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Jharkhand

Name of the Project: Enhancing Climate Resilience of Forests and its
dependent Communities in two landscapes of Jharkhand
Project Focus: Forest Conservation
Location: Ramgarh Forest Division (Patratu Block) and Jamtara Forest
Division (Narayanpur Block) in Jharkhand
Project Finance: Rs. 24.73 Crore (USD 3.30 million)
Duration: 4 Years (2018-2022); Extended upto 2022; Ongoing
Name of Executing Entity: Department of Forest, Environment &
Climate Change, Govt. of Jharkhand
Project Beneciaries: Families of 48 Villages of Patratu and Narayanpur
landscapes.

Project Area: e climate of Jharkhand is variable with wetter conditions in the southwest and hotter drier conditions
in the northwest and west central regions. e state of Jharkhand is in precarious situation due to its high climate
sensitivity and vulnerability, combined with low adaptive capacity. e state is already suering due to its high
dependence on mineral resources. Further the forest and water resources in the State are facing threat due to industrial
and urban growth and being uneven in distribution both temporally and
spatially. Hence the challenge of climate change calls for appropriate,
evidence based and coherent policy response, followed by the adequate
action that can help reduce its vulnerability and build resilience of the
various sectors of the state in the context of climate change impacts.

State’s rst Climate Change adaptation
project designed to address climate
induced vulnerability to livelihood,
improve sustainability of the ecosystem
and enhance resilience of the tribal
population e project aims to carry
out sensitization and capacity building
on climate adaptive coping
mechanism, implementation of soil
moisture conservation and water
harvesting measures and promotion of
gender sensitive and climate resilient
livelihood systems. e project also
aims to facilitate small wood use NTFP Collection
eciency through treatment of wood In Jharkhand
log used for construction. Energy use
eciency and renewable energy would
be adopted.

Muddy and unusable
water of the streams

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Climate Change Interventions of
NABARD – A Glimpse