Burundi Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project

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The objective of the Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project is to restore land productivity in targeted degraded landscapes and, in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, to provide immediate and effective response to said eligible crisis or emergency. There are five components to the project, the first component being institutional development and capacity building for landscape restoration and resilience. The project will support the development of policies and capacities at the national and local levels to plan and implement land preservation and restoration in the targeted project areas, using a resilient and integrated landscape approach. This will be done by financing technical assistance (TA), workshops, operational costs, and equipment. The second component is the sustainable landscape management practices. The project will restore degraded landscapes and improve land management in the targeted collines of the Bujumbura Rural and Muyinga Provinces, in the communes of Buhinyuza and Isale. This will be done through land certification, landscape restoration and erosion control, and improved practices of crop production. The third component is the improved management of protected areas and reserves. Activities will support the effective and sustainable development of the PA system in Burundi to preserve the biodiversity (for example, chimpanzees) and ecosystem services for the well‐being of people with focus on the forest‐dependent Batwa and PA communities. The fourth component is the Contingency Emergency Response (CERC). This contingency component can be triggered by a joint Government and World Bank agreement in case of an emergency. This component had been embedded in the project to finance early recovery and/or specific emergency works, goods, and services, in case of eligible emergencies/crises/disasters caused by natural hazards in the project area. Finally, the fifth component is the project management, coordination, and monitoring.