Community Nursery Development
BSN and ‘Dugursing Hoop Forest Users’ Group made an agreement to produce and plant seedlings around existing natural water sources (springs) at Dhade, Chyasku with full participation of the users. They selected tree and bush species that will prevent erosion and not draw water from the spring area. The community agreed to protect the area around the spring from grazing livestock, cutting of timber and firewood. BSN acquired these seedlings and with community labor transplanted nearby the spring source in the month of July during the rainy season. They selected species of include trees such as Dar, Nebaro, and Utis which BSN were recommended for their protective qualities. The area is protected from livestock by a living fence of ghangaru (local thorny bushes).
