APN Projects coming
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APN is launching its
1 million tree Campaign in Palestine
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Community
Involvement for a Better Environment
APN is
launching its 1 million tree Campaign in Palestine
In Palestine, the Israeli
occupation had destroyed and uprooted more than 1 Million
trees in the past two years! Many of which were olive trees.
The olive tree, a universal symbol of peace has been, and
still is, the object of conflict in the Arab-Israeli
conflict. The uprooting of the ancient olive trees, as a by
product of war, has had tremendous affects on the
Palestinian agriculture, economy, and identity. In
Palestine, the olive tree is prized for its historical
presence, its beauty, its symbolic significance, and most
importantly for its economic significance. Olive trees are a
major commercial crop for Palestine, and many families
depend on it for their livelihood.
The Israeli occupation also
started building the Apartheid Wall which has swallowed the
agricultural lands, separated families, uprooted thousands
of trees and destroyed all means of living for the people in
the area.
Due to all above reasons, we
want to start an International Campaign to collect financial
and moral support to replant Palestine, thus preventing its
people from another exodus, encourage and give them hope and
support.
Our main objective from
this campaign is to stop the Israeli abuse of the
Palestinian land and its people.
Our aims
in this Campaign are:
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Raise awareness of the
dangers of Israeli attacks on nature and human
communities.
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Help to preserve the
ecological balance of the land.
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Generate income for the
Palestinian households deprived of their livelihood.
Our
activities in this campaign will consist of:
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Collecting financial
support to be able to plant up to one million trees in
the areas experienced uprooting.
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Establishing a website
for the campaign.
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Preparing support
letters and distributing it through internet and media.
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Producing advocacy
materials and distribute them internationally.
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Establishing a National
Palestinian Committee on the issue of trees uprooting.
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Establishing a Global
Network to support the Campaign.
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Celebrating the Arbor
Day in Palestine each year and plant more trees.
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Holding presentations
all over the world.
“Community
Involvement for a Better Environment”
Idea of the project
The basic
idea of the project is to forest
and
improve the green cover of
Dahret
Al-Ramel village in Der Alla sub-governorate, with special
kinds of trees ( Al Neem, lemon trees oriented to the
climate of the place that either have good economic return,
according to the needs of the area, or help to decrease the
pest multiplication.
The
project will green the surrounding environment and decrease
pest multiplication, provide job opportunities and income
generating activities involve community in drafting and
managing the project.
To build
on the community involvement and sharing of thoughts and
ideas, APN established a partnership with a local NGO, The
Jordan Valley Women Society, which is going to be part of
the implementation of this project.
Project Area
The project area lies 224m below sea
level in the Jordan Valley. This area is known for it’s
scarcity of rain and extremely high temperature in summer.
This leads to drought of soil and creates a proper
atmosphere for pest multiplication affecting negatively on
environment and health. The area also suffers from poverty,
lack of job opportunities and high unemployment rates that
leads to social and economical problems.
Project Objectives
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Conservation the nature of the area through greening and
growing income generating type of trees.
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Create job opportunities.
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Improve the socioeconomic situation of the community.
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Combat desertification.
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Developing the local environment.
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Combat the green house effect.
Project Activities
This project will start “Dahret
Al-Ramel” in village and will be a pioneer for other
villages in the future. The project will work in two
parallel pillars:
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A
ten-day campaign for planting 1000 trees in the road
sides and in front of the houses, mosques yards, school
yards…etc. This will be done in cooperation with the
Agriculture Department of Der-Alla sub-governorate.
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Awareness activities
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6
public hearings for the different sectors of the
community.
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Lectures for school students.
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Celebrating the Arbor Day.
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Drawing and writing competition for school students
about the tree and its advantages.
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Design and print 1000 posters that support the
project theme.
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Announce a prize every month for the most
cooperative family or group or person.
