This document summarizes a project focused on promoting biodiversity and reducing environmental degradation in Mongu District, Western Province, Zambia from 2012-2014. The project's objectives were to reduce socioeconomic degradation and increase biodiversity by promoting alternative energy sources and regeneration practices. Main activities included promoting improved cooking stoves and briquettes production, tree planting, and early forest burning. Over 400,000 trees were planted and nearly 80,000 hectares of forest underwent early burning. A subsequent project from 2015-2017 aimed to establish a private briquette production company in Western Province to commercially produce and distribute briquettes, creating new jobs.

1. BIODIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT: THE CHALLENGE OF
MONGU
4th Call for Proposal
Project duration: OCTOBER 2012 – APRIL 2014

2. IMPLEMENTATION AREA
 Western province of Zambia
 District of Mongu
 Mongu Town and Villages of Mawawa, Mukango, Kataba,
Namushakende, Limulunga, Ndanda, Malala, Loma Shangwe,
Mulumba , Ndando.
 Partners: Forestry Department and Diocese of Mongu Development
Centre

3. OBJECTIVES AND RESULTS
 Overall objective: Reduction of socio economic degradation in
Western Province – Mongu District
 Specific Objective: Increment in bio-diversity and tree cutting
reduction
 Expected results:
 Use of alternative source of energy promoted and implemented
 Regeneration practices promoted and implemented

4. MAIN ACTIVITIES
 Promotion of improved cooking stove
 Promotion of briquettes
 Tree planting
 Implementation of early burning practices

5. IMPROVED COOKING STOVE
 Training on Pulumusa stove production
 Training on Clay stove production
 Pulumusa Produced during the project 190
 Clay stove produced during the project 290
 Sale

7. BRIQUETTE PRODUCTION
 Production: during first quarter 2015 (January – March) 28,000 Kg
of raw briquettes
 80% processed and sold as Charred briquettes
 Customers in Mongu: Households, Restaurants, Bakery
 Customers in Lusaka: Shopping malls, Industries

9. REFORESTATION
 Sensitization and Training to Communities and Forestry Groups
 Tree nursery in the Communities
 Transplant of seedlings during two planting season total 427,728

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11. FOREST EARLY BURNING
 Sensitization and Training
 Creation or reinforcement of Forestry Community Groups
 Forest Boundary demarcation and cleaning 250 Km
 Early burning in 8 forests: total 78,896 Hectareas

13.  10th Call for Proposal
 Project title: Briquette production and inclusive green economy in Mongu: a
bridge for a sustainable business
 Overall objective: contribute to the reduction of poverty while mitigating climate
change through inclusive green-job creating economy and improved green
energy access and security in Western Province
 Specific objective: lead a private company based in Western Province of Zambia
to ensure the commercial maturity of briquettes production and distribution

14. DURATION AND MAIN ACTIVITIES
 Project duration: JUNE 2015 – JUNE 2017
 Increase of briquette production up to 88,000 Kg/month with sawdust and
chipped tree branches
 Provide new job opportunities to people employed in the production chain
from the villagers near the forest up to people employed in the company and on
the sale

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