Enhancing Landscape and Ecosystem Management - Tripura

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The proposed project aims to improve landscape management to enhance ecosystem services and economic benefits for the forest-dependent communities in Tripura. More specifically, the project will strengthen the capacities of the state government and local actors to restore forest landscapes by introducing a landscape approach and helping utilize technological solutions. Through the proposed project, the degraded forest landscapes will be restored by implementing community-led integrated forest landscape and natural resource management plans in the selected areas in support of improved ecosystem services, such as water availability, soil conservation, and wildlife habitat protection, among others. The improved forest ecosystem will contribute to increased carbon sequestration and climate resilience and adaptive capacities of the communities. The project also aims at creating sustainable forest-based and NTFP livelihoods by facilitating value chain improvement and market linkages. As a direct contribution to income generating opportunities, the project will forge new employment avenues such as and strengthening existing and supporting the establishment of new value chains for NTFPs and HVFPs such as Bamboo and Agarwood, and ecotourism/nature-based tourism. For enhancing NTFP market linkages, the project will conduct training and capacity building for the collection and producer groups, forest institutions, NTFP traders, MSMEs, etc. and organize events to bring buyers and sellers together. Finally, the project will strengthen the functional and technical capacities of state institutions for improved landscape governance and disaster risk prevention by introducing new technology on forest monitoring and value chain management, while facilitating collaborative landscape management with the local actors. Other interventions aimed at the inclusion of tribal population, gender empowerment, and vocational development for women and youth will be prioritized during project preparation and implementation.