Fig.1 Location of Rakhine Yoma Elephant Sanctuary 3.2 Income Generation To reduce dependence on shifting cultivation, the project has supplied seeds for agro-forestry and cash crops that are not eaten by rats such as yam, ginger (for which there is a major export market), pineapple, banana, betel and lime. Four training courses on cash- crop plantation including production of bio- fertilizer were conducted during 2011-2013. Study tours for government agricultural research center and private farms were arranged for Chin Villagers. Starting in January 2014, with funding from the FAO’s Forest and Farmers Facility (FFF), the Chin farmers could have access to major domestic markets for their products. The supply of livestock farming began in March 2013. As a pilot work, FOW provided chickens for all families. The observation found that families derive income every 3-6 months by selling eggs and hatchlings. This income generation would help the sustainability of this project to reduce dependency on forest resources, through diversification of livelihoods. Based on the leadership of VCDCs and activities of Chin communities, the project continued to supply pigs to them in July 2013 and worked with VCDCs to implement and manage this livestock farming activities. 3.3 Environmental education and awareness Environmental education activities such as school and village education program, erecting signboards and posters were carried out. School teachers, students, and local people from three villages are the target groups for these activities. Education teams conducted the education activities at 10 State High and Middle Schools in Gwa townships according to the requests of chairman, township authorities and township education officer. Education talks included the endangered and endemic species such as Arakan forest turtle, elephant, conservation of mangrove forests, clean environment such as avoiding plastic littering, water pollution, fish and poisoning. Litter bins for all 10 schools were support for cleaning 164 Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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