Water conservation, Biodiversity Protection and Livelihood support in the Weto landscape.

Project Information

Location: Kpedze

Duration: 12 months

Focus Area: Fresh water conservation, restoration and livelihoods

Funding/Implementation Partners: NEBF, NGO, Community

Project Overview

The Tale River plays an important role and well-being of the people of Kpedze, the conservation of natural resources and irrigation for farming activities along this freshwater banks. The outstanding biodiversity features and cultural diversity of the river are venerable, due to the impact of climate and land use change. Direct sunshine on the river, and encroachment for agriculture activities, illegal harvesting of trees that protect the river, and settlements close to the water source are subject to disturbing, and degradation which threatens this freshwater ecosystem.
Greenglobe and its collaborators seek to address the problems associated with resource exploitation and ineffective conservation of these freshwater ecosystems.

Project Objectives

1. To increase awareness and sensitization on the importance of vegetative cover on reviving the biodiversity and ecosystems of river Tale.
2. To revive the ecosystem services flow of river Tale through the vegetative cover restoration.
3. To empower and support indigenous women and youth who depend on the resources of the river in alternative livelihoods and sustainably use the resources of the river.

Key Activities Implemented

Activity 1. Organize two community forums on the importance of vegetative cover and impact on freshwater ecosystems in line with time of climatic conditions.

Activity 2. Organize women and youth volunteers to raise 15,000 indigenous tree seedlings for vegetative cover restoration around the river and within the project communities

Activity 3. Promote weekly environmental education programme at local information Centre reaching community members to raise awareness on innovative strategies in sustainable resource management; environmental and freshwater conservation issues.

Activity 4. Under take tree planting activities along Tale riverbanks for vegetative cover. At least 60 percent of the degraded lands along the river has been replanted with indigenous tree species. The ecology of the area has stated to improve with fast growing resilient tree species.

Impact & Results

1. About 60 percent of degraded land area along the river has been restored through restoration, enrichment planting and forest regeneration systems.
2. 151 farmers and community members trained in climate-smart agriculture and tree planting on farms and along the river banks for ecosystem restoration.
3. Train volunteers to monitor and nurture the planted trees around the riverbank, water conservation measures, improved pasture and forest and woodland management.
4. Bush-fires incidents reduced along the river banks in project community
5. Awareness created through local information centre on innovative strategies in sustainable resource management.

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