[{"bbox": [97, 157, 1163, 211], "category": "Text", "text": "and if adequate land and resources management plans are developed and implemented by communities, including abiding to wildlife areas and ecological corridors boundaries,"}, {"bbox": [97, 214, 899, 242], "category": "Text", "text": "and if climate smart and more sustainable practices are adopted by small-scale farmers,"}, {"bbox": [97, 245, 757, 272], "category": "Text", "text": "and if Disaster Risk Management capacities are enhanced at local level,"}, {"bbox": [97, 276, 1163, 329], "category": "Text", "text": "and if provision and adequate use of local infrastructure facilities, enhanced by renewable energy are ensured for key activities implemented under the Action,"}, {"bbox": [97, 333, 285, 360], "category": "Text", "text": "And assuming that"}, {"bbox": [135, 360, 1163, 440], "category": "List-item", "text": "o Actions are specifically focused in two biodiversity-rich areas, that serve the dual interest of improving the living conditions of highly vulnerable populations and protecting ecosystems (South East Lowveld and Mid-Zambezi), ensuring adequate level of impact and avoiding geographical overspread of interventions,"}, {"bbox": [135, 440, 1163, 519], "category": "List-item", "text": "o Synergies between interventions and their different entry points will materialize (i.e. increased governance at local and community levels, enhancement of rural infrastructures, delivery of key services ...) and with both local and regional dimensions,"}, {"bbox": [135, 519, 1163, 599], "category": "List-item", "text": "o Relevant duty-bearers and key stakeholders (decentralised government authorities, administrations, services, parastatals and community actors) are effectively capacitated to respond better to requirements and responsibilities,"}, {"bbox": [135, 599, 1163, 677], "category": "List-item", "text": "o A locally adapted, sustained, and right-based approach, with a strong focus on gender equality and inclusion of youth population, is a prerequisite to tackle entrenched inequalities, thus critical to the success of the Action;"}, {"bbox": [135, 677, 1163, 758], "category": "List-item", "text": "o Linkages and synergies with other interventions, with shared vision for the targeted landscapes (also related to other EU-funded Actions) in crucial sectors like agriculture, transparency and accountability, support to local authorities and gender will enhance the achievements of targets and objectives of this Action."}, {"bbox": [97, 788, 298, 813], "category": "Text", "text": "Then the Action will"}, {"bbox": [135, 814, 1163, 868], "category": "List-item", "text": "o Enhance the integrity and health status of ecosystems, including their connectivity with regional wildlife corridors in the two targeted landscapes, together with improved census of wildlife."}, {"bbox": [135, 868, 1163, 948], "category": "List-item", "text": "o Improve local communities livelihoods' opportunities and income, based on training and diversification of livelihoods, and higher agricultural productivity based on adoption of climate smart agricultural practices, technology and improved business models by smallholder farmers."}, {"bbox": [135, 948, 1163, 1051], "category": "List-item", "text": "o Increase communities' wellbeing -including for key indicators, like nutrition levels or access to adequate food resources- based on a more secured environment, less prone to impacts by shocks (either climatic or caused by conflicts with wildlife -HWC-), hence decreasing food insecurity levels and the reliance on humanitarian aid."}, {"bbox": [135, 1058, 1163, 1114], "category": "List-item", "text": "o Deliver into climate change mitigation, due to lower emission levels and higher rate of carbon sequestration coming from healthier ecosystems status and the provision of renewable energy."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 31"}]