PUBLIC MONITORING OF SAFAROUD FOREST
Location:Safarod- Ramsar(36.888115-50.664825)
Project Background
The so-called Caspian broadleaf deciduous forests consist of a narrow green belt with an area of approximately 1.9 million hectares. It is estimated that it was 3.4 million hectares 45 years ago. In Spring of 2003 a GEF SGP project started with Hamyaran Local Development Resource Center in collaboration with independent facilitators, a project addressing the development needs of a select number of village communities situated within a forest covered watershed south of the Caspian Sea (named Safarud) whose livelihood needs had been adversely affected by a protective regiment imposed by the Iranian Forest, Range and Watershed Organization (FRWO) since 1982 only allowing logging under national plans. While imposing bans on lumbering and grazing in the forest by individuals, age-long lifestyles and living patterns were disrupted, and a number of forest villages were deserted. The remaining families continue to face severe
Project Background
The so-called Caspian broadleaf deciduous forests consist of a narrow green belt with an area of approximately 1.9 million hectares. It is estimated that it was 3.4 million hectares 45 years ago. In Spring of 2003 a GEF SGP project started with Hamyaran Local Development Resource Center in collaboration with independent facilitators, a project addressing the development needs of a select number of village communities situated within a forest covered watershed south of the Caspian Sea (named Safarud) whose livelihood needs had been adversely affected by a protective regiment imposed by the Iranian Forest, Range and Watershed Organization (FRWO) since 1982 only allowing logging under national plans. While imposing bans on lumbering and grazing in the forest by individuals, age-long lifestyles and living patterns were disrupted, and a number of forest villages were deserted. The remaining families continue to face severe
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
JAMIYAT NEGAH SABZ RAMSAR (Local CBO)
Country:
Iran
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 35,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 5,000.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 5,000.00
Project Number:
IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/06 (115)
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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SGP Country office contact
Ms. Asiyeh Rezaei
Phone:
+989356427890 (mobile),
+982122867892 (SGP Office)
Fax:
(98-21) 2286 9547
Email:
Address
GEF SGP Office
C/O UNDP Iran, No.8, Shahrzad Blvd., Darrous, Pasdaran, Tehran Zip code: 1948773911, Iran
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