Precious Phiri - Community Development in Zimbabwe via Eco-restoration From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming" Sunday November 23rd, 2014

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2. ACHM Base

3. Zimbabwe
90% 9%
1%

4. Need

5. No-one
else
should
live like
this

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10. Fire
Fires destroy soil-covering
litter
Note same tree-point

11. Hwange Communal Lands
• Hwange district – about 180,000 people
• Living on over 500,000 hectares of land
• Poverty & running out of water
• Every year a “drought” regardless of
rainfall
• Becoming beggars losing pride & dignity

12. Addressing Social Issues
Community Action Cycle
Act Together
Evaluate
Together
Explore Land &
Water
Restoration
Issues & Set
Priorities
Plan Together
Prepare to
Mobilize
Prepare to
Scale Up
Organize the
Community
for Action
Programme Team Community

13. Leadership - important

14. OUR IMPACT
• Hwange Communal Lands
– 72000 Hectares of land
– 19 222 individuals
– 20 communities
• WORKING WITH OTHER PARTNERS
– 92 Facilitators, from 15 organisations- 68 communities
– 109 308 individuals
– About 2 million Hectares

15. Regional Impact
Kenya
Mozambique
Madagascar
Namibia
South Africa
Burkina
Faso
Niger
Ethiopia
Somalia
Nigeria
Uganda
Zambia
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Swaziland

16. Lion-proof kraal (boma)
Over 25 cm soil loss
2006

17. High Animal impact- Kraal
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18. Animal Impact

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Elbow
2009

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Very hard to recognise!

21. Grazing planning

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24. Neighboring community river- same day

25. Sizinda River

26. Before and After – Communal Lands-
Sianyanga
2005: 40% bare land
2007: 8% bare land

27. Area not under Holistic Grazing
Planning- Sizinda

28. Area under Holistic Grazing Planning
at community- Sizinda

29. Sianyanga Community: Paddock 3
2006 2011

30. Decrease in bare ground
52
31
53
26
4
11
34
23
12 11
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2001 2002 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
%
Year

31. Animal Days per Hectare (ADH)

32. Training and knowledge sharing

34. Communities are masters of their own land
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35. Balbina Nyoni – Chairperson of Grazing
Committee Sianyanga

36. The New Soil Heroes!

37. Rhoda Marowa- Chisuko Grazing
Scheme

38. Bulk watering facilities

39. Income Generation

40. High Animal Impact-Enclosure
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Cropfield in Chikomba
District

46. Crop fields more
productive (2-4 times more))
2
Average yields (t/ha) of A.T plots vs Control plots
4.4
2.6
5.5
0.1
1.8
0.68
0.4
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Monde Sizinda Dibutibu Ndajila/Masikili
Yield (t/ha)
Community
Animal treated
Control

47. Training and Outreach

48. • Partnership Agreement
• Training
• Implementation
• Program Monitoring and Mentoring
(Follow up)
• Networks /alumni

49. Trainings have been delivered to diverse
groups
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50. Land Monitoring Training

51. Herder Training Session-South
Africa

52. Land Monitoring Training

53. Recognitions
• 1. Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award-
Washington DC- 2010
• 2. Water and Food Award (WAF)- London-
2014

54. Restoring Grasslands Using Livestock- Enhances
Livelihoods and Addresses Desertification
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55. This OR This?