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The project would be a model initiative for the dual objectives of ofsetting biotic carbon and promotion of sustainable livelihood through participatory approach in combatting desertification. It would sequestor carbon, at a very high level, in the destertified lands of Hosseinababd through the establishment of a hand planted Haloxylon forest.
Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Completed
Countries
Managing organisations
Ministry of Jihad-e-Sazandegi
Forest and Rangeland Organization (FRO)
Implementing organisations
UNDP
Project ID
673
GEF project type
Medium size
GEF project phase
GEF - 2
GEF Cofinancing
$960.000
GEF project grant
$726.200
Executing Agencies
Ministry of Jihad-e-Sazandegi, Forest and Rangeland Organization (FRO).