SFM Rehabilitation of Forest Landscapes and Degraded Land with Particular Attention to Saline Soils and Areas Prone to Wind Erosion
Project Summary
To remove barriers to participatory integrated SLFM by: (i) strengthening capacity of local communities, provincial and local institutions to plan, implement and evaluate participatory and integrated SLFM initiatives at the village and watershed scales (ii) adoption and implementation of the defined plans including sustainable alternative livelihood options with socio-economic and environmental benefits sustaining ecosystem services and (iii) enhancing capacity at local and national levels to mainstream these approaches into national plans, policies and processes
Project Details
| GEF Project ID | 3450 |
| Project Type | Full-size Project |
| Status | Project Approved |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | |
| Focal Areas | |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Implementing Agencies | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| Executing Agencies | Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Management Organization (FRWO) and Agriculture and Natural Resource Research Centers (of the Iranian Government) |
| GEF Period: | GEF - 4 |
| Approval Fiscal Year: | 2008 |
Financials
| Project Preparation Grant Amount | 200,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 2,668,300 USD |
| Co-financing Total | 8,338,835 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 266,830 USD |
| Total Cost | 11,207,135.00 USD |
Project Timeline
Received by GEF
11 Sep 2007
Preparation Grant Approved
23 Aug 2008
Concept Approved
01 Nov 2007
Project Approved for Implementation
28 Mar 2011
Project closed
