Karayari - Earthworm and Bee action for reforestation and soil enrichment

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PLANTING NESTS

Stingless Mopane Bee (Plebeina Hildebranti)

African Earthworm (Eudrilus Eugeniae)


desertification loop sahara - sahel

Evapotranspiration reduction Water cycle interrupted

Humidity decreases

Lack of education

Low ownersh nersh

Low rainfall Search for new food production

Less amount of agricultural products

Rise in food demand

Lack of local knowledge Women and children travel long distances in search of water

production Low income

Rise in food cost

Loss of local identity

Migration Loss of jobs

Malnutrition

Medical conditions

Lack of monetary/ eviromental resources

Production inability

States with low authority

Conflicts

Sanitary problems Famine / HIV/ Malaria/ Pandemic Collapse of medical services Spread of diseases

Illegal land appropriation

Ideo


Water cycle interrupted

Rise of temperature

Condensation

hhip Fertile land decrease

Evaporation

Water purification

l

Direct solar radiation

Precipitation

Vegetation PLANTING NESTS

Loss of vegetable food source

Wildlife reduction

Albedo

PROBLEM TACKLED Violence Vegetation Changes

Arid soil Vegetation decrease

Absence of protective vegetative layer

Guerrillas

Heat absorption in the ground

DIrect radiation with the ground

Decrease in plant stomata creation of spines

ological and ethnic Sunlight reflection

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the sahel TODAY 80% of planted trees died

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senegal and nigeria are the focus of the proposal

(un

70% of worl agriculture depends on pollination

rural popul (2018)

average annual rainfall SENEGAL = 1165,03 mm NIGERA = 1783 mm

55% what worms eat becomes compost

SENEGAL = NIGERA = 4


HILD MALNUTRITION

30%

nder 5 years old) (2019) senegal = 18,8% nigeria = 36,8%

lation = 57% 49,7%

of PEOPLE trained by foa to develop beekeeping projects ARE WOMEN

cultivation area (2016) senegal = 9’015.000 hA nigeria = 68,795 HA

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sahel tomorrow Biodiversity is key to resilience...

SENEGAL AND NIGERIA WILL BE THE Main FOCUS OF OUR PROPOSAL

CO2 WILL ReducE carbon emissions associated TO grazing activities

Use of plebeian Hildebrant WILL ENABLE beekeeping and pollination PROCESS

Greening OF THE sAHEL with native species of the region

10% Decrease in the rate of child malnutrition (children under five years)

Inclusion from ve Eudrilus E endemic

participation of women in sustainable economic models WILL Increase


FUTURE model of sustainable economic development based on multipurpose insects Domesticated colonies can produce 2 honey harvests every 6 months. .

The earthworms input the water properties and soil structure by building their own tunnels. .

These type of earthworm is better at producing proteins and converting biodegradable waste into fertilizer . .

The honey they produce has medicinal properties .

. An important role as a pollinator of crops and plants in the region

Endogeic earthworms have specific digestion systems that allow them to fit on low quality soil organic matter. .

BEEKEEPING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

active greening Soil recovery

n of fertilizer derived ermicomposting with Eugeniae, wich is an specie of the region.

Within the planting of native species that contributr to the greening of th e Sahel. .

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Seeks to be a source of employment for women and new generations, as well as to take advantage of the pollinating role of these insects.

Within the cultivation of produtcs that can be marketed both locally and regionally.

Plebeian Hildebrant

Digitaria exilis

Adansonia

Vitellaria paradoxa

Kiwano

Sandía Africana

Colophospermum mopane

Eudrilus Eugeniae

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HOW TO DO IT?

1

Little makes a big difference Study deeply the species, their characteristics, behaviour and habitat requirements. Local species

Compaction Nutrition Regeneration

Pollination Honey production

Choose strategically the places (trees) to put the KARAYARI under. Acacia Mopane tree Shea tree Jujube Desert date Sycamore

Local materials Earth or wood Construct the hexagonal rings (modules/frames).

2

Tree canopy shade to protect the nests from direct solar radiation

Improved p capabillity

3


Insert the rings into the soil. Prepare the land with layers.

4

Fragmentation of the soil to regenerate little areas

Liquid NanoClay Mulch

Composting tower Vermiculture

5 Integration of women and children

production y to seeding

6

Underground nests Beekeeping

Put more rings above and cultivate the nests.

Use the humus production to plant products with economic potential and bees to pollinate them.

African Melon

Fonio

Watermelon

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progress

7.Humus HUMUScrops CROPS Food

Vegetation growth Soil compaction Humus layer Regenerates the soil

Carroña Pollen

Water

Cultivable

7.releasing HUMUS Shrink worm clay CROP B

Nectar

Weather

Vegetation growth "Th Soil compaction unk Humus div lay ner, Regenerate of b the soil

Temperature regulation Hive 25 - 35 °C Bodily 20 °C

permeabble and vegetable soil Permeable cavities

DIVERSITY There are nearly 60.000 species of bees worldwide.

Cultivabl Shrink worm releasing clay E

So red

Cross pollination Biodegradable self - piercing

Transport of pollen from one plant to another; since the two sexes are not in a single plant. H


Distance100m

Pollination

Distancia <100 m Quantity KindCantidad of food (by its smell) Tipo de alimento (por su aroma)

Se trata del proceso de Fecudación de la flor, que da lugar a su reproducción. Stamen

PS Biogeography

Pollen

Las abejas ejercen un papel como polinizzadoras; agentes que trnsportan el polen de flor en flor.

Stigma

Más del 75% de los cultivos dependen de la polinización Ovary

Cross pollination

he number of bees that habitates the Colombian TDF are known. Howerer, due to fact that bees are more abundant and yer in xeric zones than in humid tropical regions, (Micheversed , 2007) it is possible that the TDFs in Colombia has a big variety es bees, bigger than we expected."

The bees are distributed depending on the flora and vise versa.

If there is a higher demand of b e e s - t therefore, rbees, o pthere i cwillabelmoredfood, r y f o r rDirection e s 100 t100bymmthe sun more quantity of bees..

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Dirección según el sol

Bees Kind ofdefood (by (Por its smell) Economic Importance of the Bees in the Colombian TDF of the Colombian Tropical Dry Forrest Tipo alimento su aroma) Flowers Adapted to the Pollination by Bees - Cross Pollination

ome species of the TDF has a big rol for the economy. So the directed pollination should be consided for a optimization of artificial pollination costs. Some species that are pollinated by bees are:

Attracted Bee

Fragrance

Yellow Petals

76%

Pollen

Stigma Nectar

Midium or Large Size

agriculture

Xycolopa

the species in de Of theOfspecies in de TDF of TDF CostaofRica Costa Rica venezuela are and Venezuala areand Auto Incompatibles Peponapis citrullina and neeeds Crossed Pollination. Auto Incompatibles and needs

The size of the flowers tends to be medium or large, and yellow coloured for calling up the bees.

Crossed pollination.

Passion edulis)for The pollination from beesFruit is a(Passiflora determinant agricultural production.

Generally, flowers has large amounts of nectar as a reward.

Pumpkin (Cucurbita)

Endemism in the Colombian TDF

Honey Bees and Meliponiculture

Endemism shows the limited taxon distribution from a geographical point of view, which makes Nidificación them unique of the area, developping singular strategies for subsisting in the site.

75% of the111 main

Honey Bees agricultural crops depend on

Competition between the flowers

Has Corbicula (Produces Honey) pollination from bees.

Honey bees have particular nificiation be haviours so that in any cavity, they can begin to nest.

Stelis Vallenata

Leioproctus Rosellae

Eyes Capable of Receiving UV Rays Reflect Nectar Loaded Flowers

It has no stinger

Stima

Geotrigona Joearroyoi

Strong Jaws Honey Breeding and Production Meniponiculture

Nesting

Conformed by layers

Colors

Paratrigona Schwarz

Tubular Inlet so they can only go through one by one for security reasons.

Nectar

Xylocopa Frontalis

Shape Honeycombs for the babys.

Melipone Illiger

“Besides polliation, other Batumen species especies of the TDF just like some singless bees of the genres Melipone Size (mud+ cerumen) also provide Illiger or Paratrigona Schwarz, honey and other peasant products for small scale farmers, Storage Cells represents an aditional source of income for these comunities.”

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colombia is africa

WE ARE THE SECOND MOST BIODIVERSE COUNTRY INTHE

Why can we contribute? ADAPTATION

Paramo Rainforest Desert COLOMBIA HAS AS MUCH VARIETY OF CLIMATES AS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AS A WHOLE Our past has by slavery, d and poverty OF COLOMBIAN TERRITORY IS Population per AFFECTED BY DESERTIFICATION million inhabitants

4%

Homicides per 100,000 residents “An entrepreneur sees opportunities where others only see problems” Michael Gerber Ethnic groups San Basilio de Palenque

Palenquero has its language with African descent

IS THIS COLOMBIA OUR ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IS AS RICH AS YOURS

Currently th are based on and mining e


E WORLD

Subpolar

Dry forest WE KNOW WHAT IT `S LIKE TO LIVE IN THE DESERT CANCER

s been marked dispossession y

he economic models n trade, illegal trafficking exploitation WE ALSO KNOW WHAT POVERTY, HUNGER, WARS AND INEQUALITY ARE EQUATOR Palenque has been declared by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Mayumbe

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