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2.0 Main activities achieved: 2.1 Nursery beds construction 2.2 Raising of seedlings 2.3 Nursery protection 2.4 Planting of seedlings 3.0 Safety 4.0 Other activities 5.0 Activities ahead 6.0 Appendixes

2.0 Main activities achieved: 2.1 Nursery beds construction 2.2 Raising of seedlings 2.3 Nursery protection 2.4 Planting of seedlings

2.1. Nursery beds construction: The nursery beds construction was completed for phase 1, where 100 seed beds with a capacity of 2500 seedlings each, were constructed and planted with different tree species, to produce 250000 seedlings ready for planting in the permanent selected area next June ( if the proposed area is ready for planting), then another shift of 250000 seedlings will be planted in the same seed beds to be planted after 5months later, to reach a total number of 500000 seedlings in two shifts/season. 2.3 Nursery protection: Nursery plastic nets were stretched against the iron shade materials from above and in the eastern part of the nursery to prevent the invasion of the winged flying seeds of Typha from entering the seed beds. The nursery surroundings were cleaned and additional seedlings were planted in the western part of the nursery. 2.2 Raising of seedlings:

Various seed of different tree species were planted last month, this includes: Moringa, Mahogany, Bamboo, Hashab, Sisso and Andrab with a germination % ranging between 90% and 75%. A continuous beating up (replanting of none germinating plastic bags) process is going on.

2.4 Planting of seedlings: Some Sunt seedlings were selected to be planted inside the bioremediation area, where an area of approximately 50 feddans is to be planted next April.

3.0 Safety Records:

Near Miss	0 Vehicle Accident 	0 Unsafe act	0 Unsafe condition	0 Total	0 No near miss or accident occurred this month, all activities were carried out in a safe manner.

4.0 Other Activities: The forestry project coordinator paid visits to: 1/ Khartoum: To submit invoices of the coming three months payment. The forestry nursery received visits by the following: 1.	Ms. Angelina Teny State minister for energy and mining. 2.	Col James Lily minister of information unity state. 3.	Hassan Parlow, UNEP. The project assistant coordinator participated in the forestry technical meeting held in Alobied in 25/3/2006 The project assistant coordinator participated in the regular safety meetings held in Heglig Base.

5.0 Activities ahead The following activities are to be continued: 1.	Planting of 50 feddans by Sunt seedlings (Acacia nilotica) inside the bioremediation area. 2.	Beating up. 3.	Transportation of equipments and Hashab seeds for the rain fed forestry program. 4.	Planting of transported seedlings. 5.	Land preparation, road construction and fencing of the proposed irrigated plantation area (by GNPOC construction department). 6.	Purchase of new equipments (one vehicle, one tractor, one trailer, water listers, disc harrow and planter) after the approval of the funds.