Community-based Landscape Management for Enhanced Climate Resilience and Reduction of Deforestation in Critical Watersheds

About this project

1. Objectives of the Proposed Project 52. The main goal of the proposed project are to reduce CO2 emission from forest degradation and deforestation in the country, particularly the 14 priority watersheds through improvement of landscape ecosystem services in the watersheds with effective use of the CBNRM/ CF approach demonstrated by the proposed project. 53. The goal statement of the proposed project is as follows. “If the existing forests in Timor-Leste, particularly in the 14 priority watersheds, are well managed and protected from further degradation and deforestation through implementation of the CBNRM roadmap with effective use of the CBNRM/ CF approach demonstrated by the proposed project, then the annual CO2 emission from LUCF sector could decline by around 80 % as compared to the average emission between 2005 and 2010, because the proposed project with the DGFCIP commitment to mainstream the CBNRM/ CF approach for sustainable forest management in Timor-Leste can: i) reduce and minimize the occurrence of forest fire and overexploitation of forest resources through enhancement of local leaders’ capacity for NRM with village regulations and coordinating platforms, ii) convert the convention livelihood practices, e.g., shifting cultivation, into sustainable and climate adaptive livelihoods, and iii) develop an enabling environment for further scale-up of the CBNRM mechanism with adequate policy support, capable human resources, and financial back-up in collaboration wit…

Published by

Green Climate Fund · Multilateral

Countries

Timor-Leste

Sectors

Forestry policy and administrative management

Focus

Climate mitigation · Main focus

Funded by

Green Climate Fund

Implemented by

Japan International Cooperation Agency

Published by Green Climate Fund to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Jul 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41317-SAP021.

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