general climate resilience

The objectives of the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Project are to expand the area under legal protection and improve management of Protected Areas, and increase the area under restoration and sustainable management in the Brazilian Amazon. There are four components to the project, the first component being amazon protected areas system. This component aims to expand and consolidate an over-60-million-ha PA system in the Brazilian Amazon and advance ongoing efforts to secure its long-term financial sustainability by capitalizing the ARPA Transition Fund.

The development objective of the Boosting Inclusive Growth for Zanzibar : Integrated Development Project for Tanzania is to increase access to improved living conditions and service delivery in targeted areas in Zanzibar and to enhance institutional capacity of the government. The project comprises of four components.

The development objective of the Gazetted Forests Management Project for Benin is to improve the integrated management of targeted Gazetted Forests, to increase access of the main consumption cities to fuelwood produced sustainably, and to strengthen selected non-timber forest product value chains for forest-dependent communities. The project aims to promote agroforestry to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, as well as conduct vegetation/reforestation activities to regenerate degraded land.

The project's global environmental objective (GEO) is the same as the project's development objective (PDO), namely, to improve governance and promote sustainable land use activities in order to reduce deforestation and conserve biodiversity in the Project area. The project will restore forested areas and train communities on forestry management.

The Romania Inclusive and Green Growth DPF aims to strengthen inclusion and fiscal management while fostering decarbonization and climate resilience. The program supports the adoption of a legal framework to incentivize afforestation and reforestation, enhancing environmental sustainability and reducing carbon emissions.

The Madagascar Safety Nets and Resilience Project aims to increase access for extremely poor households to safety net services, develop the social protection system, and promote resilience to shocks. Key components include ensuring safety net program continuity, strengthening the social protection system, promoting resilience among vulnerable populations, and supporting project implementation and management.

The objective of the Local Forest Communities Support Project was to strengthen the capacity of targeted local communities in Burkina Faso to participate in REDD+ programs at local, national, and global levels. The project supported training in leadership, conflict resolution, and capacity-building for customary land tenure and traditional forest management systems. Sub-grants facilitated activities to improve livelihoods and supported reforestation efforts, contributing to the restoration or reforestation of 34,000 hectares of forest.

The proposed Project has drawn on international best practices such as “working with nature”.

Investments will include a variety of green infrastructure measures, sustainable and climate-smart agricultural practices, and livelihoods diversification. Green infrastructure will be designed in conjunction with gray infrastructure to optimize the functionality, cost-effectiveness, and resilience of the integrated natural and built system.

The project used farmer-led natural regeneration, which is mostly to create food forests, but also improve forest cover to reduce water runoff and maximizing rain infiltration (and protection from wind).