Nepal’s first-ever Green Climate Fund (GCF) project aims to increase resilience and targets ecosystem restoration
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Nepal’s Minister of Forests and Environment of the Federal Democratic Republic, Birendra Prasad Mahato, met during the Director-General’s visit to Kathmandu.
The Director-General noted that, as both a Least Developed Country and a Landlocked Developing Country, Nepal has tremendous geographic diversity that ranges from alluvial plains in the south to high Himalayan Mountains in the north. QU further stated that FAO is willing to support Nepal to achieve better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, and to address the impacts of the climate crisis.
The jointly launched Country Programming Framework (CPF) for 2023-2027 reflects Nepal’s key priorities, including sustainable natural resource management, climate resilience and disaster risk reduction.
The delegates discussed implementation of the country’s first-ever Green Climate Fund (GCF) project for increasing resilience in the Churia Region, considered as a flagship project for the entire Asia-Pacific region. FAO will also supports Nepal with the implementation of the project aimed at ecosystem restoration, with a strong focus on forest ecosystems in the country’s Churia Region.
