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According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to improve landscape management and increase benefits for targeted forest dependent communities in Tripura and Nagaland.
The project supports the states of Nagaland and Tripura in their transition to environmentally sustainable and resilient management of landscapes and forests by addressing the root causes negatively affecting the vitality of these ecosystems. By using a “landscape approach”, i.e., taking both a geographical and socio-economic approach to managing the land, water and forest resources that form the foundation (the natural capital), the project will support strengthening capacities of the participating state governments and local actors to restore degraded landscapes by introducing a landscape approach and helping utilize technological solutions. Degraded forest landscapes will be restored by implementing community-led integrated landscape and natural resource management plans to support improved ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, water availability, soil conservation, and wildlife habitat protection. ELEMENT will also support nature-based tourism and sustainable forest-based livelihoods by facilitating value chain improvement, market linkages and creating an enabling environment for community-based forest-linked enterprises.
The overall Environmental Risk Rating is assessed to be Substantial primarily due to the geographical setting of the project and the weak capacity of the district and village IAs to assess and manage risks.
The overall Social Risk Rating is assessed to be Substantial due to the weak capacities of the district and village level IAs to manage participatory processes and and the potental exclusion of vulnerable groups in decision making process.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: US$ 225.52 million
Global P'ship for Sust. and Resilient Landscapes - PROGREEN: US$ 2.4 million
Borrower/Recipient: US$ 56.37 million
World Bank
Gayane Minasyan, Pyush Dogra, Raj Ganguly
Lead Environmental Specialist
Borrower/Client/Recipient
India
Mr. K. Manicka Raj
Joint Secretary
manickraj.k@nic.in
Implementing Agencies
Government of Nagaland
Mr. R Binchilo Thong
State Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC)
apc-ngl@gov.in
Government of Tripura
Mr. Khushwant Sethi
Principle Chief Conservator of Forests
pccftripura@gmail.com
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
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