Objectives of the project:
The restoration of the Coromandal coastal belt through an increase in the number and diversity of species in 6 villages by the local population in Villupurum District, Tamil Nadu.
Planned activities :
Assess the list of communities that are seriously committed to reforestation.
Establish communication between the project team and the relevant government bodies to carry out ER work.
Carry out GIS including basic PRAs (Participatory Rural Appraisal) in the 6 villages.
Draw up formal agreements between the community members the government and the project team regarding responsibilities for implementing the PRAs.
Finalize the list of coastal species required and coordinate between the various nurseries to ensure their supply.
Continue seed collection and nursery establishment of the relevant species.
Distribute seedlings to the appropriate recipients and supervise planting and maintenance.
A monthly meeting for women and men in the village to sustain environmental awareness and one activity.
Weekly, 2 hour, after-school sessions for children of school going age and youth and one weekly environmental activity relating to nursery or plantation.
• 100 000 seedlings will be planted in 6 villages along the Villupuram District Coast
• Increased environmental awareness through programmes to assist long-term success of the project
Central Team, Shakti Nursery and Herbarium:
• Balachandran – Botanist
• Saravonan – Nursery manager and village / Paalam liaison
• Krishnamurthy – Village / Paalam liaison
• Walter – Co-coordinator and Finance
• Malini – Co-coordinator and administration
• Santo – Central Office
• Rik – GIS/ nursery support
Collaborators:
• David – Nursery support
• Jaap – Nursery support
• Mike (Samriddi) – Nursery support
• AV Botanical Garden
• D Vadivel - Designer
The ER project has now been running for 6 months. Until August activities have been funded from Central Office. This month an agreement was signed with CONCERN International to fund the longer term 2 year proposal.
The Foundation for Ecological Research and Advocacy was contracted to survey and map our 6 target villages. They produced a package of geo-referenced maps showing basic infrastructure, tsunami influx line, water sources, a cadastral map and a survey of households willingness to plant on their properties.
Approximately 35 000 species from various AV nurseries have been raised. Planting will start at the end of September in the Northern most village of Anumandhai and possibly one other village. 20 000 seedlings will be planted this year and the remaining 80 000 will be planted the following September in 2006. See attached appendix for species and location.
It should be mentioned that planting as we are planning to do, directly in beach sand without any added soil mixture, has never been done before and that this is very much as pilot project. In the northern most village 50 trees were planted as a trial plantation in the worst possible conditions, in the middle of summer, close to the water line, with no aftercare, water or rain etc. Surprisingly 40% of the seedlings are still growing after 2 months.
We were able to do this trial plantation because we noticed on a field trip to the beach that 20 cm below the surface of the beach sand exists enough moisture to sustain a seedling during summer.
Seed collecting continues every week.
Educational materials are being prepared and translated into Tamil for the upcoming programmes with SHGs, women's groups, youth groups and school children. These materials will focus on the importance of trees, indigenous species, the need for coastal bio-shields and general environmental issues.
We have been contacted by other organizations for consultancy advice regarding ER, a positive sign that we are able to provide information for others to complete similar work along the coast and become not just an implementation team, but a resource centre.
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# Needed |
Shakti |
Bot. Gard |
Success |
David |
Total |
Acacia ampliceps |
500 |
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Acacia holosericea |
bulk |
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Acacia farnesiana |
2000 |
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Adenanthera pavonina |
5000 |
300 |
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500 |
800 |
Aegle marmelos |
500 |
250 |
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250 |
Alangium salviifolium |
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150 |
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Albizia guachepele |
150 |
120 |
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120 |
Albizia lebbeck |
1500 |
70 |
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70 |
Albizia odoratissima |
300 |
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Annona muricata |
100 |
13 |
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13 |
Artocarpus heterophyllus |
500 |
200 |
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200 |
Atalantia monophylla |
250 |
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250 |
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250 |
Azadirachta indica |
3000 |
30 |
1000 |
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500 |
1530 |
Bauhinia racemosa |
1000 |
|
500 |
100 |
|
600 |
Benkara malabarica |
200 |
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100 |
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100 |
Buchananania axillaris |
1000 |
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Butea monosperma |
500 |
220 |
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220 |
Calamus rotang |
200 |
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Calophyllum inophyllum |
5000 |
6280 |
500 |
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6780 |
Carissa spinarum |
500 |
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250 |
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250 |
Casearia tomentosa |
500 |
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Cassia fistula |
2000 |
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500 |
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500 |
Cassine glauca |
700 |
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500 |
500 |
Cerbera odollam |
1000 |
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Chloroxylon swietenia |
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200 |
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Cleistanthus collinus |
500 |
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Clerodendrum inerme |
5000 |
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5 |
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5 |
Coccoloba uvifera |
5000 |
1600 |
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1600 |
Cordia dichotoma |
2000 |
1680 |
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1680 |
Cordia subcordata |
5000 |
180 |
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180 |
Dichrostachys cinerea |
200 |
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Diospyros ebenum |
1000 |
70 |
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250 |
500 |
820 |
Diospyros melanoxylon |
1000 |
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250 |
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250 |
Diospyros montana |
1000 |
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300 |
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300 |
Dodonaea viscosa |
1000 |
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1000 |
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1000 |
Dolichandrone falcata |
2000 |
260 |
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100 |
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360 |
Dolichandrone spathacea |
500 |
240 |
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240 |
Drypetes sepiaria |
100 |
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100 |
100 |
Erythrina variegata |
500 |
550 |
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500 |
1050 |
Eugenia bracteata |
1000 |
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100 |
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100 |
Ficus racemosa |
500 |
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Flacourtia indica |
500 |
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250 |
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250 |
Garcinia spicata |
1500 |
520 |
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100 |
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620 |
Glycosmis mauritiana |
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350 |
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Gmelina asiatica |
500 |
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400 |
50 |
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450 |
Guettarda speciosa |
5000 |
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Hardwickia binata |
1000 |
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500 |
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500 |
Hibiscus tiliaceus |
5000 |
70 |
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70 |
Ixora pavetta |
1000 |
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250 |
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250 |
Lawsonia inermis |
200 |
160 |
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160 |
Lepisanthes tetraphylla |
2500 |
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Mangifera indica |
1000 |
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Manilkara hexandra |
3000 |
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Manilkara zapota |
500 |
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Maytenus emarginata |
1000 |
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100 |
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100 |
Mimusops elengi |
3000 |
1180 |
500 |
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1680 |
Mitragyna parviflora |
1000 |
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Morinda citrifolia |
5000 |
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Murraya paniculata |
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200 |
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Ochna obtusata |
500 |
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400 |
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400 |
Olax scandens |
200 |
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Pamburus missionis |
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100 |
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100 |
Pandanus fascicularis |
2000 |
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1000 |
1000 |
Parkinsonia aculeata |
1000 |
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1000 |
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1000 |
Peltophorum pterocarpum |
1500 |
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Pisonia grandis |
5000 |
150 |
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150 |
Pithecellobium dulce |
2000 |
70 |
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200 |
270 |
Pongamia pinnata |
5000 |
1300 |
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500 |
1800 |
Premna serratifolia |
500 |
80 |
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80 |
Psidium guaiava |
500 |
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Pterocarpus santalinus |
1500 |
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500 |
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500 |
Pterospermum suberifolium |
1500 |
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150 |
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150 |
Pterospermum xylocarpum |
300 |
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300 |
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300 |
Punica granatum |
500 |
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Samanea saman |
500 |
370 |
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370 |
Senna auriculata |
1000 |
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500 |
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500 |
Senna siamea |
500 |
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500 |
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500 |
Senna spectabilis |
500 |
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Spondias pinnata |
300 |
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Tamarindus indica |
2000 |
680 |
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680 |
Tarenna asiatica |
2000 |
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1000 |
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1000 |
Terminalia bellirica |
500 |
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100 |
150 |
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250 |
Terminalia catappa |
5000 |
2000 |
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200 |
2200 |
Terminalia chebula |
100 |
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Thespesia populnea |
5000 |
1330 |
1000 |
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2330 |
Tricalysia sphaerocarpa |
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100 |
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Vitex altissima |
500 |
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500 |
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500 |
Walsura trifoliolata |
2000 |
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200 |
100 |
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300 |
Wrightia tinctoria |
500 |
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500 |
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500 |
Ziziphus xylopyra |
300 |
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127100 |
19973 |
12900 |
2455 |
4500 |
39828 |
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