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Adaptation Fund

Madhya Pradesh

Name of the Project : Building Adaptive Capacities of Communities,
Livelihoods and Ecological Security in the Kanha-Pench Corridor of
Madhya Pradesh
Project Focus : Ecosystem Conservation and Livelihood Generation
Location : 56 Villages in the Kanha-Pench Corridor (KPC) of
Madhya Pradesh
Project Finance : USD 2.55 million (Rs. 16.62 crore)
Duration : 5 Years (2017-2022); Ongoing
Name of Executing Entity : RBS Foundation India - promoted by e
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS FI) and Madhya Pradesh Forest Department
Project Beneciaries : 7,609 households of Kanha - Pench Corridor

Project Area : Madhya Pradesh has 94.69 lakh ha recorded forest area, which is 31% of State's geographical area. e
Kanha–Pench Corridor spread over 16,000 sq. km area is an ecologically important area due to presence of Narmada
and Mahanadi watersheds, Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserves, and natural resource dependent communities. In the last
two decades, the Kanha-Pench Corridor has faced severe degradation caused by an increase in anthropogenic pressure
and climate change. Studies of the corridor area reveal that while the forests
within the corridor has excellent patches with continuous regeneration,
patches which are completely or partially degraded are increasing constantly
due to their diversion for developmental purposes or by over extraction of
its resources (fuel wood, timber, fodder etc).

e KPC also supports rich
biodiversity and provides important
ecosystem services like regulating
hydrology and carbon sequestration.
However, the situation in the
landscape is further exacerbated by
climate change. e rainfall and
temperature patterns in the region
have undergone a change in the past
few decades which have impacted both
forests and other ecosystem based
livelihoods like agriculture and
livestock.
Dependency on forest
To address the above issues, the project
is being implemented in 56 villages
that lie in and around the KPC which
is one of the 4 forested wildlife
movement corridors in the Satpuda
Maikal Landscape. Deforestation and
Habitat Degradation

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