Sustainable Livelihoods in Tsunami affected villages in Aceh Jaya

The project 'Sustainable Livelihoods in Tsunami affected villages in Aceh Jaya' is one project of the rehabilitation program of Deutsche Welthungerhilfe/German Agro Action (DWHH/GAA) in Indonesia. It is implemented by the international NGO Fauna and Flora International (FFI). The purpose of the project is to strengthen livelihoods that contribute to biodiversity conservation and sound management of natural resources in a sustainable manner.

Four fields of intervention contribute to reach the purpose: (1) strengthening community organisations to participate in reconstruction program, in land use planning in particular; (2) rebuilding of livelihoods of Tsunami impacted and forest dependent communities; (3) lobbying for environmental friendly material for home reconstruction and (4) mainstreaming environmental concerns into land use planning.
The target groups are the villagers of Tsunami impacted villages that have an impact on forest resources. FFI is implementing the project in cooperation with government institutions, national NGOs, the private sector and research and university institutions.
The project duration is 18 months (July 2005 until December 2006).