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Miankaleh Wetland Biodiversity Conservation Through Local Community Empowerment (in Zaghmarz & Qareh-Tappeh Villages)

Project location:Miankaleh, Behshah(Lat/Long:36.6898590-53.5418700)
This is a pilot project for biodiversity conservation through community participation and management of sustainable hunting and fishing in two villages of Zaghmarz and Qareh-Tappeh.

The main objective of this project is to develop and implement a sustainable pilot management plan based on the awareness raising and workshops for the local community, local NGOs and local government officials. The coordination and cooperation between the governmental sectors and the local community will be enhanced for the sustainability of the project.

The aim is to develop a successful model to be extended into the immediate Miankaleh Protection Area and possibly upcoming future national and international projects. Also the grantee will lobby for a loan from the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad to the local community.
The project will seek alternative livelihood methods as well. Finally, English and Farsi guide booklets will be produced on participatory management methods for drawing sustainable fishing and hunting plans by the community. The lessons learned will be documented as a report and a film in English and Farsi.

To share the experiences and lessons learned, two workshops will be held in Tehran and on the project site.

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Grantee:

Sustainable Development Facilitators

Country:

Iran

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 25,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 11,124.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 2,000.00

Project Number:

IRA-G52-2001-008(IRA98G52)

Start Date:

4/2002

End Date:

12/2005

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Results

Awareness-raising
Raising the sensitivity of local people mainly youths to environmental values of Miankaleh wetland.
Project team organized an environmental drawing contest among seven local schools.
Empowerment
Introducing the methodology of community participation for local conservation of natural resources and the possibility of generating income through environmental friendly alternative livelihoods by the local community. This was accomplished by conducting 52 weekly & biweekly meetings and workshops on the project site. Participants identified and prioritized twenty-eight environmental issues regarding Miankaleh ecosystem. Locals formed working groups to follow up the eco-tourist initiative as their first priority to reduce the pressure on environmental resources and follow up an economic activity.
Fifty locals from surrounding communities participated in the first scientific tour for identification of endangered bird species.
27 locals received certificates from Provincial Department of Environment for successfully completing short courses on identifying fourteen endangered bird species and environmental regulations.
Department of Environment issued the first official Environment Ranger Volunteer?s identification card in the name of a local activist of a newly formed NGO, House of Nature of Zaghmarze.
Locals conducted independent workshops.
Income Generation

First ever-fishing tournament was organized on a local water reservoir.
Gender

Young literate women became active in project meetings and activities and started viewing the project as an opportunity for a healthy and respectful social engagement. As a result one local woman became elected as Member of Board of Directors of a newly established NGO.
Documenting & sharing experiences

School children?s drawings became a booklet with co funding of HSBC as a best awareness-raising document on Miankaleh ecosystem produced by locals.

A film documenting project?s process and a brochure on endangered birds was produced.
Sustainability

Three local NGO?s were formed.
Local people kept the project?s local office open for their regular gatherings by searching for local resources.
SGP's Learning

Project formulation process if actively includes local people as well as the NGO ensures results in line with the formulated project document.

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