The Project Development Objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance nature-positive urban development in Guiyang. The project will enhance flood control by restoring river banks and implementing NBS for soil erosion control, and restore terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
The project used farmer-led natural regeneration, which is mostly to create food forests, but also improve forest cover to reduce water runoff and maximizing rain infiltration (and protection from wind).
The project will support the design nd pilot implementation of the Community Adaptation Fund (CAF) in the Gicumbi District. This includes piloting landscape restoration in the Gicumbi District through the CAF on investments such as catchment restoration and rehabilitation through reforestation, silvo-pastoralism and other watershed protection measures that have demonstrated community resilience to climate change. The project will also support the development of flagship programs such as Water Security for All Flagship Program.
The project financed a cash-for-trees program which part of an erosion prevention activity that provided incentives for smallholders to reforest their lands in the watersheds surrounding the irrigated areas.
The project worked to fund community-led development projects, and build capacity for improved land management practices.
