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Terminal evaluation of the project “Rehabilitation of forest landscapes and degraded land with particular attention to saline soils and areas prone to wind erosion”

Project code: GCP/IRA/064/GFF - GEF ID: 3450

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 94 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title Project Evaluation Series

Series number No. 07/2024

Synopsis (short abstract) This project supports the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in efforts to reduce land and forest degradation in two target provinces, and develop capacity to support the widespread implementation of such techniques across the country. The overall objectives were to strengthen capacity of local communities and local institutions to plan, implement and evaluate participatory sustainable land and forest management (SLFM) initiatives at village and watershed levels; adopt and implement alternative livelihood options and enhance capacity to mainstream these approaches into national plans, policies and processes. The project outcomes were consistent with national policies and plans, and successful in building local capacity, and influencing policy, institutional and interdepartmental linkages.

Annex 1. Terms of reference

Annex 2. Some photographic evidence of the rehabilitation and other project activities

Management response

Follow-up report

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FAO. 2024. Terminal evaluation of the project “Rehabilitation of forest landscapes and degraded land with particular attention to saline soils and areas prone to wind erosion”. Project Evaluation Series, No. 07/2024. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9605en

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