Keeling Curve

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Ndirande mountain is in bad shape as all the vegitation that was covering the beautiful mountain are gone. According to Zodiak-reporter, Sande(2021) The once evergreen Ndirande hill is today as bare. Forestry experts say out of 700 hectares of the hill, more than 500 hectares have been encroached by people doing farming and constructing houses (p.g, 14). 
Over the last 5-6years, Ndirande-township has been experiencing floods in Nasolo river almost every year. Environmental obervers strongly believe that the floods are the results of ndirande mountain disaster. The turning of friendly Nasolo into such a devastating flood is partly due to the almost complete deforestation of Mount Ndirande.(Ndirande.com,2022). 
This project aims to address annual flash floods in Ndirande township, which are primarily caused by mountain deforestation and river waste disposal. The proposed solution involves reforestation of 20,000 trees, implementing/establishing local bylaws to curb deforestation and prevent further encroachment on Ndirande mountain. The project also focuses on reducing river waste by implementing proper waste collection practices in public areas and utilizing organic waste to produce organic biogas and organic fertilizer. The project aims to improve the ecosystem and enhance crop-food production and economically empower the youth and women while reducing future floods as well as mitigating its impact on vulnerable people which will result in the improvement of community’s environment, education, socio-economic and education sector.
The project was suggested on the 20th-July-2022 after a community-needs assessment attended by local-leaders and community-representatives.

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According to ATLANTIC CONSULTING (2018) switching from wood to organic bioga can reduce cooking‚ carbon emissions significantly. Over 63 and a half years (the average regeneration period for a harvested forest in the tropics, where much traditional cooking happens) switching cuts net-CO2 output to the atmosphere by 60% (p.5).With project implemented by Practical Action and Carbon Clear in 2008 in North Durfur in Sudan. organic biogas stoves has reduced overall fuel consumption by up to 70%. The LPG cookstoves cut more than 48,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions between 2013 and 2017, and the estimated greenhouse gas emissions reduction over ten years is approximately 300,000 tonnes(WORLD LPG ASSOCIATION (WLPGA), 2017).According to Vandermel, (2020)When trees are planted and begin to grow, they start absorbing carbon dioxide emissions, which they then store and carry out photosynthesis with. Researchers at University College London, University of Oxford, and ETH Zurich found that if people work together worldwide to plant trees, two-thirds of the total carbon emissions (~three hundred tons) put into the atmosphere due to human activity can be removed. One tree can mature and consume 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year to allow a human to breathe for two years.

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The project is engaging and empowering women, girls and the youth in general. The main and direct beneficiaries of this project are women and girls. This is because the fetching of firewood in Malawi is predominantly done by women and young girls. This project ensures that there are equal numbers of women and men with equal roles involved. For example, the selected climate change and forest management committees and the disaster management committees have an equal number of men and women members. Each committee consist of 16 members, of which 8 are males and the remaining 8 are females. This will be a trend in all the committees this project establish going forward. In addition to the formed committees, the project have involved women and youth CBOs who will receive training in climate change mitigation and forest management. The total number of Community Based Organisations is 6 with 3 groups being of women and the remaining 3 are of youth. This is an inclusive project, as such we have ensured that people with disabilities incorporated in all phases of the project and are included in every local committee established. The organization has made sure that the selected youth and women CBOs have people with disabilities as members with the authority to be heard.

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