For Environment, Democracy and Livelihoods
The project, Hamro Ban, Hamro Bhawishya: A community- powered Restoration Project in Nepal Chure Range, is aimed at initiating activities focused on conserving biodiversity and improving livelihoods through afforestation, reforestation and forest regeneration projects. The proposed Community-based Biodiversity and Carbon Improvement project in Nepal is to tap into the voluntary carbon finance to be invested in native tree plantation that enhances the capacity of forest sinks and mitigating forest emissions while contributing to local livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. This is a stepped up climate change action taken by local population that safeguard forest ecosystems and are incentivized for their actions. The Project will be taken up in Koshi Province, Madhesh Province and Sudurpaschim Province in Nepal and other areas upon potential scale up of the Project.
The objective is to design and develop a detailed project document (DPD) for launching biodiversity conserving and livelihood-enhancing afforestation, reforestation, and forest regeneration project activities as a part of developing a carbon-financed project across three provinces in Nepal.
– Identification of the potential restoration sites in all three provinces through GIS mapping and validate through the field visits leading a way for the consultation.
– Conduction of Stakeholder Consultations: Organize multi-stakeholder consultations across nine potential Project sites, three in each of the following provinces: Koshi, Madhesh, and Sudurpashchim in Nepal.
– Develop Detailed Project Documents for three provinces including a design for a four-year plantation schedule, including of plantation sites and necessary GPS coordinates.