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Bangladesh: USD 33.8m World Bank grant for afforestation

Source(s): Financial Express
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Under the 'Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project', the funds will be utilised for afforestation and plantation in 17,000 hectares of land and 1,672 kilometres of roadside in the coastal and hilly districts in Bangladesh, reports the Financial Express.

According to the report, the project will also train around 15,000 forest-dependent people on participatory forest management, climate change management, and basic entrepreneurial and business management skills.

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Themes Climate change Community-based DRR Environment and ecosystems Economics of DRR Inclusion
Country and region Bangladesh

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