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Profiling biodiversity and planning for sustainable forest management in the Kambui Hills forest reserve

The goal of this project is to assess the current status of biodiversity and develop a Sustainable Forest management Plan for 3 forest zones in the Kambui Forest Reserve. It will also build capacity, improve livelihoods and reforest degraded areas within the forest using indigenous plant species and raise awareness on sustainable natural resources management.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Supreme Environmental Concern Association

Country:

Sierra Leone

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)

Grant Amount:

US$ 30,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 11,186.04

Project Number:

SLE/SGP/OP5/ STAR/BD/13/10/036

Start Date:

10/2013

End Date:

9/2014

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Assessing and Zoning of the natural resources and promoting sustainable conservation of biodiversity in the Kambui Hills project will be monitored at all levels starting from project planning and designing, implementation and monitoring and evaluation stage which will include the record of both success and challenges. There will be reports at the end of every phase written on all project activities and submitted to the donors and implementing partners. A comprehensive report will be produced by the project management at the end of implementation which will be submitted to the donors and other key stakeholders. Also successful outcome of the project will be communicated to all stakeholders and the general public in the form of, radio discussions, newspapers articles and the newsletters. By successful implementation of this project, the results obtained will be replicated to other areas of the country that have potentials for zoning establishment.

Capacity - Building Component

The project will implement knowledge management strategies that will conform to the implementation process. These strategies include; Data /information collection ? information on the zoning of Kambui Hills can be sourced from cultural values of the site local view about conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources can be obtained from communities through consultation meeting, perception survey of local adjacent communities etc Data / information analysis ? all information or data collected at all level of project implementation will be analyzed and challenges identified and resolved at that point. Documentation of information ? information obtained at all levels of the project including activity reports will be documented in project file at the office and copies sent to donor and all key stakeholders

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The proposal is designed from the very beginning to be sustainable and to create ownership among local community. The local people will have a strong sense of ownership towards the project, since it is designed and implemented for their own benefits. The involvement of the locals in the planning and development of this project will increase the ownership possibilities

Notable Community Participation

This project will ensure the participation of communities at all levels of project implementation. The plans to fully involve the communities at various levels of the project are as follows: Project Planning and design phase; a community consultation meetings will be held at this stage to sensitize them on conservation and community development, and emphasis on roles of communities will be defined clearly. This is crucial because any misinformation at this stage stands to be a potential risk to the entire process. The community will be part of decision making as the project progresses Project implementation stage: the communities will be empowered through consultation meetings, training and workshops that will capacitate them to participate fully in the implementation of the project. They will also participate by providing labor force during the tree planting process and construction of trails that are within the forest. Present the communities with different livelihoods that are environmentally- friendly for them to select the ones that can better match the local situation this will ensure community participation. Communities will be represented on the radio discussion and other sensitization program at both local and national level Project monitoring and evaluation; In the area of monitoring impact on communities, the community people will be in better position to monitor impacts like empowerment and awareness level of the indigenous people on conservation of biodiversity.

Gender Focus

Women are less likely to benefit from development initiatives than men, this is evident by the fact that in many organizations, the percentage of women is proportionately low but this project will therefore be very gender sensitive in its entirety. Women will be part of the consultation workshops for project planning and implementation; will form significant percent of the members of the site support groups. Since the impact of forest loss, be it negative or positive will be more felt by women, the involvement of women in this project will help increase positive impacts like employments and income earning.

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