In 2007 FON allocated some amount of funds to support a project developed by the Global Environment Centre (GEC) a non profit organization. The project is known as the Community based River Ecology Study and Awareness programme. The demonstration site for this project is in Pagoh and will take about 15 months to be completed.
The Pagoh area in Johor was affected by the massive floods in December 2006/January 2007. The flood incidence has paralyzed many towns and the whole state of Johor for many months. The December 2006 flood is the worst in 50 years since the last floods in 1950’s. The implementation of the River Ecology Study and Awareness Programme for the community of Pagoh is mainly to educate the Pagoh community about the importance of the environment and to prepare them physically and mentally.
In the project inception period from September 2007 to January 2008 GEC has initiated some of the activities scheduled for the Pagoh project. The aims of the project activity were to assess the project site suitability and to identify the community and stakeholders to be involved in the project. The preliminary assessment findings showed positive support from stakeholders and the local community. Therefore 3 villages and 4 schools have been selected to be involved in the project. The consultative meeting held with the stakeholders has resulted to the establishment of the Project Steering Committee which will meet quarterly to discuss about the project implementation progress. The River Ranger training also has been conducted to the 3 villages involving 45 individuals including 5 others from the village within the Pagoh area. Trained River Rangers will have to initiate their own activities at village level and to become eyes and ears for the project. This inception period covers activities from the period of September 2007 to January 2008. A minor change also has been made to the original scheduled and the proposed changes are discussed in this inception report.
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