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Mangrove and Sea grass Rehabilitation, Protection and Conservation for Livelihood Improvements

1. Project Description:
The project will support sustainable community-based activities in Peam Krosaup wildlife sanctuary. The activities will involve planting magrove tree on 40 ha of degraded land and protecting the remaining mangrove trees under the 3 communities management areas. The project also aims at protecting 20 ha of sea grass in Chhroy Bros Community management areas.
The project will also address the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources mainly fisheries and mangrove resources in areas under increasing human pressure by organizing women saving & self-help groups to create community-based alternatives livelihoods.

2. Objectives:
- Increase mangrove forest cover for biodiversity conservation and prevention of natural disasters
- Stop illegal fishing especially pushing boats which can cause serious damaging to sea grass
- Increase the livelihood of community members especially the poor families and female headed households
- Encourage participation in protection and conservation of mangorves and sea grass in the target area
- This project will become a model project for participatory natural resources conservation

3. Outputs:
- Planting mangrove trees over 35 ha of degraded land and protection and conservation of existing mangrove trees
- 20 ha of sea grass in Chhork Koh Kong will be protected and conserved.
- Insured that ecological systems project target areas will be sustainably management and used
- Increase of fish catch from mangrove and sea grassprotected areas by 20% to 40% from previous numbers
- Food security for fishermen of at least 75% during rainy season, especially poor fishers with access to mangorve areas
- Ensure that 50% to 80% of fishers do not loose their fishing gear due to big pushing boats
- Up to 95% of poor fishers and WHH will receive direct benefit from participation in protection and conservation of mangrove and sea grass
- Around 500 families will receive direct benefits from participating in planting mangrove trees
- Increase community knowledge of costal natural resources management through project implementation (learning by doing)

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Grantee:

Natural Resource Community Coalition of Koh Kapic, Koh Sralao, and Chrouy Pros

Country:

Cambodia

Area Of Work:

International Waters

Operational Phase:

OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)

Grant Amount:

US$ 21,500.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 16,600.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 10,420.00

Project Number:

KHM/06/05

Start Date:

1/2006

End Date:

6/2007

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Degradation area where community is going to plant mangrow tree

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Project Characteristics and Results

Notable Community Participation

70% of the three communities' members are directly involved in planting mangrove trees over 35 ha of degradation land, looking after the young trees and regular patrolling, producing and setting up concrete poles to demarcate the sea grass protected areas. They will actively participate in the dissemination of the importance and conservation of the sea grass and mangrove resources to people outside the target communities. The communities' members will take part in the project monitoring and evaluation.

Capacity - Building Component

Capacity building on coastal natural resources conservation and its sutainable use is mostly carried out through learning by doing. The project plans to provide 3 technical trainings to community committee members, conduct in-country study tour for women saving group and community committee members to learn from other women groups, provide 6 training and dissemination courses for all members inside project target areas, and provide 5 training courses to communities outside target areas for raising their awareness of community protected areas.

Gender Focus

On average female community members have lower living condition than men. Gender was taken into consideration in every activity. Women are encouraged to take part in all decision making. Women were selected to participate in planting mangrove trees and sea grass and in the dissemination of the project objectives and activities. Women are organized into 2-3 saving groups in each community for them to explore more livelihood options to increase their everyday income generation. Their income generation activities are linked with the sustainable use of natural resources and conservation. Upon the achievement of the project goal, their social and economic status will be fully supported and recognized.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

When the mangrove trees and sea grass are well protected and increased, it will become a sustainable habitat for fish and species. Community members, especially poor fishers and women headed households, can catch more fish in the conservation area all seasons to support their daily living as well as small imcome generation. And this will help to eliminate their worry of food shortage and encourage food security in the commuities as a whole.

Project Results

1. More than 200 school children and teachers, Monks, Community Fisheries members, Commune polices, MoE representative, Provincial and district governors, have actively participated in planted of more than 400,000 mangrove trees over 40 ha of degraded land. Around 95 % of planted mangrove is growing well.
2. Produced education signed board ( 4 big, 20 small) on protection of Sea grass and mangrove areas
3. 551 families get direct benefit from participating in project activities, especially in plating mangrove tree.
4. 10 patrolling teams (51 members= 12 women and 38 men) were establish to protect and conserve 40 ha of new planting mangrove areas and 2,500 ha of existing mangrove tree.
5. Reduced rate of losing fishing gears of the poor fishers
6. 20 ha of sea grass were protected and conserved by Chhoy Pros Community Fisheries by putting 330 cement polls (15 cm x 15 cm) and 26 big and long Cement polls.
7. Reduced rate of destroy of sea grass beds by pushing boat as they could not move inside the protected areas after Community put those cement polls.
8. 23 community committee members, 10 Commune Council members and 97 key community members (total of 130 people) were in Natural resources management and Conservation.
9. 6 saving groups (total saving group members is 73 members) were organized and training on how to manage their groups. Now they are able to run their group very well.
10. Community members reported that now they can cutch more fishes, crabs and shrimps for improving their livelihood. They also observed that more Dolphins now present in their proted areas where they never see it before.

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