FROM "Saving Our Micronesia" Community Blog
Kosrae: Andy George, KCSO, reports
On
December 19, 2011, Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization (KCSO) and Critical Ecosystem Partnership Funds
(CEPF) signed an agreement to
implement a project entitled, “Protecting Kosrae’s Upland Forest”. The project
aimed to deliver the following components; conduct a general survey and
inventory of plants on Kosrae; raise awareness in schools and the communities
on upland forest; promote the Olum watershed area for protection and
recognition under the Kosrae State Protected Area Law; and mapping and reporting of invasive weeds to assist control
efforts on the island of Kosrae.
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KCSO staffs met with Malem Municipal Leadership on “Protecting Kosrae’s Upland Forest” project. Left to right
(Mayor Klava.Klavasru, Terrestrial Program Manager, Jacob-Luke Sanney, Marine
Program Manager, Marston Luckymis and Executive Director Andy George) |
On January 16, 2012, I, and Program Managers met with the Mayor,
municipal leaders, church leaders, community leaders, senior citizens, youth,
local farmers and landowners to discuss ongoing efforts to protect Olum
Watershed and to initiate discussion on the proposed Pikensukar Marine
Protected area. At the meeting, I introduced and discussed regional and local needs
to set up protected areas and to garner community support before project implementation
takes place in Malem. The Mayor and members of the community indicated full
support of the projects.