employment Gurantee implementing authorities for technical and budgetary approval to take up activities started in the forest restoration plan.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

?Formulating forest restoration plans for eight villages. ?Providing community protection to 1000 hectares of forest and to undertake plantation of 60,000 saplings on 100 hectares. (farm land, village common lands and on forest) ?Backyard kitchen garden of vegetables, medicinal plants and fruit trees for 80 families. ?Livestock management-training to 16 livestock health workers. ?Construction of 16 appropriate storage structures of food grains and NTFPs.

Gender Focus

The SHGs existing in the villages and which are being strengthened consist of mainly female members. They are given opportunities to suggest and participate in all the decision making and other activities.

Capacity - Building Component

The project focuses to strengthen existing institutional structures like Jat Panchayat, SHGs and Youth group, which are very active and have got license for Mahua trading.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The project focuses to strengthen existing institutional structures like Jat Panchayat. Their participtation and stregthning through all the possible measure is being planned accordingly.

Policy Impact

The project has influenced the Department of Forest as they are formulating Forest restoration in few villages

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project has prioritized on non economic livelihood related needs of primitive tribe-Kolam. Forest is their main means of survival and the project seeks to revitalize this lost resource. It can be effectively replicated to other areas.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project objects to undertake awareness programmes on population control, health, hygiene and sanitation. The tribal honey harvesters in evolving scientific, environmental friendly and hygienic methods of honey harvesting.

Notable Community Participation

The project proposes to use participatory methods for developing forest conservation plans at the village level to bring back ownership value within the community. Advocacy using new legal instrument like Forest Rights act and Biodiversity Act would also help to increase communities? participation

Project Results

? Nearly 725 hectares of forest and village common lands was conserved through the institutionalization (formation of forest protection committees of youths).
? Collections of 18 different species were used for nursery development and plantation which helps in conservation of seeds of these species.
? Established 5 nurseries of Horticultural and NTFP species which has raised nearly 30,000 saplings of these.
? Plantation on 60 hectares of land including individuals farm in forest and village common lands ( 5 hectares) were done.
? Nearly 125 families indentified to take up kitchen gardening.
? Training imparted with Jat panchayat to mitigate food and nutrition insecurity within the Kolams.
? Organised 4 trainings with 112 participants ( 89 males and 23 females) for preparation of at least five nutritious food items and five medicinal.
? Formulations for treating minor ailments grown in backyard of kitchen garden.
? Organized 4 village food festivals with 457 participants in order to promote wild food.
? Organised training on fabrication of grain storage structures for 16 persons.
? Selected 16 livestock health workers in consultation with Jat panchayat and done immunization through these workers for livestock in 8 villages.
? Formation of a study group to take up the issues related with the particularly vulnerable tribal groups.

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