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Terminal evaluation of the project "Smart Adaptation of Forest Landscapes in Mountain Areas"

Project code: GCP/LEB/027/SCF, GEF ID 5125











Annex 1. Terms of reference

Annex 2. Prioritized sites with details

Annex 3. Summary of the project sites and key related interventions

Annex 4. Implementation of the mid-term review recommendations

Annex 5. Evaluation matrix

Annex 6. Areas to be evaluated per GEF terminal evaluation guidelines

Annex 7. Conflict-sensitive programming: suggested analysis framework

Annex 8. Methodological note for the update of the evaluation results of the project

Evaluation highlights

Management response


FAO. 2024. Evaluation of the project "Smart adaptation of forest landscapes in mountain areas"  Project code: GCP/LEB/027/SCF, GEF ID 5125. Project Evaluation Series, No. 44/2024. Rome.



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