INITIATIVES
- Supporting communities in understanding their NRM issues and plan holistic solutions
- Implementation of holistic NRM plans to address NRM priorities and issues
- Communities benefitted from short term and long term benefits
- Adoption and Scaling up of lessons
NRM PLAN FOR EVERY VILLAGE
- Preparation and implementation of NRM plans for every village
- Funding of implementation in 400 villages
- Support for preparation of PBRs
Outputs
- Comprehensive NRM plans for 400 villages and simple plans for the remaining
- More than 7,000 activities have been implemented
- 6,017 water conservation structures with a combined storage capacity of 66,02,141 cubic meters have been constructed.
- PBRs prepared for 310 villages
Outcomes
- More than 50,467 Hectare of land rejuvenated by communities through soil and water conservation interventions
- Significant improvement of water availability for 59,000+ HH across the project
- For first time, comprehensive mapping of biological resources through PBR
BUILDING A CADRE OF COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS
- Leveraging on the strong social capital to create community professionals to champion Climate Change Actions and NRM
- 2 to 3 youth (Village Community Facilitators) in every village identified by the community and given comprehensive training. At least 1 female
Outputs
- 2 days awareness program in all 6,000+ villages
- 13,000+ VCFs trained
- 3 days comprehensive residential training
Outcomes
- VCFs are now engaged to facilitate the implementation of several govt. programs including CLLMP, FMP, PES, MegLIFE, Digital Agriculture, FOCUS etc
- Scale up by the state – Creation of Village Data Volunteers in every village – 1,000+ already onboarded
COMMUNITY NURSERIES
- Bridging the gap between requirement and availability of plantation material
- Decentralised and managed by communities
- Augmented by composting units
- Generation of livelihood opportunity
Outputs
- 765 community nurseries created
- 40 lakhs saplings raised annually
- 240 composting units established
- 8,700+ Kgs of compost produced
Outcomes
- Saplings have been use to supplement requirements in 12,000 Ha of afforested sites
- Rs.40 Lakhs generated as additional income from sale of saplings with a potential of up to Rs.4 crores