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Ornamental fishery to provide tribal women alternative employment and Distribution of Smokeless Chullahs

? 1,253 of the indigenous tribal families such as Koli Mahadeo, Thakars and primitive tribes such as Katkaris, living in the valleys of the Ghod and Bubra rivers have been displaced by the construction of the Dimbhe dam, which submerged eleven villages and destroyed the croplands in another thirteen villages. The project is located in 1,200 hectares of a significant fragile ecosystem of Western Ghats.
? Shashwat helps these local communities to develop small scale fishing activities in the dam reservoir and improve agricultural production. The reservoir has been stocked with fish and the local population is supported to obtain fishing leases, boats and nets, but the community also enforces a number of restrictions in order to ensure fish stocks are replenished.
? The project thus aims at helping the tribal women to start a business in ornamental fishery and to increase their own household incomes besides utilizing the natural resource base of their area to the fullest extent.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

SHASHWAT

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)

Grant Amount:

US$ 36,968.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 166,912.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 4,628.00

Project Number:

IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/26/MAH03

Start Date:

10/2013

End Date:

10/2016

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

A training manual will be developed on ornamental fisheries in Marathi. A video film of the entire process will be created that will serve as resource as well as reference material for the community as well as other organization. The NGO has received global equator award in the year 2012 and lots of their work has been shared on the UNDP and SWISSAID website.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

An annual learning sharing event will be organized with all the stakeholders as well as other organizations who are interested in promoting reservoir fishery. Regular meetings will be organized and 2 women on rotational basis will be sent from the SHGs to attend the same so that each and every woman gets a chance to know about the activities of the federation.

Policy Impact

Links will be formed with scientist and fisheries institutions (CIFE Mumbai), to scale up available technology in freshwater aquaculture to manage and maintain freshwater ecosystem in Dimbhe dam. Links will be established with the traders and income/profit sharing mechanism. Locals will be informed about the new provisions of Fisheries under NREGA/ Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Notable Community Participation

N.A.

Gender Focus

The local tribe men and women are well versed in advanced techniques of cage & pen culture as well as rearing of ornamental fish. They are also involved in marketing and taking management decisions. More women will be incorporated in fishery cooperatives so that they can earn more for their living and take up prominent roles in decision making and planning. 29 SHGs with 340 women members are part of the federation. This federation has a bank account in the Pune District Central Coop Bank Ltd.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project aims at helping tribal women to start a business in ornamental fishery and thud increase their own house hold incomes besides utilizing the natural resource to full extent. Further this will promote sustainable use, community management, and conservation of water based eco system in Dhimbe dam area. 1200 hectare of land is available in the area that can provide livelihood through fishery and drawdown agriculture system for the tribal community. The NGO will introduce low smoke wood burning cook stoves in the area, to reduce the misery of women cooking in smoke filled kitchens and improve their home environment. They are also running a small residential primary school and hostel mainly for school dropouts and primitive tribe/ tribal children of the area.

Capacity - Building Component

Training will be provided to women SHGs by Central Institute of Fishery Education (Mumbai) on ornamental fish rearing in state of art cage culture techniques. Nearly 40 women will be trained on ornamental fisheries as livelihood diversification.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Tribal women from 15 villages formed SHG foundation which was established in the year 2008. The project deals with the tribal and primitive tribal communities of Dimbhe More women Dam by helping them to develop small scale fishing activities in the dam reservoir and improve agriculture production.

Project Results

? 1278 hectares area of dam has been brought under sustainable harvest practices under the project.
? A total of 10, 00,000 hatchlings of 4 different species were bred utilizing sustainable practices for income enhancement.
? 200 smokeless cook stoves have been installed in the tribal households which save 204MTs of fuel-wood resulting in annual reduction of CO2 emission of 367MTs.
? 200 acres of submerged land was planted with ?Taag? and ?Dencha? seeds to provide food for the survival and breeding of fishes in the Dimbhe Dam.
? A module was developed for training about ornamental fisheries and about 15 workshops conducted and more than 500 beneficiaries trained.
? A total of 3.5 lakhs rupees (US$ 5200) of profit from the business was generated and deposited in the bank for further expansion of the business. Shashwat even opened a shop for the sale of ornamental fishes.
? The project improved the socio-economic status of the tribal women of the area. The community gained added income from poultry and Rs. 2, 16,080 was raised through sale of birds. 3500 hatchlings were provided to 59 women from 16 villages.
? 20 tribal women were trained for stitching and tailoring activities. Rs.40, 000 was earned from the sale of raincoats made with the plastic sheets

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Number of globally significant species protected by project 1

Biophysical

Hectares of globally significant biodiversity area protected or sustainably managed by project 150

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