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Displaying 6 - 10 of 27Reduced Emissions from Deforestation (REDD+) in DRC - Deforestation and development with REDD+
General
The Swedish Embassy in Kinshasa has conducted dialogue with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s National Fund for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (FONAREDD) on Sida Project Support during the period 2018-2022. Sida intends to contribute to FONAREDD with 36,580,000 SEK, with soft earmarking to the fund's integrated REDD project in the province of Equateur. The Fund currently funds eight projects, and another ten has been planned for. The total budget for all 18 projects is about 180 million USD. The fund is owned by the Congolese Government, but it is administered, according to agreement, by UNDP. The Equateur project aims at stabilizing deforestation, afforestation an improving living conditions and income for the province's rural population through; (i) Improvement of governance by capacity building of decentralized services and capacity-building by local community governance; (ii) land use planning, through development planning and zoning as a basis for land management; (iii) sustainable community-based forest management, to reduce pressure on forests and enhance forest carbon stocks; (iv) enhancement of agricultural activities and use of savannah areas through promotion of agroforestry and conservation agriculture, carried out collectively or individually by households to increase livelihoods and diversify income sources, while reducing pressure on virgin forests; (v) support for urban and peri-urban forestry for food security and the creation and promotion of sustainable energy sources; (vi) access to family planning services and nutritional services for local populations and indigenous peoples. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is UNDP's implementing partner, will execute the project together with WWF. The project's total budget is SEK 91 450 000, of which Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) accounts for SEK 54 870 000.
Objectives
The objective of the national REDD program in the DRC is to: (i) Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and forest degradation, and increase the level of uptake by sinks in the forest sector; (ii) generate co-development benefits. Sweden has chosen to contribute to the National REDD Fund with soft earmarking of funds to a specific project. This additional funding has allowed for a wider scope of the project and strengthening of the project's gender equality perspective. The specific objective of the Equateur intervention is to Stabilise deforestation and afforestation, and improve the living conditions and incomes of rural communities through: (i) Improvement of governance by capacity building of decentralized services and capacity-building by local community governance; (ii) Land use planning, through development planning and zoning as a basis for land management. Sustainable community-based forest management, to protect and enhance forest carbon stocks. (iii) Sustainable community-based forest management, to reduce pressure on forests and enhance forest carbon stocks; (iv) Enhancement of agricultural activities and use of savannah areas through promotion of agroforestry and conservation agriculture, carried out collectively or individually by households to increase livelihoods and diversify income sources, while reducing pressure on virgin forests; (v) Support for urban and peri-urban forestry for food security and the creation and promotion of sustainable energy sources; (vi) access to family planning services and nutritional services for local populations and indigenous peoples.
Resilience to child malnutrition ACF DRC 2017-2020
General
To prevent child malnutrition in Kalomba health zone, DRC, Kasaï Central, during 2017-2020, through water and sanitation, nutrition and support to livelihoods, and by mainstreaming gender and environment. Linked to a previous humanitarian support in 2014-2017.
Objectives
For more than 20 years, the security situation in the DRC has led to a multitude of successive new crises, the severity and scope of which have increased over time. This ongoing crisis has caused immeasurable human and material damage, plunging a large part of the population into a situation of extreme vulnerability. In this context, the Kalomba health zone, in Kasai Central province, experienced a massive population displacement, a significant number of protection incidents, and the destruction of socio-economic infrastructure and livelihoods. The factors aggravating the impact of food and nutrition insecurity in Kazumba Territory include: socio-economic vulnerability, new armed conflicts between armed groups and the absence of a cessation of hostilities agreement, the limited capacity of state security services to provide protection to the population, impunity and the weakness of the legal system, inter-community, customary and identity-based tensions, and land conflicts. The causes of vulnerability to food insecurity and malnutrition are complex and multidimensional. They are linked to a set of intertwined factors, such as poverty, health, hygiene, access to basic social services, eating habits, socio-cultural norms, the level of knowledge of improved agricultural techniques, the weakness of production, access to markets, as well as climatic hazards and other recurrent shocks, which result in a large number of people being in a state of quasi-permanent fragility. ACF's project objective is to sustainably strengthen nutrition security and resilience to malnutrition in communities and health system in Kalomba Health Zone in Kasaï Central province in DRC, from April 2017 to December 2020, through a gender-sensitive, community-based approach. The project is articulated along two axis: the health system and the community. It includes three result areas: (1) Structural strengthening of the integrated health system for sustainable service delivery; (2) Strengthened capacity of health personnel for outreach and sensitization through a gender-sensitive approach to nutrition security; and (3) Improved household nutritional security through gender-sensitive behavior change, access to safe water and livelihood support Given that malnutrition and WASH often correlate, the project includes substantial WASH related activities both in communities (according to the so-called "community-led total sanitation" approach) and in health facilities.
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation (REDD+) in DRC
General
The Swedish Embassy in Kinshasa has conducted dialogue with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s National Fund for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (FONAREDD) on Sida Project Support during the period 2018-2022. Sida intends to contribute to FONAREDD with 36,580,000 SEK, with soft earmarking to the fund's integrated REDD project in the province of Equateur. The Fund currently funds eight projects, and another ten has been planned for. The total budget for all 18 projects is about 180 million USD. The fund is owned by the Congolese Government, but it is administered, according to agreement, by UNDP. The Equateur project aims at stabilizing deforestation, afforestation an improving living conditions and income for the province's rural population through; (i) Improvement of governance by capacity building of decentralized services and capacity-building by local community governance; (ii) land use planning, through development planning and zoning as a basis for land management; (iii) sustainable community-based forest management, to reduce pressure on forests and enhance forest carbon stocks; (iv) enhancement of agricultural activities and use of savannah areas through promotion of agroforestry and conservation agriculture, carried out collectively or individually by households to increase livelihoods and diversify income sources, while reducing pressure on virgin forests; (v) support for urban and peri-urban forestry for food security and the creation and promotion of sustainable energy sources; (vi) access to family planning services and nutritional services for local populations and indigenous peoples. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is UNDP's implementing partner, will execute the project together with WWF. The project's total budget is SEK 91 450 000, of which Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) accounts for SEK 54 870 000.
Objectives
The objective of the national REDD program in the DRC is to: (i) Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and forest degradation, and increase the level of uptake by sinks in the forest sector; (ii) generate co-development benefits. Sweden has chosen to contribute to the National REDD Fund with soft earmarking of funds to a specific project. This additional funding has allowed for a wider scope of the project and strengthening of the project's gender equality perspective. The specific objective of the Equateur intervention is to Stabilise deforestation and afforestation, and improve the living conditions and incomes of rural communities through: (i) Improvement of governance by capacity building of decentralized services and capacity-building by local community governance; (ii) Land use planning, through development planning and zoning as a basis for land management. Sustainable community-based forest management, to protect and enhance forest carbon stocks. (iii) Sustainable community-based forest management, to reduce pressure on forests and enhance forest carbon stocks; (iv) Enhancement of agricultural activities and use of savannah areas through promotion of agroforestry and conservation agriculture, carried out collectively or individually by households to increase livelihoods and diversify income sources, while reducing pressure on virgin forests; (v) Support for urban and peri-urban forestry for food security and the creation and promotion of sustainable energy sources; (vi) access to family planning services and nutritional services for local populations and indigenous peoples.
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation (REDD+) in DRC - Deforestation and development with REDD+
General
The Swedish Embassy in Kinshasa has conducted dialogue with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s National Fund for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (FONAREDD) on Sida Project Support during the period 2018-2022. Sida intends to contribute to FONAREDD with 36,580,000 SEK, with soft earmarking to the fund's integrated REDD project in the province of Equateur. The Fund currently funds eight projects, and another ten has been planned for. The total budget for all 18 projects is about 180 million USD. The fund is owned by the Congolese Government, but it is administered, according to agreement, by UNDP. The Equateur project aims at stabilizing deforestation, afforestation an improving living conditions and income for the province's rural population through; (i) Improvement of governance by capacity building of decentralized services and capacity-building by local community governance; (ii) land use planning, through development planning and zoning as a basis for land management; (iii) sustainable community-based forest management, to reduce pressure on forests and enhance forest carbon stocks; (iv) enhancement of agricultural activities and use of savannah areas through promotion of agroforestry and conservation agriculture, carried out collectively or individually by households to increase livelihoods and diversify income sources, while reducing pressure on virgin forests; (v) support for urban and peri-urban forestry for food security and the creation and promotion of sustainable energy sources; (vi) access to family planning services and nutritional services for local populations and indigenous peoples. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is UNDP's implementing partner, will execute the project together with WWF. The project's total budget is SEK 91 450 000, of which Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) accounts for SEK 54 870 000.
Objectives
The objective of the national REDD program in the DRC is to: (i) Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and forest degradation, and increase the level of uptake by sinks in the forest sector; (ii) generate co-development benefits. Sweden has chosen to contribute to the National REDD Fund with soft earmarking of funds to a specific project. This additional funding has allowed for a wider scope of the project and strengthening of the project's gender equality perspective. The specific objective of the Equateur intervention is to Stabilise deforestation and afforestation, and improve the living conditions and incomes of rural communities through: (i) Improvement of governance by capacity building of decentralized services and capacity-building by local community governance; (ii) Land use planning, through development planning and zoning as a basis for land management. Sustainable community-based forest management, to protect and enhance forest carbon stocks. (iii) Sustainable community-based forest management, to reduce pressure on forests and enhance forest carbon stocks; (iv) Enhancement of agricultural activities and use of savannah areas through promotion of agroforestry and conservation agriculture, carried out collectively or individually by households to increase livelihoods and diversify income sources, while reducing pressure on virgin forests; (v) Support for urban and peri-urban forestry for food security and the creation and promotion of sustainable energy sources; (vi) access to family planning services and nutritional services for local populations and indigenous peoples.
Towards land equality? Exploring how cancelled land deals affect smallholder farmers’ land access and liveliho
General
The world is facing an unprecedented land inequality, not least in Africa where smallholder farmers lose land to private corporations. Land is the basis for smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. In addition, African smallholder farmers produce a major share of the continent’s food. Thus, the unequal land distribution is a major obstacle to food security and poverty eradication. It is also a major obstacle to building sustainable societies in general. Our research on large-scale agro-investments in Tanzania shows that there is an unexplored phenomenon that could contribute to a more equal land distribution: since the early 2000’s many such investments have been cancelled and millions of hectares of land have been left uncultivated. Studying the effects of such cancelled land deals is urgent since they seem to affect smallholders’ land access and livelihoods negatively but also seem to offer opportunities to redistribute land to smallholders. The aim of this project is to explore how cancelled land deals affect smallholders’ land access and livelihoods in Tanzania.The project will provide recommendations on how development policy and global sustainability standards better can support smallholders when land is redistributed, and better mitigate negative impacts of cancelled development projects. This is urgent since Covid-19 causes many cancelled projects when development funds are re-allocated to handling the pandemic.