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Consolidation of Conservation awareness and environmental education for Mt. Kilimanjaro adjacent communities.

WCST in collaboration with COMPACT Project has been promoting environment conservation education to communities around Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to increase their participation in the conservation of Mt. Kilimanjaro resources.
Key activities that have been successfully carried out include
(1) Facilitate in conducting an aerial survey of the forest of the Mount Kilimanjaro in order to determine major threats to forests.
(2) Production and distribution of materials on environmental conservation education. These materials include T-Shirts, Caps, School Bags, Brochure and posters on modern bee keeping technology, sustainable agriculture and construction of fuel efficient stoves.
(3)WCST also constructed two sign posts which show that Mt. Kilimanjaro is a World Heritage Site, a fact that communities around the Mountain didn?t know.
These activities needed to be strengthened by the use of media such as radio and Television programs. This project intends to expand the conservation education to reach many among communities around Mt. Kilimanjaro. The use of media will contribute in changing local practices which has negative impact on the Mountain forest as well as to refrain from poor practices that degrade the mountain resources.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania

Country:

Tanzania

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 45,601.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 9,320.00

Project Number:

TAN/COMPACT/UNF-GEF/03/01

Start Date:

10/2003

End Date:

12/2005

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Capacity - Building Component

A total of 6 Training of Trainers Workshops (ToTs) will be organized. The workshops would involve 400 trainers. The Workshops will promote alternative practices that contribute towards conservation of the mountain.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Awareness creation for conservation of Mt. Kilimanjaro as a World Heritage site contributes to promoting public awareness of the conservation of global important sites.

Notable Community Participation

Community members will participate in organized village level meetings and seminars that will identify best practices in the conservation of the Mountain resources. In the radio programs community members will have time to share their success stories in environment conservation.

Replication of project activities

Environmental conservation programs have been replicated by local radios in Kilimanjaro. NGOs and CBO in the field of environment conservation are invited to present conservation best practices.

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Inovative Financial Mechanisms

Project financing involved COMPACT project, WCST and local communities through in-kind support.

Policy Impact

Project provided policy feedback on the need to involve local communities around protected area in management of those sites.

Policy Influence

The project has influency on the community involvement in the management and conservation of protected areas.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project intends to demonstrate and promotes conservation best practices that contribute in income generation for sustainable livelihood such as eco-tourism, organic farming, modern bee-keeping, construction of fuel efficient stoves and integrating fish farming and poultry.

Gender Focus

The project intends to increased participation of women in conservation and development activities.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The project involves native people who live around Mt.Kilimanjaro.

Project sustainability

The radio station in Kilimanjaro has established a program on environment conservation where NGOs and CBOs in the field of conservation are invited to present their best practices in environment conservation.

Project Results

(1) Mt. Kilimanjaro adjacent communities have been trained on environmentally friendly income generating activities in order to conserve Mt. Kilimanjaro ecosystem.

(2)The project has managed to disseminate materials on conservation activities. The project has also aired radio programs on different conservation topics which reached 4 districts around Mt. Kilimanjaro. The radio programs were also providing environmental friendly pest sides, sanitation and healthy diet.

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Biophysical

Number of local policies informed in biodiversity focal area 4

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 100000

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