Protection and Promotion of Natural Resource Management in the CHT (Phase-1)
TUS implemented the Protection and Promotion of Natural Resource Management in the CHT – Phase-1 from January 11, 2011 to June 30, 2014, funded by MISEREOR, Germany, covering 10 villages at Kobakhali Union in Dighinala Upazila.
Key activities included: improving technical capacities of Community-Based Organizations and local institutions on NRM (capacity assessment, community mobilization, community action planning, village common forest identification, environmental awareness, leadership and gender training, legal rights awareness); improving sustainable economic conditions through equitable access to land and resources (agro-forestry, community solidarity funds, income generation, market promotion); strengthening community volunteers and women’s self-help groups (training, leadership development, participatory monitoring, education support); and scaling up successful NRM practices (experience sharing, dissemination of indigenous best practices, and documentation).
At a glance of PPNRM (Phase-1):
| Project Name | Protection and Promotion of Natural Resource Management Systems in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Phase-1) |
|---|---|
| Implementing Organisation | Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha (TUS) |
| Donor | Misereor (Germany) |
| Total Budget | 40,80,000/= |
| Staff | 04 |
| Duration | Jan 11, 2011 to June 30, 2014 |
| Working Area | 10 villages at Kobakhali Union in Dighinala Upazila |
| Participants | 906 (391 male, 379 females, 136 children). PPNRM works with the households of Khetrapur and Jorabridge, two remote, hilly villages with little access to basic services. Cultivable land is limited, and villagers depend on jhum farming to survive. |
| Project Purpose | To revive and strengthen the social ownership over land and natural resources through indigenous agro-forestry practices in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Reference Contact Details | Dr. Josef Sayer, Secretary of the Bishops’ Subcommission for MISEREOR Phone: +49(0)241/442-0 Telefax: +49(0)241/442-188 |