{"id":832,"date":"2017-01-26T10:14:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T10:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/?page_id=832"},"modified":"2017-01-26T16:17:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T16:17:52","slug":"live","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/live\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE 2009-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to LIVE project<\/p>\n<h1>Project parties<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-844 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2017\/01\/LIVE-kartta-image011.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"489\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>Forest Conservation by Livelihood Development in Zanzibar (LIVE project) is a co-operation development project between a Finnish organization \u2013 Turku Geographical Society \u2013 and Zanzibar government institution \u2013 Department of Commercial Crops, Fruits and Forestry (DCCFF). This project addresses both community livelihoods improvement and biodiversity conservation issues around the villages of Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest Reserve.<\/p>\n<h1>Project objectives<\/h1>\n<p>The immediate objective is to achieve economic empowerment of local communities in order to improve their family incomes without compromising nature conservation of the forest reserve. The project will initiate and facilitate various enterprises and build capacity of local women and men and strengthen community conservation groups to take part in the development activities.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-847 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2017\/01\/LIVE-image013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>LIVE project\u2019s direct objectives:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Develop the livelihoods of the eleven communities around Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest Reserve and achieve economic empowerment of local communities<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Strengthen co-operation in community level and support existing forest conservation<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Establish new livelihood management groups in the villages<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Improve village and district collaboration for conservation in the Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest Reserve ecosystem<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Introduction to livelihoods<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Agriculture: <span lang=\"en-US\">Cultivation of plants is an important source of livelihood in Kiwengwa <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-850 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2017\/01\/LIVE-image574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"240\" \/>shehia, where cassava, mango, orange trees, bananas and rice are the most commonly grown crops.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Animal husbandry: <span lang=\"en-GB\">In the shehia of Kiwenga raising flocks of chicken is a widespread way to make a living. In addition, ducks, goats and cattle are often kept in the villages. <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fishing and seaweed farming:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-853 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2017\/01\/LIVE-image864.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"172\" \/> Fishing is one of the key sources of livelihood for the villagers in Kiwengwa. The fishing calendar is guided by the northeast and southeast monsoons. During the northeast monsoon (November to February), the fish hauls are not large, while during the southeast monsoon (April to September) the catches are bigger.<\/li>\n<li>Forestry: <span lang=\"en-US\">Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest has been an important resource for villagers in Kiwengwa shehia for decades. Overuse has resulted in a severe decline in certain plant species and has led to general forest degradation. As a result of the decline of the Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest, the government has enacted protection measures and its use is now more restricted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Handicrafts<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-856 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2017\/01\/LIVE-image868.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"222\" \/>: <span lang=\"en-US\">Local villagers use Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest in various ways for handicrafts. Different parts of plant species are being used for numerous items, such as baskets, boats, doors, fish nets and even for toys.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"style2\"><strong>Reports, publications and other materials<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-880 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2017\/01\/LIVE-image011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"161\" \/><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>LIVE project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/liveproject\">photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zanzibarlive.blogspot.fi\/\">Blog<\/a> of the LIVE project<\/p>\n<p>Virve Repo in <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSWTY1ZHVsTXRySzQ\/view?usp=sharing\">Salon Seudun Sanomat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit to Teijo in <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSWTRQbVhoQkpEMmM\/view?usp=sharing\">Perni\u00f6nseudun lehti<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reports 2009: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSUmFNck5mLXZpMG8\/view?usp=sharing\">Baseline survey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSOXJMUFpfUkhwTUE\/view?usp=sharing\">Livelihood groups<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSX19wdXgzVGcyWFE\/view?usp=sharing\">Annual report 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reports 2010: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSOW5oMm12dnpSWHc\/view?usp=sharing\">Progress report<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSY3ROS1k5aUtZUkE\/view?usp=sharing\">Annual report 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reports 2011: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSRXB3ZEJiVGZrN2M\/view?usp=sharing\">Marketing report<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYSenUza2h3ZDVrc2c\/view?usp=sharing\">Final report<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0MVPvcO0RYScG9KWHV4Z3NJMlE\/view?usp=sharing\">Final evaluation report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to LIVE project Project parties Forest Conservation by Livelihood Development in Zanzibar (LIVE project) is a co-operation development project between a Finnish organization \u2013 Turku Geographical Society \u2013 and Zanzibar government institution \u2013 Department of Commercial Crops, Fruits and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/live\/\">Lue loppuun <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1700,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-832","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/832\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/tmsry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}