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Protection and rehabilitation of relic nut forest nearby Tegene village located in the south-west slope of Fergana range through creation nursery and planting saplings of walnuts, almonds, hawthorns in their previous habitat for preservation ecosystem with large quantity of endemic and included into Red Book species.

The plot ?Jon? has appeared recently from people moved to this place because of landslide danger in the former habitats and located in the belt of former walnut forests. As a result of economic activity this plot in the present time looks as forest-steppe. Population of Tegene village is 1200 people. There is no water pipe in the village; frequent missing of electricity takes place in the winter time; inhabitants heat houses by coal which extracts in the nearest coal mine. The main sources of income are cattle-breeding and plant cultivation it allows expansion of tillage, pastures and reduction of forest vegetations.
The main idea of the project is to change people?s attitude to forest through involving them in fruit saplings planting which are generating species of natural walnut forests ecosystem and explain their rights and procuracies concerned with rent and property of forest plots.
In the course of project implementation it is intended obtaining of the following results:
Ecological
-conservation of habitat of species included into Red Data Book of Kyrgyzstan
-rehabilitation of wood and bush vegetation plot as a component of former walnut landscape;
-reproduction of other species of wood vegetation by creation nursery forest (walnut, almond, hawthorn,)
Economic
It is possible under project effect people will diversify resources of income due to saplings, mushrooms, berries and nuts selling.
Social and cultural
Till recently people have not had opportunity to gather nuts and other forest products for their own because forests were State property and gathered harvest must be delivered to State for nominal price.
Population informed weak about changes in the legislation and do not believe that forest can be in community property. Because of unbelief and weaken control of Forestry the forest destruction scale sharply increased.
Actions to be undertaken by Public Association « Karyer Jon »
1. Conduction round table with main stakeholders (Aksy forest range, Akjol Aiyl Okmet, population of Tegene village)
2. Planting saplings in 20 hectares distributed among 12 families.
3. Information campaign (billboards, oblast mass-media coverage, booklets and etc.).
6 families of the Japasaldy village, members of the Public Association ?Ak-Berment? will be involved in the project.
The main project activity will take place nearby ?Jon? plot of Tegene village, located 30 km to South of borders of state nature reserve ? Sarychelek?.
The main expected ecological and economic benefits of the project are:
-reduction of destruction rate of endemic species and species included into Red Data Book of Kyrgyzstan
-support of additional kinds of income generating activities supporting conservation and reproduction of wood and bush vegetation.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Association of Water Consumers «Karyer Jon

Country:

Kyrgyzstan

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 5,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 403.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 5,198.00

Project Number:

KYR/SGP/OP2/Y4/CORE/2002/27

Start Date:

9/2002

End Date:

6/2004

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

At the seminars and round tables, will be emphasized, that the actions under the project will result not only in occurrence of additional sources of the income of the local population and stabilization of local ecosystem, but also restoration of relict nut forest, that will be the direct contribution to preservation of the global biodiversity.

Notable Community Participation

The local population agrees to improve economic activity, which impede to renewal of a nut forest by regulation of grazing. The local population incurs expenses for nursery nut forest and further "«soft" exploitation of non-timber resources (nuts, medicinal grass, fruits etc.).

Gender Focus

The obviously gender approach is not presented in this project , but the active participation of the women and children for saplings care of is supposed.

Capacity - Building Component

The population gets new skills to looking after the saplings, to collecting and processing of non-timber products and raising the level of knowledge about interrelation of economic activity and rehabilitation natural ecosystem. The level of knowledge about local flora and fauna will be raising as well.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The population plans to receive profit from collecting nuts and fruits of others quickly growing plants landed inter-row for better strike root of nut trees. The common biological efficiency of the local ecosystem will increase as well.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

There are no indigenous or groups of the people, which can be referred to the indigenous in Kyrgyzstan.

Project Results

Benefits achieved by participants during implementation
 Rising public awareness on biodiversity preservation problems
 Considerable reduction of anthropogenic load on natural complex of nut forests, which have global importance for biodiversity
 Plantings provide improving of soil characteristic in turn it will provide preservation of flora and fauna of given area
Products/services generated by the project
 7498 walnut saplings were plated to the amount of 184012 soms
 3 articles and 500 booklets were published
 1 permanent work place was established
 growing sunflowers and safflowers between walnut saplings on the 20 hectares
Assessment of impact of project in the GEF focal area
Project corresponds to Operational Program 4 GEF/SGP ?Mountain Ecosystems? and provides biodiversity preservation through 7498 walnut saplings planting on 20 hectares of land.
Policy influence
Ayil Okmot allocated 20 hectares of land to Association of Water Consumers ?Karyer Jon?
The narrative report of the project
The plantation territory was distributed among 12 families. In November 2002 holes for saplings were prepared about 60 people participated in that work. In April 2003 4092 walnuts saplings were planted. The next stage of the project was 3406 saplings planting in the April 2004. On general assessment percentage loss at project implementation was 15-20%.
Executor NGO faced with unawareness of local people of biodiversity protection as they continued to graze in the plantation place. That is why in addition to wide explanatory work it was necessary to fence plantations for protection them from livestock. Difficulties with watering and absence of irrigation system were the main obstacle of the project.

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Biophysical

Hectares of globally significant biodiversity area protected or sustainably managed by project 20

Empowerment

Number of indigenous people participated/involved in SGP project 60

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 12

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