55 000 to benefit from climate-change grants
A second round of climate-change grants is anticipated to benefit more than 55 000 people and ensure that more than 2 000 households are food secure.
ELLANIE SMIT
WINDHOEK
A total of 12 proposals to the tune of N$23 million were approved in the second call of the Enhanced Direct Access (EDA) Grants under the Community Based Natural Resource Management project.
This is according to the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) of Namibia that issued an update on the project.
A total of 47 proposals were received after the second call for the climate change applications submissions between May and July 2019.
The EIF says that to ensure equitable national distribution and benefits to all targeted beneficiaries, the review of the second call for proposal targeted five regions that did not benefit during the first call. These regions were Karas, Hardap, Erongo, Omaheke and Oshana.
As a result, the project steering committee approved 12 proposals to the tune of N$23 million.
Benefits
This second call for proposals fell under the N$130 million funding from the Green Climate Fund through the environment ministry for implementation by the EIF.
The funding was secured for five years (2017 to 2022) and is earmarked for the climate change intervention titled Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia (CBNRM EDA) Project”.
The objective of the project is to ensure that local communities within CBNRM areas have reduced vulnerability and increased resilience to the anticipated impacts of climate change by incorporating climate adaptation response strategies into local practices, livelihoods and ecosystem services.
According to the EIF the project has committed N$109 million of the N$130 million total project budget to date to the grant facility geared for the implementation of targeted climate change resilience livelihoods options towards ecosystem-based adaptation, climate-proof infrastructure and climate resilience agriculture windows for rural communities in 12 regions.
Overall, it is expected that the project with its portfolio of 31 grants will benefit more than 150 000 people and rehabilitate over 150 boreholes countrywide.
It is expected that most of the first call grantees projects will be officially handed over before June this year.
WINDHOEK
A total of 12 proposals to the tune of N$23 million were approved in the second call of the Enhanced Direct Access (EDA) Grants under the Community Based Natural Resource Management project.
This is according to the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) of Namibia that issued an update on the project.
A total of 47 proposals were received after the second call for the climate change applications submissions between May and July 2019.
The EIF says that to ensure equitable national distribution and benefits to all targeted beneficiaries, the review of the second call for proposal targeted five regions that did not benefit during the first call. These regions were Karas, Hardap, Erongo, Omaheke and Oshana.
As a result, the project steering committee approved 12 proposals to the tune of N$23 million.
Benefits
This second call for proposals fell under the N$130 million funding from the Green Climate Fund through the environment ministry for implementation by the EIF.
The funding was secured for five years (2017 to 2022) and is earmarked for the climate change intervention titled Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia (CBNRM EDA) Project”.
The objective of the project is to ensure that local communities within CBNRM areas have reduced vulnerability and increased resilience to the anticipated impacts of climate change by incorporating climate adaptation response strategies into local practices, livelihoods and ecosystem services.
According to the EIF the project has committed N$109 million of the N$130 million total project budget to date to the grant facility geared for the implementation of targeted climate change resilience livelihoods options towards ecosystem-based adaptation, climate-proof infrastructure and climate resilience agriculture windows for rural communities in 12 regions.
Overall, it is expected that the project with its portfolio of 31 grants will benefit more than 150 000 people and rehabilitate over 150 boreholes countrywide.
It is expected that most of the first call grantees projects will be officially handed over before June this year.
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