Incentive for Sustainable Biodiversity Management (ISBM)

OBJECTIVE The project aims to: improve awareness and appreciation of the values of biodiversity and ecosystem service support two major national initiatives: TII and IBBI PROJECT DESCRIPTION With mere 2.4% of the worldā€™s land area, Indiaā€™s diverse habitats and ecosystems support 7% percent of all globally recorded species, along with second largest human population...

Environmental Benefits of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA-EB)

OBJECTIVE The program aims to: maximise the potential of MGNREGS works in positive environmental outcomes such as ground water recharge, soil protection, water and biodiversity conservation, sustainable food production, and mitigation of land degradation build local resilience to the effects of climate change such as moisture stress, delayed onset of rainfall, droughts,...

Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Areas-India (CCA-RAI)

OBJECTIVE The project aims to: improve livelihood and adaptive capacities of vulnerable rural communities in India through providing policy support to the Indian government on integrating adaptation to climate change in key sectoral policy decisions and rural development programmes PROJECT DESCRIPTION CCA-RAI aims to contribute to improve livelihoods and adaptive capacities of vulnerable...

Climate Change Adaptation – North Eastern Region (CCA-NER)

OBJECTIVE To improve the access of rural households to food through resource-saving and climate resilient agricultural practices PROJECT DESCRIPTION CCA-NER is a bilateral cooperation project between the Government of India and the federal Government of Germany. The Deutsche Gesellschaft fĆ¼r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH was mandated in 2012 by the German Federal...