There are 27,190 projects available.
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Mauritius
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Community Based Adaptation
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2013
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30,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr2/13/03 |
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The aim of the project is to use a community driven action backed by the appropriate methodology (Vulnerability Reduction Assessment- see section 4.4) and use of available resources to prioritise and implement measures aimed at enhancing resilience ( ... )
community to address climate change impacts. Throughout the project write up phase, the following criteria have been considered:
? The vulnerability of the community is amplified because of its location, topography and the dependence of the community on natural resources.
? Following three consultative workshops with the community (Friday 01 February, Saturday 09 February and Tuesday 19
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Cameroon
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2013
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48,851.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: CMR/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/13/15 |
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The issue of land degradation with its effect on productivity cuts across all associated farming systems in this region. Agriculture is the economic mainstay of most sub-Saharan African countries including Cameroon. Livestock production constitutes ( ... )
rtant component of the agricultural production systems in the region. In recent years, the combined effect of rapid demographic growth, intense cropping activities and increasing livestock populations have exerted tremendous pressure on land resulting in the depletion of the vegetative cover and general environmental degradation.Overgrazing of limited pastoral space has resulted in the
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2013
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46,588.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/13/07 |
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The Pilikwe community has over the last 5 years been working on a number of concepts whose focus has been to create a multi-year development plan for sustainable use of natural and other resources in its environs. Part of this desire has led to the ( ... )
l of village committees and community organisations, such as Pilikwe Development Association (PDA) to spearhead the effort for developing this 60 year old village. It will do so by prioritising adding value to community owned enterprises attached to agricultural lands (ranches and farms for both pastoral (cattle) and arable (crops). The proposal being submitted to the GEF /SGP relates exclusively
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2013
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26,800.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/07/24/025 |
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The purpose of this project is to promote collaborative sustainable land management practices among six women farmer groups (225 direct farmers) within the 3 communities utilizing the capacity of the farmers on innovative strategies for sustainable ( ... )
nagement, introducing and supporting farmers groups to sustainable livelihood activities and developing access to market opportunities locally and globally.
The specific objectives of the project are:
1. To promote sustainable agricultural practices among farmer groups to enable them restore the degraded lands through integrated water and soil management, community based forest
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Mauritius
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Community Based Adaptation
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2013
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30,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr2/13/04 |
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Grand-Sable is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its topography. The households and fields are sandwiched between the mountains and the coast. Soil erosion and waterlogging in the fields due to the frequent occurrences of high-intensity ( ... )
ll add constant pressure to the land. Coastal infrastructures are also under pressure due to high rate of coastal erosion.
This project aims at mitigating soil erosion and waterlogging in fields which are likely to be accentuated by climate change and empowering the women on alternative income-generating activities to help them meet the challenges of climate change. Women are most likely to
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Sierra Leone
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Biodiversity
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2013
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35,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: SLE/SGP/OP5/ STAR/BD/13/06/022 |
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The project aims at enhancing multi-stakeholder dialogue, establishment of appropriate infrastructure for and mass media promotion of ecotourism, and reforestation of degraded sites in the selected ecotourism area in the Western Area Peninsula ( ... )
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2013
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2,500.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/BD/13/01 |
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The goal of the project is to improve the livelihoods of the residents of Aguacate village through the conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity resources within the Aguacate area.
Aguacate has approximately 85 square kilometers of ( ... )
al land and about 50 per cent of this is comprised of steep mountains that are not suitable for farming. Our landscape offers abundant flora and fauna and rich cultural resources. This bio-diverse environment is fostered by a tropical broadleaf forest within the upper reaches of the Moho River watershed. There are numerous species of plants and wildlife along with caves and waterfalls that are
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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31,174.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/ 2013/21/RAJ04 |
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? Rajasthan is the largest State in India with a population of about 56 million and holding about 14% India?s cultivable land, of which only 1% is irrigated and categorizing it the most water deficit state.
? The socio-economic condition of the ( ... )
is very poor due to various natural vagaries like recurrent droughts, low productivity of land, traditional practices and area specific resource poverty.
? The adaptability of climate change is very poor in the state and it saw 27 droughts in 50 years, and as a result the land productivity has gone down, soil salinity and erosion increased, vegetable cover reduced and common property resources
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Gambia
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CapDev
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2013
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38,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: GMB/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CD/13/02 |
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The purpose of the Best Practice and Knowledge Fair is to enable NGOs and CBOs stakeholders to network, share and showcase best practices, innovative technologies and lesson learnt in a bid to promote the replication and scaling up of achievements ( ... )
eater transformational change at institutional level; as well as to promote sustainability and the mobilisation of additional resources for community-based development
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Tanzania
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Land Degradation
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2013
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4,461.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: TAN/SGP/OP5/Y2/STAR/LD/12/01 |
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CONTEXT;
Roots and Shoot tree planting group was established in 1990 and is among the oldest tree nurseries in Moshi which were established by community members. This group has a tree nursery as a source of income for the group members. The group ( ... )
en supporting other community members with tree seedlings. The group is requesting for support since the profit from tree planting comes very slow in a way that they find it difficult to run the tree nursery though at the moment they are working on voluntary bases.
PROJECT PRIMARY OBJECTIVES;
To Promote tree nursery activities and to plant trees in Uru villagers
PROJECT SECONDARY
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Tanzania
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Biodiversity
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2013
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36,470.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: TAN/SGP/OP5/Y2/STAR/BD/13/02 |
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Afghanistan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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40,700.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: AFG/SGP/OP4/Y3/RAF/13/03 |
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The GEF SGP project ?Environment Protection Practices through Introduction of Renewable Energy Initiatives? was implemented in Sang-e-Nawishta district of Kabul in Afghanistan where about 120 households live, and most of them are very poor. Lack of ( ... )
drinking water and access to lighting (electricity) in the area were among the problems that the community were confronted, and people were using polluted canal water for drinking purposes and this was the major cause of diseases in children and women.
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Gambia
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CapDev
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2013
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45,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: GMB/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CD/13/11 |
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The overall aim of this project is to enhance the capacities of the affected communities and civil society organizations to raise the level of awareness on the various UN Environmental Conventions and associated Frameworks and acquire the necessary ( ... )
to enable them develop relevant project proposals and implement their projects successfully in order to contribute to the attainment of the global environmental objectives, poverty reduction and local empowerment within twelve months. The more specific objectives of the project include, amongst others, the following:
? To undertake a knowledge and capacity needs assessment of the participating
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Pakistan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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20,003.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: PAK/SGP/OP5/Y1/STAR/2013/28 |
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The proposed intervention will be supportive to reforestation and decrease environment degradation in the area.
Objective:
To have a section of society, in Union Council MoorhoJabal of District Jamshoro , able to address environment al ( ... )
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Specific Objectivet#1:
Involvement of district authorities and community is aware about environment al issues
Specific Objectivet #2:
Provision and Installation of Insolated Metallic Stoves (Shehbaz Stoves) to 100 household
Anticipated Results
? The expected achievements are seen in terms of firewood saving which in turn will contribute towards reducing the land degradation
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Pakistan
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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39,998.13
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: PAK/SGP/OP5/Y1/STAR/2013/16 |
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Objective:
To have a section of society, in UC Tando Hafiz Shah of District Thatta , able to address environmental hazards
Specific Objectivet#1:
Involvement of district authorities and community is aware about environmental ( ... )
Specific Objectivet #2:
Provision and Installation of Insolated Metallic Stoves (Shehbaz Stoves) to 450 households
Following are major activities under the specific objectives which will be conducted in proposed area for the better environment.
Anticipated Results
? The expected achievements are seen in terms of firewood saving which in turn will contribute towards reducing
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Indonesia
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Biodiversity
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2013
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2,500.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: INS/SGP/OP5/Y2/STAR/BD/12/018 |
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GOAL
Informing best practices in environmental management to community in Bener Village, Tegalrejo sub-District as the main element to develop the Environmental Education Ecotourism Village
OBJECTIVES
Objective 1 : To conduct participative and ( ... )
hensive planning with communities in developing ecotourism village
Indicators : 1. Existing data of environmental management and cultivation in Bener Village, which include social, economy, and natural resources data
2. There is enthusiasm for those actively involved in planning the activities worskop measured and the number of data collected from the community. The number of workshop
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Suriname
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Biodiversity
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2013
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50,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: SUR/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/13/29 |
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Awareness program on the protection and maintenance of biodiversity. This program is aimed towards children with a disability. as well as their mentors, and other groups in the community. |
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Malawi
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Biodiversity
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2013
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30,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: MLW/COMDEKS/2013/06 |
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The Tukombo-Kande landscape is endowed with a diversified natural resource base which includes some of the most fertile soils for agricultural use in Nkhatabay district.The landscape has one of the evergreen forest reserves and closed forest ( ... )
ces,abundant water resources and a remarkably diverse of flora and fauna, of which the uniquely rich and diverse fish resources stand out.It has a tropical climate characterized by variable temperature, rainfall and relative humidity, which impact on various sectors in various ways. If properly utilized, these resources can provide the basis for sustainable socio-economic development in the
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Palestine, State of
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CapDev
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2013
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50,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: PAL /SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/MF/2013/01 |
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In order to strengthen the networking and exchange of experiences and best practices among GEF/SGP grantees and other relevant stakeholders the IMM is proposing to conduct a Knowledge Fair. The aim is to subsequently achieve an increase in their ( ... )
and influence on civil society as well as on a policy level. The implementation of the action will take place over six months and includes a variety of awareness- raising and outreach activities. In the first month a website will be created as a first step to connect NGOS working in the field of environment, resources and information on environmental problems and relevant useful contacts, as
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Malawi
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Land Degradation
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2013
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16,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: MLW/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/LD/12/21 |
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Land is a very scarce commodity in Mulanje Distict.The bigger portion of land has been taken over by estate farming.Due to population density,deforestation has been one of the problems that have led to land degradation of many places including river ( ... )
nd household sorrounding in the district.
The wanton cutting down of trees has even extended up to the cutting down of fruit trees.This practice is leaving the land bare thereby making it difficult to control excessive runoff resulting into excessive
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