| | Southern Africa 30 June 2008 – The Kalahari Garden Project
At the end of its first year, the project has assisted the San with the development and maintenance of twenty nine gardens spread throughout three villages. Eighteen of these gardens have produced harvests, while the others have only recently been established and are either awaiting the germination of winter vegetables or the next sowing season in August and September. Twenty four garden owners (and their families) have been trained in both summer and winter vegetable gardening. They are currently experimenting with winter crops, including beetroot, carrots, cauliflower, onions, peas and green vegetables such as chard, cabbage and kale.
Over the course of the year the project has made improvements to the water delivery systems in each village. As we begin activities in two additional villages over the coming months, we will be assisting in the development of twelve more gardens and improving water delivery by installing water tanks, new pipelines, taps and fixing any existing leaks in the main lines.
Read more about the Kalahari Garden Project at : Community & Conservation in South Africa, KGP's blog , or download january newsletter , April newsletter, July newsletter and the 2007-08 annual report Urgent Appeal : DONATIONS FOR IMPROVED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
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| | Mesoamerica
Community Conserved Areas in Oaxaca -16 July 2008
In December 2007, we started our new project on community conserved areas and local livelihoods in southern Mexico. We work in six villages of the Chinantla, a beautiful region that has some of the largest remaining tracts of cloud forest in Mexico. The goal is to build the capacity of indigenous people to manage biological resources while promoting traditional ecological knowledge.
We have now organised three biodiversity fairs; workshops on participatory video, plant collection and community herbariums; and co-organised a national forum on community conservation.
We have also an active interaction programme with different NGOs, academic and governmental institutions with regional influence, so we can share ideas and exchange experiences. In this line, we have organised a coordination meeting between different groups working in the Chinantla, a participatory video mini festival and we will be coordinating study seminars during the rest of this year.
One of our main goals is to make a real base work in the sense that our project is well discussed and understood by the community through Free Prior and Informed Consent processes and discussion and analysis meetings towards the establishment of collaboration and research agreements.
Read more about the Community Conserved Areas in Oaxaca at : Community & Conservation in Mesoamerica
Links
GeoConservación A.C.
(http://www.geoconservacion.org/ )
Conafor
(http://www.conafor.gob.mx/ )
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