The project’s main goal is to restore degraded patches of forest for enhanced biodiversity and forest carbon. The following four objectives have been established to achieve this goal, and different activities and practices will be carried out under each of these objectives.

Project Objectives

– To restore Forest ecosystem and conserve biodiversity in Jalthal community forests

– To control existing and newly reported invasive alien species through the adoption of strong policy and operational measures by CFUGs, local governments and other stakeholders

– To increase opportunities for income and employment generation of forest-dependent people through better management of land and biological resources

– To mainstream Forest restoration and biodiversity conservation in the national and sub-national policy framework