Village tree planting project

Dear members,

We have been talking much and doing less, can we start from our own small communities to plant trees as to have global benefit?

Below is what we intend to do and need partners to carry on the initiative.

We are inviting donors, technical partners and volunteers to join us in this initiative.You can contact us through the address bellow for further information.

Project Title:  Tree planting in thirteen Village communities of Ngoketunjia Division, as a means to fight climate change in Cameroon and the world at large.

Summary of the area

Ngoketunjia Division is one of the seven divisions that make up the North West Province of Cameroon. This division has thirteen Village Communities with lowland plains linking most of the villages. The Division has a population of about two thousand inhabitants.

Seventy percent of the total land surface is in the plains and the main activities of this division are farming with swamp rice, maize and groundnuts being their main crops cultivated. Other activities include fishing, hunting of wildlife,woodworks in craft industries etc.

Problem statements:

• Increased population that depends of agriculture for survival and the limited farmlands which has lead farmers to destroy patches of forest for farm lands.
• Unsustainable exploitation of tree barks, roots and leaves for traditional medicines by traditional doctors.
• High demand for timber for construction of houses and other furniture which has lead to continue cutting down of trees without replacing.
• Wood is the main raw material for craft industries and the many industries uses a lot of wood.
• The construction of Bamenjim dam that lead to the destruction of many hectare of lowland forest.
• High demand for fuel wood for house use and other industries.

Objective: The objective is to plant 65.000 trees in 26 hectares of land within 13 village communities in Ngoketunjia division Cameroon

Activities: The activities will start with sensitization workshops in 13 village communities on the importance of tree planting and management. Each village community will plant 2 hectares each which will be manage by the  village after the project

Expected out put:

• Village Communities knowledge increased on the importance of tree planting
• 26 hectares of land planted with different species of trees in the pilot phase
• Vegetation cover increased
• The reduction of global warming

Project duration: 12 months for this pilot phase

Expected start date: January 2009

Project budget: 30.800 Euro.

Jaff Francis Agiamntebom
The Project coordinator
Forest and Agroforestry
Promoters (FAP)Cameroon
P O Box 21 Ndop Ngoketunjia
Division North West Province
Cameroon
Tel:+237 77839843
website; http://www.fap-cameroon.page.tl