Natural Resources Management & Poverty Reduction Project

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The development objective of the Natural Resources Management and Poverty Reduction Project for Armenia is to adopt sustainable natural resource management practices and to alleviate rural poverty in mountainous areas where degradation is now reaching a critical point. The project will help avert further deterioration of natural resources (soil, water, forest, fishery, and biodiversity) and stabilize incomes in the local communities. There are three project components. The first component focuses on selected micro-catchments. Support will be provided for preparation and implementation of community forest management plans; local assistance initiatives which benefit biodiversity conservation through community small grants; community pasture management; sustainable agricultural practices; community infrastructure and income generation; and development of community institutions. The second component supports rehabilitation, protection, and sustainable management of state forests in the project area; improves the forest sector's institutional, legal, and policy framework; and enhances institutional capacity to monitor and control forest operations. The third component supports measures to improve the role of two key protected areas in the conservation and sustainable use of the region's biodiversity and sustain these improvements; and improves the capacity of the Department of Bio-resources and Land Protection of the Ministry of Nature Protection to meet its conservation mandate.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Raw Materials, Government