The implementation of this eight-year project is supported by German financial and technical cooperation through the KfW development bank and GIZ respectively. The project executing agency (PEA) is the Tripura Forest Department. The project objective is to improve the natural resource conditions supporting enhanced livelihoods of forest dependent communities and cooperative management. In a consortium with GOPA Consultants, UNIQUE supports the project implementation by provisioning the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) and international short-term experts. UNIQUE’s CTA supports the Forest Department in elaborating operational project plans and developing and establishing an integrated, cross-sectoral land use planning scheme.

• Methodological support in elaborating integrated village development plans.
• Expertise in microfinance, agroforestry, horticulture and community forestry.
• Support of the PEA in the overall project management and detailed planning of activities.
• Cooperation development with government departments and other national projects.
• Networking with the JICA-project “Tripura Forest Environmental Improvement and Poverty Alleviation”.