Participatory EIA for Sustainable Fish Farm Capacity in Port Kiashahr Wetland and Sepidrood Delta, Ramsar Site/ Caspian Sea.
Project location:Bandar e Kiashahr, Gilan(Lat/Long: 37.413509-49.975433)
Registered as Ramsar Convention Site (21 R11), Kiashahr Wetland and Sepidrood Delta is of great international significance. The main objective of the project is to reduce the harmful effects of fish farming projects on the environment of Kiashahr Wetland, through implementation of an effective Participatory Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to determine its capacity for sustainable fish farming. The project is meant to seek an optimal balance between fish farming projects and minimizing the environmental threats to the wetland through an applicable framework for sustainable exploitation with the involvement and contribution of the local community.
Some of the major outputs of the project would be: identification of the type and amount of nutrients flowing into the wetland ecosystem, presentation of a practicable plan to proportionate the flow of the nutrients into the wetlands, presentation of an applicable framework for sustainable exploitation of fish farming projects with respect to preserving the environmental benefits of the wetland and the river, establishing environmental control and monitoring mechanisms and development of relevant IT applications for the required activities. Finally, educational booklets and videos will be prepared to document and disseminate the lessons learned which will be shared through two workshops in Tehran and the project site.
Registered as Ramsar Convention Site (21 R11), Kiashahr Wetland and Sepidrood Delta is of great international significance. The main objective of the project is to reduce the harmful effects of fish farming projects on the environment of Kiashahr Wetland, through implementation of an effective Participatory Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to determine its capacity for sustainable fish farming. The project is meant to seek an optimal balance between fish farming projects and minimizing the environmental threats to the wetland through an applicable framework for sustainable exploitation with the involvement and contribution of the local community.
Some of the major outputs of the project would be: identification of the type and amount of nutrients flowing into the wetland ecosystem, presentation of a practicable plan to proportionate the flow of the nutrients into the wetlands, presentation of an applicable framework for sustainable exploitation of fish farming projects with respect to preserving the environmental benefits of the wetland and the river, establishing environmental control and monitoring mechanisms and development of relevant IT applications for the required activities. Finally, educational booklets and videos will be prepared to document and disseminate the lessons learned which will be shared through two workshops in Tehran and the project site.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Professor Hessabi Foundation
Country:
Iran
Area Of Work:
Multifocal Area
Grant Amount:
US$ 25,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 3,250.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 23,750.00
Project Number:
IRA-G52-2002-017(IRA98G52)
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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Project Characteristics and Results
Policy Influence
1) Impact of project achievements on private sector policy making in transferring the location of aquaculture projects to the area has been positive to the extent where all of the local community beneficiaries are acknowledging the absence of any aquaculture activities within the protected areas of the lagoon
2) Impact of the project on public policy concerning the implementation of aquaculture projects next to the lagoon has been ineffective.
Project sustainability
1) Project sustainability has been achieved based on the acceptance of the local community to transfer aquaculture projects in the area. It is anticipated that with collaboration of the public sector (very probable given the water projects in the area) that all aquaculture activities by the private sector will be removed from the protected areas neighboring the lagoon.
2) The proposals for the creation of a rural cooperative to oversee aquaculture activities and simultaneous cultivation have been well received. The project steering team has mandated the cooperative to include the protection of the lagoon as one of its goals.
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