Project Title
Adapting to Climate Change and Enabling Sustainable Land Management Through Productive Rural Communities in Timor-Leste
Key Figures:
- Budget: $9.85 million (+ $33.1 million in cofinance)
- Executing entity: Directorate of Climate Change, State Secretary for the Environment
- Area rehabilitated: 15,000 hectares of forests and natural ecosystems
- Beneficiaries: 68,000 individuals directly
- Fund: Global Environment Facility
- Timeframe: 2023-2028
Description
Timor-Leste is home to a wide range of globally important ecosystems, including tropical rainforests, mangroves, and wetlands. These landscapes face multiple threats, including climate change and unsustainable agricultural practices, with approximately 90% of the forests across the country having been cleared or logged.
This project is using Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) to increase climate resilience and reduce land degradation in rural communities in Timor-Leste. The project’s main approaches include: i) improving national and sub-national adaptation planning; ii) restoring ecosystems in water catchments; iii) developing and implemneting agricultural management systems; iv) provision of water to rural communities; and v) expansion of a climate-smart agribusiness.
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