Side Event

Fingerponds - Biodiversity support in dense populated flood zones in Africa

Organizer
Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic in cooperation with ENKI o.p.s. Czech Republic

Date and Time
21 March 2006 18:30 - 20:15

Meeting
Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8)

There is going to be a film about internation research project called Fingerponds - about the possible way of supporting biodiversity in dense populated flood zones in rural areas of Africa. Fingerponds are small shallow ponds tested in flood zones of Lake Victoria (Uganda, Kenya) and the Rufiji River (Tanzania). Ponds are flooded during the rain period and disconected from the main water body when water recedes. Fish trapped in ponds is feeded using manure and fermented plant biomass. These small water bodies in agriculture land create ecotones of high biodiversity and contribute to nutrition and livelihoods of local people. Results of an international research project cofinenced by the EU are presented in the film. The film the financed by the Official Development Assistance of the Czech Republic. The team consits of UNESCO - IHE Delft, Egerton University, Makerere University, University Dar es Salaam, King's College London, ENKI, o.p.s. Czech Republic.