Project Name: Capacity Enhancement of local representatives in Gandaki River Basin in maintaining climate-resilient ecosystems Funded by: Green Climate Fund Implemented by: NGO Federation of Nepal in partnership with National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and other national organizations Project Duration: July to December 2024 Total budget: NPR 8,500,000.00 (Nepali Rupees Eight million five hundred thousand only) Project Objectives: 1. To enhance resilience for communities and ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin by implementing climate change adaptation measures across affected ecosystems and communities, transcending traditional administrative boundaries. Summary of Project: NFN, together with the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and other national organizations is jointly implementing Green Climate Fund funded climate change adaptation project "Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal", which aims to increase the climate resilience of vulnerable communities and ecosystems in Gandaki River Basin (GRBI region). The initiative is intended to work in three parts: Component 1: Community resilience Component 2: Ecosystem resilience Component 3: Climate governance The local representatives of GRB will be trained to capacitate them to operate and maintain climate resilient ecosystems. The local representatives will be able to usean extensive and dynamic menu of EbA options and propose projects that meet their specific requirements for enhancing their forest ecosystem resilience as well as inclusion of climate change agenda on local level planning. The practice will promote community buy-in, make effective use of traditional knowledge and contribute to the long-term sustainability of the project intervetions. Project area is Gandaki River Basin IGRBI which covers 151 local level governments of 19 districts from 3 provinces i.e., Gandaki, Lumbini, and Bagmati Provinces, Nepal. It is drained by seven major rivers: Badigad, Kaligandaki, Seti-Marshyangdi, Rapti, Trishuli, Budhigandaki and Madi.
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