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| Strengthening Conservation Activities in the Terai Arc | |
| 2005 Full Book | |
With financial backing from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, World Wildlife Fund was able to make important strides toward strengthening community-based conservation in Nepal's Terai Arc. WWF strengthened community forestry and restoration activities, which helped ease pressures from forest conversion, deforestation, and habitat fragmentation. WWF also increased anti-poaching activities through community-based anti-poaching operations (CBAPO) that patrol beyond the boarders of protected areas into the biological corridors. WWF also supported educational outreach activities like eco clubs and teacher trainings to help recruit the support of many of the communities in which we work. Under this grant, WWF achieved the following key results: Exceeded expectations by promoting the regeneration of 1,460 hectares of community forests through the construction of 34 km of trench to control grazing, forest fires, and encroachment. With the restoration and protection of these corridors has come the recorded presence and movement of elephant, rhino and tiger populations. Conducted nine planning workshops in Basanta, Lamahi, and Dovan to build the capacity of local community-based organizations to plan their own project activities. Founded two more community forest coordination committees in the northern part of the Basanta corridor and Laljhadi area of Kanchanpur district. These committees are the backbone of the community forest management project. Strengthened CBAPOs in Khata, Basanta, Mahadevpuri, Lamahi, Dovan, Chitwan and Parsa and extended to Laljhadi areas to extend across protected area boundaries into adjacent biological corridors. The trend of illegal activities such as logging, poaching, and encroachment has been reduced significantly as the result of CBAPOs. Established 41 new eco clubs in local schools. WWF provided support to 139 eco clubs and four eco club networks, enabling them to hold 375 events that were geared toward promoting conservation awareness. Provided informal education to 39 adult women, 98 children, and 21 herders. WWF helped present five local level meetings between Indian and Nepalese government staff at Bhajani of Basanta on trans-boundary cooperation. Supported local communities of the wildlife impacted areas for the construction of 98 km of trench and 37 watch towers which helped to reduce the vulnerability of 2,400 farmer households from crop depredation by wildlife. Supported 255 households in their cultivation of the alternative crop, menthe, in 19 ha of land. Likewise, value addition facilities for mentha were also enhanced through the construction of one processing plant. More than 1,000 households benefited from the enhancement of community services such as small-scale physical infrastructures. |
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