Community Livelihood Improvement Through Integrated Environmental management Best Practices (CLIMB)
This project aims to build capacities and empower communities to take a lead role in effectively managing their forests and environment for maximum output. The action will promote and ensure best management practices in the exploitation of forest resources for sustainable development. In addition, the action also embraces skills and knowledge transfer on agricultural best practices for increased agricultural production and productivity, which consequently translate into increased food security and increased household income. On the other hand the action aims at addressing indiscriminate and uncontrolled use of forest resources through the participatory community-led approach. By this approach communities will have greater ownership and say over their forests and forest products, hence reducing negative impact of environmental degradation.
The project also seeks to promote an integrated and holistic approach to solving environmental issues through interlinked approaches in addressing issues of poverty, ignorance and hunger simultaneously.
The project also seeks to promote an integrated and holistic approach to solving environmental issues through interlinked approaches in addressing issues of poverty, ignorance and hunger simultaneously.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Future in Our Hands-The Gambia
Country:
Gambia
Area Of Work:
Land Degradation
Grant Amount:
US$ 50,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 61,000.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 86,000.00
Project Number:
GMB/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/13/08
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Capacity - Building Component
38 youths trained on nursery management techniques and three schools contracted to manage three nursery with over 20,000 seedlings to be distributed to the communities at a later stage.
one day Training on forest policy and programs, agro forestry practices, bushfire management , illegal logging reforestation strategies was conducted for 49 participants.
30 farmers from 2 communities also received training on improved agricultural best practices and integrated pest management.
A total of 26 participants from forest committee members and VDCs received training on forest management best practices through a two day training workshop conducted by the forestry department staff.
Gender Focus
About 8095 people are expected to directly benefit from this project . The men have been taking the lead in the project implementation as most the areas are male dominant areas. however, women were involved in the consultative process and sensitization events for their input. 55% of the project beneficiaries are women. The provision of improve stoves to the communities is of particular interest to the women. This component is anticipated to improve the lives of women as they will now need less firewood to cook with, meaning less time and energy for the women to go fetch firewood. the health of women will also improve from inhaling less smoke as the improved stoves emit much less smoke unlike the traditional stoves currently in existence in these communities.
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SGP Country office contact
Mr Kebba L Jarju
Email:
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UN HOUSE, 5 Kofi Annan Street, Cape Point
Bakau, West Africa
Bakau, West Africa
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