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River Bank Stabilization through Mahi River Basin?

FES is implementing a Small Grants project in three villages in Baroda district of Gujarat. The Goal of the project is River bank stabilization through improving vegetation and arresting soil erosion in the ravenous area through participatory efforts along Mahi river basin. The objective of the project is to work towards the restoration and stabilization of riverbanks along River Mahi through appropriate soil and water conservation measures, improved vegetative cover, proper tenurial arrangements and appropriate local level institutions.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Foundation for Ecological Security.

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 29,112.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 20,544.74

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 18,581.00

Project Number:

SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/GUJ16

Start Date:

12/2005

End Date:

12/2006

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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COMUNITY YOUTH ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES

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Project Characteristics and Results

Policy Impact

? Complementing the work of the Gujarat Land Development Corporation, about 10,000 saplings of various species have been provided to individual farmers to support the farm bunds. Fodder seeds and root slips have also been supplied which influnces the government policy and the effort has been by individual agencies of the government working on their sectoral priorities; a multi-disciplinary collaboration of government department like Forest, Rural Development, Agriculture, Land development, Irrigation, Revenue and finance to address the problem in holistic way is the need of hour.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

It is also an immediate necessity that the dependencies of the community on the common lands are recognized and long-term tenurial rights to the community over ravines-common land be granted. This would enlist individual farmers as well promote collective action by community as whole in the project of ravine stabilization.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The Indigenous people were encouraged by the community to participate actively in all sorts of programs.

Notable Community Participation

The local level institutions like SHGs and CBOs will be instrumental in the implementation of the project. The planatation and land reclamation activities will be undertaken with community participation and co-financing.

Capacity - Building Component

The project would help in strengthening existing village institutions for improving the governance of natural resources and stalling future degradation.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The revenue wastelands and grazing lands would be brought under long term tenure through lease of working permission for the development and use of the lands. Employment generation during the execution of physical activities. Communities will benefit from improved fodder, fuel wood and other non-timber forest produce availability from the regenerated resources in the common lands.

Gender Focus

There is no particular gender is focused in the Project as both men and women are given equal importance.

Project Results

The projected outputs of the project are:
? The degradation of common land (150 ha.) and private land (410 ha. ap.) would be arrested and result in the stabilization of Mahi river basin
? The project would help in strengthening existing village institutions for improving the governance of natural resources and stalling future degradation.
? The revenue wastelands and grazing lands would be brought under long term tenure through lease of working permission for the development and use of the lands.
? Employment generation during the execution of physical activities: Communities will benefit from improved fodder, fuel wood and other non-timber forest produce availability from the regenerated resources in the common lands.
? Improvement of private lands would help in the reclamation of the degraded lands, reduction in erosion and thereby improvement in agricultural productivity. The farming system would also improve indirectly through improved moisture regime

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