To meet demands for seedlings required for the implementation of aforementioned forest restoration or afforestation through ANR and AR, new permanent forestry nurseries are created under management of the ADCs and existing permanent nurseries managed by FED are improved. According to the policy of using quality planting materials (QPM) by FED, seedlings with a certain quality are produced at permanent nurseries managed by FED or the ADCs in order to ensure high survival rate and vigorous growth of seedlings after being planted in the field.

Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) involves community members, including both men and women, conducting land use planning collaboratively.

Before making a microplan including a forest management plan and a livelihood improvement plan, which is described in detail, it is necessary to make a frame of land use plan to identify which part of a village will be used for what purpose covering the entire area of a village. In other words, land use zoning at village level shall be prepared before making a microplan.

Water conservation is essential for livelihood improvement in the Project. To, contribute livelihood improvement in the target areas, the following activities for the soil water conservation will be conducted as part of the Component 2 of the project.

Key Activities

• Construction of Rain-water Harvesting Structure
• Construction of Drinking Water Tank

In the preparatory process of the Project, community mobilization and gender sensitization are the most important processes because these are essential for the success of the Project. In order to involve and motivate people in selected villages, specifically women and youths, in the activities of the Project, the Project will need to mobilize these people and sensitize them in terms of gender by breaking their stereotyped ideas on gender roles through village-based workshops

Degraded have been restored through forest operations such as  Assisted Natural Regeneration(ANR) and Artificial Regeneration (AR). Since most of the forests in the state belong to communities or individuals, such forest operations will be conducted by communities with support from Forest and Environment Department (FED) or the Forest Departments of the Autonomous District Councils (ADC).

 BASELINE SURVEY

To grasp the starting point of the Project in terms of physical and economic conditions, and the status of the target area, a baseline survey would be conducted. The types of data to be collected and the method for collection to be used need to be decided in accordance with the operation and effect indicators of the Project. The baseline survey should be designed and conducted in such a manner that the data captured in it can be used for future assessment of the Project.