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Ringphu Sustainable Development Project to be implemented by the Ringphu Chethuen Tshogpa (RCT) in Mongar Dzongkhag to carry out activities that would improve the standard of living of Ringphu community through conservation of local environment and promote sustainable development in Ringphu village.

The Ringphu village is one of the remotest areas in Jurmey geog (block of a district) under Mongar Dzongkhag. It has limited infrastructure facilities. It is three days walk to the nearest motor road. It has a community primary school namely Jurmey Community Primary School (CPS). Jurmey CPS provides primary education to 200 numbers of students and they have to travel three hours each day to the school and back home on the same duration. WFP day-meals are provided to the students and the Jurmey CPS uses traditional open stoves which consumes large quantity of firewood and this is compounded by the use of open stoves by the local people also.

Therefore, the Ringphu Chethuen Tshogpa (RCT) requested GEF/Small Grants Programme with an aim to carry out activities that would improve the living standard of the community there.
The project aims to achieve the following objectives:
1. Conserve the forest of Ringphu from deforestation;
2. install solar lightings in Lhakhang;
3. create awareness on the importance of natural resources conservation and
4. carry out plantations to increase the forest cover.

The project's rationale is that the forest in and around Ringphu is degrading due to heavy consumption of fuelwood and through use of natural resources through other local measures such as humane and cattle, the use of forest pine trees to use as candles at night. Like any other remote areas, this village also suffers from lack of electricity and critical water supply facility for various purposes.

Through this project, the end result would be the use of improved stoves that would significantly reduce the consumption of firewood from the local forest, reduce the use of pine extractions for lighting purposes, thus saving the life of the pine trees and also have water supply facility for the improvement of a better living.

kindly refer to the Project Results.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Ringphu Cheuthen Tshogpa

Country:

Bhutan

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 6,054.33

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 1,306.70

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 2,327.59

Project Number:

BHU/04/04

Start Date:

12/2004

End Date:

11/2005

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

Both men and women and children (students boys and girls) are involved in the project implementation.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

One of the criterias of approving the project is to create public awareness of the Global Environment through local actions.

Policy Impact

The Royal Government of Bhutan Environmental Conservation and sustainable livelihood of the people would be realized through this project as local people are being involved to take care of their local environment and improve the living standard of this area.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The local people of Mongar District is involved in this project.

Notable Community Participation

The local people of Ringphu have committed to take up the project and participate in the project's implementation. The project activities were also identified with their participation during the planning period. There is agreed labor contribution from them as and when required to carryout the project activities.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project would emphasise to carryout the activities for the improvemet of sustainable livelihood of the people involved in these area.

Capacity - Building Component

This project through funding from SGP would build capacity of the Ringphu people including the Jurmey CPS and the Lhakhangs with solar lightings.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

World Food Programme has agreed to fund 50% for the installation of improved stoves.

Project Results

Project Objectives:
1. To save local forest;
2. To reduce the fire wood consumption;
3. school greening

Were the objectives met?
Yes, about 70-80 percent of the laid out objectives were achieved as per the progress report as well as the field visit report submitted by the Dzongkhag Support Staff. School had carried out major plantation which are coming up well:
1. Walnut - 2390 numbers were planted;
2. Chirpine - 241 numbers and
3. Melia - 20 numbers.

The Environmental Education Workshop had instilled in the local people towards care and preservation of the natural environment: During the workshop more than 70 participants attended and most were female participants. They were briefed on the following topics:
1. Bhutan's National Environmental Conservation Policies, Goals and Objectives;
2. Global, Regional, National and Local environmental effects;
3. Situation Analysis of Environment at village level;
4. Jurmey CPS Greening Program.

Prinipal positive aspects of the project:
1. Encouraged for forest care and environment preservation;
2. Reduced Firewood consumption;
3. Installation of improved stoves;
4. Care-taker Trained to operate and maintain the stoves.

Benefits achieved for/by participants during implementation:
1. understand the value of forest conservation;
2. reduced drudgery of parents by reduced firewood collection;
3. easy cooking;
4. cleaner and hygienic kitchen.

Products generated by the project:
1. Greening of the community areas especially the Jurmey Cummunity Primary School;
2. 2651 number of trees growing;
3. Improved Stoves

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