Restoring the biodiversity of degraded ecosystems in Northwestern and Copperbelt Provinces (Lobito Corridor) with a focus on sustainable development

About this project

This initiative seeks to generate the enabling environment for scaling sustainable land use practices and gender-equitable, diversified livelihood options that address direct and underlying drivers of deforestation, restore degraded Miombo woodland landscapes, and promote sustainable natural resource management, while delivering sustainable development co-benefits such as food and nutrition security in Zambia’s Northwestern and Copperbelt regions. To achieve this, the project will strengthen the capacities of government entities, communities and rural farming households to monitor both land use and restoration activities at community level (Component 1). The initiative also fosters land restoration and sustainable agriculture with a strong emphasis on empowering women, youth, indigenous peoples and marginalized groups (Component 2). It strengthens the adoption of diversified and sustainable livelihoods by supporting market access, finance and agri-technological solutions for products such as legumes, honey, mushrooms and edible insects (Component 3). It addresses underlying deforestation drivers, such as charcoal demand, by co-developing value chain environmental upgrading strategies (Component 4). Participatory and community approaches ensure active beneficiary engagement in planning, decision-making and monitoring, and subsequent up taking of project results. The initiative supports Zambia’s national strategies on restoration, climate adaptation and biodiversity conservati…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land
• 16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Zambia

Sectors

Agricultural developmentForestry developmentRural development

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributesBiodiversity · Main focusDesertification · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

Bioversity International

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 28 Aug 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013387-01-0.

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