Responding to Covid19 Crisis Impacts on local communities in Vanuatu through Emergency intervention and indigenous- led management of protected and conserved areas in Santo mountain chain Biodiversity Hotspot
Responding to COVID 19 crisis impacts on local communities in Vanuatu through emergency interventions and indigenous ?led management of protected and conserved areas in Santo Mountain chain Biodiversity Hot spot.
Project description: The locked down due to COVID 19 had put a lot of pressure on the local environ supporting local livelihood through subsistence living. The project to strengthen local governance so to improve local food security and promote sustainable consumption of wild resources within local indigenous communities within important endemic areas.
Project description: The locked down due to COVID 19 had put a lot of pressure on the local environ supporting local livelihood through subsistence living. The project to strengthen local governance so to improve local food security and promote sustainable consumption of wild resources within local indigenous communities within important endemic areas.
Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Santo Sunset Environment Network
Country:
Vanuatu
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 48,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 26,900.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 28,575.00
Project Number:
VUT/ICCA-GSI/2021/02
Status:
Project activities completed, final reports pending
Project Characteristics and Results
Notable Community Participation
By building the capacity of local Rangers, who are mainly young people, providing alternative sources of food (backyard gardens) and disaster resilience preparedness materials (early warning tools, communication equipment) the project will reduce the pressure on the environment, and enable and empower indigenous resource stewards to take control of the COVID response in a sustainable way. Specifically, the solar-powered refrigeration units will ensure that local villagers have a fresh and available supply of protein that has not been sourced from poaching or from inside local conservation areas.
Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples
The CSO grantee is a local community based networks comprises of indigenous people whom will speak the local vernacular language through the project to communicate with the local people within the Tabwemasana conservation.
Indicators
Biophysical
Hectares of globally significant biodiversity area protected or sustainably managed by project
1000
Livehood
Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project
50
SGP Country office contact
Ms. Leah Silas Nimoho
Phone:
678 26034
Fax:
678 26034
Email:
Ms. Sherryl Mahina Ulufia
Email:
Address
SGP-Vanuatu, UN Joint Presence Office,Rue Mercet, Reserve Bank of Vanuatu 4th Level
PORT VILA, South West Pacific, PMB 9096
PORT VILA, South West Pacific, PMB 9096
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