Project Goal

To enhance forest ecosystem along with sustainable livelihood of local people by improving sustainable forest management, sustainable biodiversity conservation and community development, thereby contributing to harmonization between environmental conservation and socio-economic development in the Project area in Odisha.

Project Approch

• Micro Plan
  • To be developed as a Community Development Plan by Strengthening convergence
• IGA Support to Self Help Groups (SHGs)
  • Enhanced Support for cluster business development and partnership ecosystem
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Creating Models for CMRV
  • Community Based Measurement, Reporting, Verification, system for Sustainable Forest Management for Odisha

Project Objective

• Restore degraded forest and augment forest resources
• Secure sustainable forest management by improving forest administration, community organizations and other stakeholders
• Conservation and scientific management of the biodiversity
• Promoting inter-sectoral convergence
• Improve income of target forest dependents and their livelihood options