RESILAND CA+ Program: Uzbekistan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project

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The development objectives of the Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project for Uzbekistan are: (i) to increase the area under sustainable landscape management in selected locations in Uzbekistan; and (ii) to promote Uzbekistan’s collaboration with other Central Asian countries on transboundary landscape restoration. The project comprises of four components. The first component, strengthen institutions and policies, and support to regional collaboration will finance consulting services, goods, training and workshops, and operating costs. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthen institutions and policies; (ii) develop an information and communication technology (ICT) platform for forest landscape restoration and management; and (iii) strengthen regional collaboration. The second component, enhance resilient landscapes and livelihoods will finance works, consulting services, non-consulting services, goods, enterprise development matching grants, training and workshops, and operating costs. It consists of following sub-components: (i) enhance tree-based landscape restoration and management; and (ii) enhance resilient livelihoods and value chains. The third component, enhance protected areas and nature-based tourism will finance works, consulting services, non-consulting services, goods, training and workshops, and operating costs. It consists of following sub-components: (i) improve protected area management; and (ii) enhance nature-based tourism. The fourth component, project management and coordination will finance consulting services, non-consulting services, goods, equipment, training, incremental operating costs, and other eligible expenses associated with project implementation.