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Murehwa Biodiversity Action Programme wetlands Rehabilitation and Management

The ward 8 in Murehwa district has a population of about 12000 and approximately 2400 households.In the distrit poverty classification in terms of food supply ward 8 is considered as the second poorest communal area.The project involves the restoration of the biodiversity in Ward 8 of Murehwa District through engaging in various activities which include afforestation/reafforestation, wetlands protection, gulley reclamation and construction of fuel efficient stoves. For the livelihood aspect, the community is going to establish 4 consolidated gardens which will enable the participants to produce vegetables for consumption and for sale. The group gardens will also help in addressing the problem of stream bank cultivation and siltation of the rivers in the area since the individual gardens are going to be relocated. The group also envisages to start beekeeping once the woodlots are established.

objectives
-to establish "Primary Environmental Care Groups " in the form of community based developed networks whicgh will plan , implement and coordinate environmental projects in their villages
-to introduce locally manuactured improved Chingwa stoves that will reduc fuel wood consumption in at least 15 families per village
-to establish 5 eco nurseries in Kondo,jAKOPO, GUMIRA, GOSHA,AND MADYAMURU.
-to protect 4 wetlands
-to establish 4 consolidated gardens in gumira, jakopo,gutu and madziya
-to reclaim 19 gullies in jakopo,chitate,gutu,dizha,madziya and gumira.
-to plant 5000 trees per village with 2/5being indiegenous trees in all the 14 villags.
-to ensure the provision of 4 fish ponds in wetland protected areas and the egagement of 3 household in beekeeping per village.

specific results
-by the end of the project 60% of the households will actively be participating in environmental projects , deforestation ande soil erosion reduced by 25-30% and the biodiversity increased by 10 %.

activities
-establish C.B.D.N AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEE
-afforestation and reafforestation
-wetland protection
-consoildated gardens
-gully reclamation
-training on the use of chingwa stoves and implementation of chingwa stoves
-beekeeping-

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

ZIMBABWE FREEDOM FROM HUNGER CAMPAIGN

Country:

Zimbabwe

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 49,598.19

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 28,507.27

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 5,000.00

Project Number:

ZIM-01-07

Start Date:

11/2001

End Date:

12/2003

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Notable Community Participation

In order to strengthen the area of community participation the programme will support the formation of Community Based Development Networks (CBDN) int he 14 participating villages. In each of the development networks, community representatives (animators) shall be trained and will be responsible for consietising their respective villages on biodiversity protection and will facilitate the area of report compilation and submission to GEFSGP. This will ensure that communities themselves play a pivotal role in tracking project performance and delivery on the ground.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Primary stakeholders of the project are the local people in Murehwa. The fact that the project will train community representatives (animators) from the area and capacitate to work with their respective groups will result in signficant participation of the local people.

Capacity - Building Component

The Community Based Develpment Network Strategy focuses on empowerment of communities and skills development through training. In terms of capacity building, during the initial stages of project implementation, the programme focuses on awareness raising and training the community on protecting their biodiversity and sustainably managing the resources. The Networks formed will help in terms of local governance and management of the resources so that the community itself is in control of their development process.

Linkages gef projects

The project addressed the biodiversity focal area through engaging in activities such as wetland protection, agroforetsry,woodlot establishment and management and gully reclamation.

Gender Focus

The project has allowed the active participation of women from problem identification, project design and activity design and work scheduling. The project looks forward to lessening some of the burdens borne by women which include fending for the family and fetching firewood.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

To addess the area of livelihoods, Ward 8 in Murehwa is going to establish 4 consolidated gardens within the wetlands area. They also want to plant fruit trees so that they will harvest fruits for household consumption and for sale. After woodlots have been established, they will be involved in beekeeping.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

ne of the main cornerstones of work involves raising awareness on the area of Biodiversity protection for the local area and how this impacts on the global environment. The animators will be very instrumental in reaching out to their villages and raising awareness ont he global environment.

Planning non gef grant

plans are under way to ensure that the project is scaled up so as to ensure that long term positive results are realised.

Project Results

- The project was completed and project objectives were met.

project results

- environmental care groups were established to act as vehicles of environmental projects implementation and monitoring.
- animators were trained
- there was production of indigenous and exotic seedlings
-there was reclamation of gullies and the two wetlands were protected
-individual and village woodlots were established including eco nurseries
-household orchards and village orchards were established
- the community earned some income from the vegetable sales under market gardening.
- the project members gained skills in mushroom growing and production
- the CBO managed to open a bank account and receive trainings on leadership
-six gullies were reclaimed

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