environment & natural resources

The development objective of the Jambi Sustainable Landscape Management Project for Indonesia is to improve sustainable landscape management that reduces land-based greenhouse gas emissions in selected sites in Jambi province. The project comprises of three components. The first component, strengthening policy and institutions objective is to enhance effective land management regulation and enforcement in Jambi with a focus on harmonizing policies and approaches that are critical for managing emissions from land use, including peat management and fire prevention and management.

The objective of the project is to strengthen integrated landscape management in targeted watersheds in the Dominican Republic. The project will incentivize farmers to adopt agroforestry systems; restore and protect riverbanks, wetlands, and riparian forests; restore degraded and fragmented forest ecosystems; and diversify environmentally sustainable livelihoods.

The development objective of the Hwange-Sanyati Biological Corridor (HSBC) Project for Zimbabwe was to develop land use and resource management capacity of managers and communities in the HSBC. The project comprises of four components. The first component, protected area (PA) management and community livelihoods aimed to improve management of Hwange national park and the livelihood of communities involved in stewardship of the natural resources in its buffer zone.

The objective of the Hunan Forest Restoration and Development Project for China was to enhance the resilience and environmental function of selected ice storm affected ecological forest plantations in Hunan Province by increasing forest species diversity and vegetative tree cover in those areas. There were two components to the project, the first component being reforestation and rehabilitation of damaged ecological forest plantations.

The development objective of Resilient and Inclusive Housing Project is to improve the quality of housing and public space for vulnerable households, including migrants from Venezuela, in selected municipalities. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Improve Homes and Neighborhoods for Low-Income Household, has the following sub-components: (i) Supporting Subsidy Schemes to Improve Housing Quality; and (ii) Improving Living Conditions in Selected Neighborhoods.

The objective of the Landscape Restoration and Small-Scale Mining Project for Ghana is to strengthen integrated natural resource management and increase benefits to communities in targeted savannah and cocoa forest landscapes. There are five components to the project, the first component being institutional strengthening for participatory landscape management.

The objective of the Forests for Prosperity Project for Nepal is to improve sustainable forest management; increase benefits from forests and contribute to net Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG) reductions in selected municipalities in Province 2 and Province 5 in Nepal. The Project has four components. 1.

The development objective of Second Phase of the Forest Investment Project for Cote d'Ivoire is to conserve and increase the forest stock and improve access to sources of income from sustainable forest management for selected communities in target zones. This project has five components. 1) The first component, Support the development of Participatory Forests Management Plans (PFMPs), has the following sub-components: (i) Support elaboration of PFMPs of targeted C3 Gazetted Forest (GFs) in the southwest; and (ii) Support elaboration of PFMPs of targeted C4 GFs in the Savanna areas.

The development objective of the Forest and Savanna Restoration Investment Program Project for Congo, Democratic Republic of is to improve forested landscape management and enhance community livelihoods in selected project areas. The project comprises of five components. The first component, improved land use planning and governance for natural resource management in selected project areas aims to support the seven targeted provinces in developing comprehensive land use plans at all administrative levels with a focus on sustainable development and safeguarding forest ecosystems.

The objective of the Decentralized Forest and Woodland Management Project for Burkina Faso was to promote national development policies and support the definition and implementation of community-based natural resource management processes in thirty-two, mostly rural, communes, to strengthen sustainable local development practices and contribute to reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and woodland degradation.