Capacity
Building for Conservation: Practical lessons for primary school pupils adjacent
to the Ruvu-South Coastal Forest Reserve, Tanzania
Project organizer:
Dorah Mbogo
The project
was to integrate the schools community adjacent to the Ruvu-South Coastal
Forest Reserve to become an integral part of the forest conservation efforts.
Major outcomes of the projects are
that 15 teachers have been empowered and motivated in participatory teaching
and learning approaches addressing sustainability issues relating to the Ruvu Forest
Reserve, both practically and academically. 179 pupils from two primary schools have been
trained in appropriate conservation skills, such as plant recognition, seed
growing, tree planting and weed removal. Through these efforts, the schools
community has become integral to the forest conservation, benefiting about
12,000 ha of the forest reserve, particularly in the forest edge and buffer
zones.
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Kipangege Primary Schools