For Environment, Democracy and Livelihoods
Climate change project implementation in Lamjung: A case of Hariyo Ban Project.
Lamjung is one of the nine districts classified by the National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA) as highly vulnerable to climate change (GoN 2010). A forestry project named ‘Hariyo Ban’ has been implemented in Lamjung since 2011 with a strong claimed focus on climate change. The USAID (United States Agency for International Development) funded project has been contracted to a consortium led by World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF) Nepal (with backing from WWF headquarters in Washington DC) along with CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) Nepal, the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and the Federation of Community Forest Users, Nepal (FECOFUN).
A conservation agenda of the project is visible in the project aim (stated in the request for proposal (RfP) by USAID) is ‘to reduce threats to biodiversity and vulnerabilities of climate change in Nepal’ (USAID 2010: 1). The project was primarily designed by the donor and outsourced for implementation within given design framework and specified geographical area. In contrast to the Multi-stakeholder Forestry Program (MSFP 2011) which has been government led and designed with wider stakeholder consultation, the Hariyo Ban is more donor-driven. There seems to have been limited engagement by government and other agencies at national and local levels in the project design. Furthermore, the project has been funded off-budget and implemented through implementing agencies in parallel to the government budgetary mechanisms…
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