Project Detail

Development of the capacity of the isolated community of the village of Khazrati Emom of the Sh. Shokhin district to preserve the traditional way of life of indigenous people, protect natural territories based on the landscape approach and rational use of local biodiversity based on local traditional approaches.

The project aims at introducing new types of non-exhaustive income-generating activities, creation of enterprises specializing in agro, eco and health tourism, provision of tourism and other related services (folklore, ethnography, traditions, health and rehabilitation services in the COVID-19 pandemic), interchange network of food produced in the community, using traditional production methods and other methods of value-addition.
The idea of the project is to develop the capacity of the isolated community of Hazrati Emom village to preserve its identity and practices reflecting the traditional way of life of the indigenous inhabitants, for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
The project will promote non-depleting natural resource management practices, new forms of employment for sustainable livelihoods.
The project will also provide for active households to secure areas adjacent to the Sanctuary on contractual terms for the protection and implementation of non-depleting activities.
The Project also envisages to transform part of the buffer area of the Reserve (from 2 to 5 thousand hectares) as a pilot version into a public nature reserve (Article 31 of the Law of the RT "On specially protected natural territories"), where economic and management tasks will be legally assigned to the community of Hazrati Emom village.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

PO Rushd va Tamaddun

Country:

Tajikistan

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)

Grant Amount:

US$ 44,680.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 47,558.00

Project Number:

TJK/SGP/OP7/Y1/ ICCA/GSI/COVID/2021/04

Start Date:

6/2021

End Date:

11/2022

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

Gender issues and female empowerment are key to the project and are an integral part of its approach to development. The active involvement of women in new alternative economic practices through agro, eco and health tourism will have a positive impact on gender issues. Strengthening social inclusion of women, youth and vulnerable groups within the project will be ensured by supporting local community initiatives to promote gender issues, support vulnerable groups, youth participation, gender equality in practices and sharing of benefits derived from project activities. As the objects of ecotourism are both cultural values, traditions, everyday life and national rituals, the new tourism programmes are expected to involve women significantly in developing services related to culture, national traditions, community life and crafts that are preserved by the local population.

Capacity - Building Component

The capacity needs of the grantee will be met through a series of educational trainings, the establishment of a pilot demonstration nursery on natural resource reproduction for subsequent ecosystem restoration and the introduction of new alternative economies, which will generally increase the capacity of the Hazrati Emom community.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The main knowledge products to be disseminated in the framework of the project are -Educational training modules and methodological guidelines on the organisation and management of a community nature reserve. -Training modules on agroforestry and the reproduction of natural resources. -Educational training modules and methodological recommendations on the organization of new types of alternative through the organization of agrarian, ecological and health tourism. -Demonstration practices in an experimental demonstration nursery on reproduction of wild medicinal herbs, fast-growing trees used as fuel and building materials and wild endemic trees and shrubs. -Demonstration practices on developed travel itineraries. Dissemination of knowledge and practices in terms of agro, eco and health tourism will be transferred through the web-portal of the Tajik Association for Promotion of Tourism Development (TATO), which is a project partner. TATO will consolidate experience in the development of tourism products in the project region and widely disseminate it among tour operators.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project envisages coverage of the progress of project activities in the local media. It is envisaged to organize 4 publications in the regional newspapers "Nasimi Terai" and "Kulyabska Proavda" with weekly volume of 2000 copies. In addition, the publication of information and promotional flyers and booklets on the subject of the project is envisaged. The communication strategy of the project is built through personal meetings, discussions, organization of meetings and events involving the local population, dissemination of information materials, including through the Internet, publication of materials on the project topics in the media, as well as during the workshops and through electronic information networks

Notable Community Participation

The project will focus on involving young people in the planned activities. Local youth will participate in the development of new tour programmes on agro, eco and health tourism channels. Their active participation is envisaged in khashars and educational trainings.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project will introduce best practices and tools for sustainable and non-depleting use of natural resources by the local population and seek to develop alternative activities. It envisages providing the region and local governments with tools and knowledge on how to plan for the sustainable management of natural resources while preserving traditional lifestyles of indigenous people.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

This project is implemented under the ICCA-GSI programme and its activities are done with tight involvment of indigenous people/ ethnic minorities

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Hectares of globally significant biodiversity area protected or sustainably managed by project 300

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