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Identification, Management and Sustainable Usage of Eutrophicated Water Bodies in Poti-Paliastomi District of the Black Sea Coastal Zone

Project aim: identify eutrophicated reservoirs in Poti-Paliastomi area, determine management mechanisms together with the local population and the government, reduce the area of eutrophicated places and arrange pilot fish farming on the selected reservoir in order to promote using the area for fish farming.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Foundation Caucasus Environment

Country:

Georgia

Area Of Work:

International Waters

Operational Phase:

OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)

Grant Amount:

US$ 25,140.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 11,052.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 15,931.00

Project Number:

GEO/SGP/OP5/Y3/CORE/IW/14/16

Start Date:

7/2014

End Date:

12/2015

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

Community-based cooperative will be able to develop their business and enterprise with financial support of different state-funded programs and donors. Some natural persons are not eligible to receive such funding in accordance with the Law on Agricultural Cooperatives. The next step of cooperative development is to introduce innovative financial mechanisms that may be developed on the basis of credit relationship among private entrepreneurs, cooperatives and banks.

Notable Community Participation

Different community groups from Maltakva District, Poti (local community, women, fishermen, school teachers and students) together with the local municipality are involved in decision-making that will ensure population participation in reduction of pollution of reservoirs of the coastal zone on protected territories and using the reservoirs for fish farming.

Capacity - Building Component

Formation of initiative groups of fishermen and farmers improves community mobilization and opportunities for result-oriented purposeful activities. Training fishermen in establishing farmers cooperatives and reviewing the law on agricultural cooperatives increases the opportunity to form them as legal subjects. The community will obtaine legal status for organized activity that will facilitate relationship with the governmental structures. Moreover, women?s initiative groups together with farmers cooperatives are an organized form of the community that will ensure equal opportunities for women and men.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Identification of eutrophicated reservoirs, their improvement and use for fish farming will increase the number of employed people and incomes of the local population. Moreover, reduction of pollution will decrease the number of water-related diseases and improve protected territory of Kolkheti that will ensure ex situ conservation and make this area more attractive for ecotourism. Ecotourism and fish-breeding are important precondition for economic development of this region.

Gender Focus

Majority of community members are men who are fishermen and farmers. It is expected to have gender equality misbalance in decision-making . Gender quality in decision-making and protection of water resources will be ensured by women?s initiative group formed within the project. They will be involved in reduction of household pollutants going into water and actively collaborate with the local government regarding decision-making.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Meetings will be held with the local community, women and school students who will be trained. It will raise their awareness of overhead pollution sources, causes of eutrophication, climate changes and ex suite conservation that will increase community participation in decision-making; moreover, printing relevant publications (leaflets, manual for community for ecological monitoring) will improve skills of the community and other target groups to use ecological monitoring methodology.

Policy Impact

The community and fishermen cooperative as subjects of law will have to adapt specific legal amendments. The Law on Agricultural Cooperatives will serve as the basis to make policy impact and protect farmers? rights. Mechanisms for making potential impact on legal amendments as agreed with the local governmental bodies will be included in project recommendations.

Replication of project activities

The project may be replicated in other regions of Georgia, where sufficient water resources available for these activities.

Project Results

eutropicated reservoirs were identified in Poti-Paliastomi water body; in 2 reservoir was defined chemical and hydrobiological parameters.
in coastal zone of Poti Grigoleti area the reservoir "Grigoleti" was established for fisher farming. it was cleaned and the project discharged 3 species of fishes
The target groups of the local population, fishermen, farmers, women / homemakers, Kolkheti National Park officials, schoolchildren were trained: in water pollution sources and pollution management of water reservoirs through enzymes
Project produced 4 awareness raising publications
The local community, the fishing groups and stakeholders developed skills in creating and managing cooperatives
the bases was created for establishment of fishermen cooperative "Mebadure"; initiative group has developed cooperative charter

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Indicators

Empowerment

Number of CBOs / NGOs formed or registered through the SGP project 1

Empowerment

Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 60

Biophysical

Hectares of globally significant international water body or marine and coastal protected area sustainably managed or protected by SGP project 12

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 1

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 10

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