Building Resilience of Communities Living Around the Northern Pistachio Belt (NPB) and Eastern Forest Complex (EFC) of Afghanistan through an EbA Approach.
Project Summary
To reduce the vulnerability of local communities living around the Northern Pistachio Belt and Eastern Forest Complex of Afghanistan to the effects of climate change by improving watershed functioning through Ecosystem-based Adaptation approaches.
Project Details
| GEF Project ID | 5664 |
| Project Type | Full-size Project |
| Status | Project Approved |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Region | |
| Focal Areas | |
| Funding Source | Least Developed Countries Fund |
| Implementing Agencies | United Nations Environment Programme |
| Executing Agencies | National Environmental Protection Agency |
| GEF Period: | GEF - 5 |
| Approval Fiscal Year: | 2014 |
Financials
| Project Preparation Grant Amount | 100,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 6,900,000 USD |
| Co-financing Total | 7,000,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 655,500 USD |
| Total Cost | 14,000,000.00 USD |
Project Timeline
Received by GEF
26 Dec 2013
Preparation Grant Approved
20 Feb 2014
Concept Approved
20 Mar 2014
Project Approved for Implementation
01 Nov 2016
Project closed