The project mainly focuses on involving communities in conservation, rehabilitation and re-plantation on mangroves on Nasir island in Union Council Shah Bunder of Indus Delta. Activities proposed in the project are mainly focus on afforestation, educating and involving the local coastal communities in rehabilitation re-plantation and conservation of mangroves to protect ecologically important coastal areas. Activities associated with the main objective would lead more sensitized local coastal communities.

Objective and Proposed Activities

Objective 01: Plantation of degraded mangroves at Nasir Island, Warri and Kajher Creeks

Activity Streems

? Intensive surveys of the area and careful choice of site have to be undertaken before mangroves planting.
? Approximately planting 270 acres of mangroves in the proposed areas.
? Rehabilitation and planting monitoring reports.
? Raising 2 nurseries of mangroves forests for transplantation.
? Transplanting on newly identified blank spaces in

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the mudflats.


Objective 02: Capacity building on sustainable management of mangroves among local communities, NGOs, policy makers and relevant management agencies.

Activity Streams
? Organize meetings with community and stakeholders to raise awareness on the importance, threats and rational management of mangroves.
? Community mobilization and formation of COs for protection of mangrove forests.

? Production of mangrove awareness materials highlighting the sustainable use of mangrove forest and general information
? Dissemination of awareness materials to general public as well as media.

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