Anatolia Watershed Rehabilitation Project

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The overall development objective of the Anatolia Watershed Rehabilitation Project for Turkey is to support sustainable natural resource management practices in 28 micro-catchments in Anatolia and Turkey's Black Sea Region and thereby raise incomes of communities affected by resource degradation. The proposed project will build and expand on a community-based approach to natural resource management. The project has five components. Component 1: Rehabilitation of degraded natural resources The component's primary objective is to protect degraded areas from further degradation, erosion and pollution. Rehabilitation interventions are focused around four sub-components 1) The main sub-components are as follows: 1) Rehabilitation of forest land including soil conservation by afforestation, protection and improvement of poor & degraded soils, gallery plantation, rehabilitation of oak coppices and of degraded high forests, participatory replanting and inventory of non-wood forest products; 2) Rangeland rehabilitation, including improved management of forest rangelands and rehabilitation activities on rangeland outside the forest land; 3) Rehabilitation of agricultural land, including: fallow reduction, appropriate use of marginal agricultural land, wild tree grafting, river bank protection, and construction and production on agricultural terraces; and 4) Environment-friendly agricultural practices, including demonstrations of improved crop production practices, organic farming and integrated pest management and nutrient reduction activities implemented. Component 2 supports Income generating activities designed to provide participating communities with the incentives to undertake conservation efforts. Component 3 strengthens policy and regulatory capacity towards meeting EU Standards including support for the application of the EU Nitrates Directive, development and promotion of a code of good agricultural practices, and institutional support for organic farming. Component 4 supports awareness raising in micro-catchment development, capacity building and replication strategy. Component 5 supports project management and support services, including a fund for applied research and technology dissemination.