The Churia Range of Southern Nepal is home to Asian elephants, one-horned rhinos, and Bengal tigers. It is also an important source of community livelihoods. To protect this area’s valuable resources from land degradation, the GEF-funded project, “Sustainable Land Management in Churia Range, Nepal,” has brought together four technical ministries for the first time. The project promotes sustainable land and forest management practices alongside local community groups, working to improve the management of 7,500 ha of agro-pastoral and mixed forest land areas.
Country: Nepal
Focal area: Land Degradation
Project status: Closed
GEF Project ID: 5596
Implementing Agency: WWF-US
Executing Agency and partners: Ministry of Agriculture Development; Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation; Ministry of Land Reform and Management; WWF-Nepal
GEF grant: US$ 999,492
Cofinancing total: US$ 4,748,615
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