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SRI LANKA 2024 - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visit to Sri Lanka

18 February 2024, Agalawatta, Sri Lanka - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu meeting with rubber tappers and farmers during his visit at Dartanfield Rubber Estate.

Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Sujeewa de Silva. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO.

02/18/2024

Country Sri Lanka

File size 10.70 MB

Unique ID UF17S2M

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Background Information

FAO with funding from the GEF has been working with Forest Management Associations (FMAs) and Rangeland Management Association (RMA) to rehabilitate the Pistachio Forest and degraded rangeland in northwestern Badghis province of Afghanistan. The natural forest with mature trees estimated to be 1000 years old is protected by the FMA (Forest Management Association) from wanton cutting from the community
while artificially reseeding 3100ha of land with 1.5m pistachio seedlings between 2021 and 2023.
The area replanted is cordoned off from grazing animals. FAO has created awareness among the FMA in the villages on the importance of taking care of the forest.
FAO has been also rehabilitating rangelands in the mentioned province through quarantine of dilapidated areas for regeneration
implementation of rotational grazing
and improving barns. The large herd of sheep grazes out in the rangeland
where 35
000 ha of rangeland is divided into three parts for rotational grazing– one part for each season. Solar passive houses are built to decrease the demand for fuel wood and reduce pressure on the existing rangeland
while barns were improved to increase the bio-microbial resistance of the livestock which leads to more production and enhanced the livelihoods of households. The community
out of deep appreciation of the availability of pasture
all year round as a result
has named the mountain ‘GEF-FAO