• Sustainable...

    forest ecosystem management

    through participatory approaches...

  • Let’s...

    recognize and appreciate

    ecoservices provided by the nature...

  • Livelihood...

    way to create decent living

    for the forest dependent communities...

  • Biodiversity...

    Conservation through

    multistakeholder participation and research...

  • Satoyama...

    PIHPFEM&L Joins global initiatves on

    Community centric landscape level Biodiversity Conservation...

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"Society for Improvement of Forest Ecosystems Management & Livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh"



  • About JICA ( Donor Agency )
  • Project Scope

Mr. Saito Mitsunori,
Chief Representative,
JICA India

The Japan International Cooperation Agency is a governmental agency that delivers the bulk of Official Development Assistance for the government of Japan. It is chartered with assisting economic and social growth in developing countries, and the promotion of international cooperation.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency, and speed.


Mission

JICA, in accordance with the Development Cooperation Charter, will work on human security and quality growth.


Vision

Leading the world with trust.

JICA, with its partners, will take the lead in forging bonds of trust across the world, aspiring for a free, peaceful and prosperous world where people can hope for a better future and explore their diverse potentials.


Actions


  • Commitment: Commit ourselves with pride and passion to achieving our mission and vision.
  • Gemba: Dive into the field ("gemba") and work together with the people.
  • Strategy: Think and act strategically with broad and long-term perspectives.
  • Co-creation: Bring together diverse wisdom and resources.
  • Innovation: Innovate to bring about unprecedented impacts.
  • Empowering forest-fringe communities, particularly women, through sustainable livelihoods and ensuring positive involvement of rural people in managing their own environment.
  • Strengthening community institutions such as VFDS and Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs)/sub-committees.
  • Alleviating poverty of the rural poor through income generating interventions.
  • Planning and implementing site specific technical and scientific forestry interventions, including soil and moisture conservation, restocking of degradation areas through appropriate Silvi-cultural operations utilization of the inherent potential of available root stock, under planting with suitable species, block plantations in blank patches.
  • Promoting inter- sect-oral convergence (ISC).
  • Interventions to be planned and implemented by VFDS/JFMCs and Biodiversity Management Committee/sub-committees (Micro planning).
  • Capacity Development of Himachal Pradesh Forest Department and VFDS/JFMCs.
  • Promoting forest-based and non-forest based enterprises (such as the value addition and marketing of medicinal & aromatic plants, etc.) to generate sustainable employment, develop industries and enhance the value of forests.
  • Caring for the socially disadvantaged groups in the society, such as scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes, forest dwellers, women and other vulnerable people through proper safeguard measures as per the JICA guidelines and applicable Indian laws and regulations.
  • Institution capacity strengthening of Forest department and its personnel.




The Project aims to manage and enhance forest ecosystems in the project area, by sustainable forest ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation, livelihoods improvement support and strengthening institutional capacity, thereby contributing to environmental conservation and sustainable Socio-economic development in the project area in the State of Himachal Pradesh.






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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) assisted “Project for Improvement of Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystems Management and Livelihoods” is being implemented in seven districts i.e. Kinnaur, Shimla, Bilaspur, Mandi, Kullu , Kangra and Lahaul & Spiti. The project period is 10 years from 2018-19 to 2027-28.

It will be implemented in 72 Ranges of 22 Divisions falling in jurisdiction of 9 Forest Circles and the activities will be carried out both in PFM as well as departmental mode through 400 VFDS and 60 BMC sub-committees. The Project would be implemented through Society for Improvement of Forest Ecosystems Management & Livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh (registered on 09-07-2018 under HP Societies‟ Registration Act 2006).