[{"bbox": [112, 77, 1145, 127], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will also take a two-pronged approach from an administrative and governance point of view. It will work at:"}, {"bbox": [112, 130, 278, 154], "category": "Text", "text": "**National level** to:"}, {"bbox": [112, 157, 722, 183], "category": "List-item", "text": "1) Support the integrated development of policies and legislation."}, {"bbox": [112, 184, 1145, 237], "category": "List-item", "text": "2) Strengthen integrated land use planning and coordination capacities for sustainable ecosystems and natural resources management"}, {"bbox": [112, 237, 311, 262], "category": "Text", "text": "**Community level** to:"}, {"bbox": [112, 263, 1002, 289], "category": "List-item", "text": "1) Implement targeted activities for sustainable, climate resilient natural resources management."}, {"bbox": [112, 290, 973, 316], "category": "List-item", "text": "2) Support transformative investments for diversification of local economies and livelihoods."}, {"bbox": [112, 341, 1145, 634], "category": "Text", "text": "**Under specific objective 1, at national level** (output 1.1 combined with output 1.3) the action will, (through Technical Assistance (TA) Service contract), conduct a baseline, gap assessment and a comprehensive geo-spatial survey/mapping of the Landscape, including gender analysis to develop a baseline. It will inform, prioritise and monitor priority areas for interventions. The development of a spatial database and information products, will contribute to the development baseline information, as well as of a joint framework for monitoring and decision making for natural resources management and land-use planning at action level. The TA will further consolidate data and information from the projects implemented at community level. In addition, the TA will strengthen capacities of key stakeholders at national and community level, to enhance multi-stakeholder coordination, monitoring and accountability. The TA will also serve to create a platform for coordination with and among line ministries. The TA will have an additional specific focus on providing capacity building to the Forest Department within the MoGEE (Output 1.3)."}, {"bbox": [112, 661, 567, 686], "category": "Text", "text": "Complementarities/synergies will be sought with:"}, {"bbox": [112, 689, 1145, 742], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The national charcoal task force co-chaired by the MoGEE and Ministry of Energy (MoE), aimed at strengthening coordination related to the regulation, enforcement, and monitoring of the charcoal value chain."}, {"bbox": [112, 744, 1145, 847], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The EU-BMZ co-funded project \"Reducing deforestation and forest degradation through sustainable agricultural value chains and improved forest governance\", which will support deforestation free agricultural value chains, forest preservation and forest-based livelihoods, and provide specific policy support on carbon market and finance."}, {"bbox": [112, 850, 1145, 932], "category": "List-item", "text": "* AFD, who started planning the feasibility of sovereign lending to the forest sector. The TA provided to the forest department of MoGEE could be considered as a risk sharing and reducing measure, facilitating access to guarantees, lending and blending."}, {"bbox": [112, 956, 1145, 1196], "category": "Text", "text": "**Under specific objective 1, at community level** (output 1.2), the action will (through a Contribution Agreement with GiZ, co-funded by BMZ) support the sustainable planning and implementation of integrated watershed management at sub-catchments level, with particular focus on the Lower Kafue sub-catchment (LKSC). The LKSC is particularly at risk, as it provides water for large a population, including to the capital, Lusaka. This intervention will build upon GiZ' work in the water sector in the LKSC and upscale activities of the current EU-BMZ funded AWARE project. Multi-sectoral measures contributing to increased climate resilience and reduced disaster vulnerability will address landscape degradation, including deforestation and forest degradation within the target area. Disaster Preparedness/Disaster Risk Reduction will be mainstreamed by supporting the capacity-building of community-based structures."}, {"bbox": [112, 1197, 1145, 1329], "category": "Text", "text": "Support to reconcile water yield and demand among users under existing local governance structures will be also supported for sustainable community led and decentralised integrated watershed management and ecosystems. Repair and climate proof of critical water infrastructures will be also considered. Further actions will be implemented to support sustainable private sector investments for increased productivity and livelihoods of adjacent and downstream forest and agricultural lands."}, {"bbox": [112, 1355, 567, 1380], "category": "Text", "text": "Complementarities/synergies will be sought with:"}, {"bbox": [112, 1383, 1145, 1490], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The EU-BMZ co-funded project \"Reducing deforestation and forest degradation through sustainable agricultural value chains and improved forest governance\" (see above) will develop activities in the LKSC. Well-coordinated interventions among the projects will contribute to integrated planning for local economic, environmentally sustainable and climate smart development."}, {"bbox": [112, 1515, 1145, 1649], "category": "Text", "text": "**Under specific objective 2, at community level** (output 2.1) the action will, through a Contribution Agreement with the World Food Programme (WFP), support SHFs, including women and youth farmers, to improve their livelihoods, resilience, food security and nutrition. To support integrated planning and the landscape approach, activities will geographically target people living in sub-catchment areas covered by activities under specific objective 1. Interventions will take into account agro-climatic and -ecological conditions, as well as the"}, {"bbox": [1052, 1669, 1157, 1691], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 26"}]