carbon sequestration

The objective of the assistance delivered to Indonesia and the Philippines under the project Capturing Coral Reef Ecosystem Services was to design and support the uptake of innovative models for valuing mangrove, seagrass, and coral reef ecosystem services with the potential to enhance the sustainability of marine-based enterprise and marine spatial planning in select coastal communities in Indonesia and the Philippines.

The project focuses mostly on the use of terracing and protection of natural areas to reduce land degradation and provision associated benefits, such as flood risk reduction, erion control.

The Government of India and the Rural Works Department of the State of Bihar are implementing the Bihar Rural Roads Project aiming at improving rural road connectivity in project districts, and enhancing management of rural roads in Bihar. The project combines both investment and knowledge support for the improvement of about 2,500 km of rural roads in Bihar and the management capacity of the Rural Works Department. It will use bio-engineering and other green interventions to make roads resilient to climate change and act as carbon sinks.

The project worked to fund community-led development projects, and build capacity for improved land management practices.