MegARISE

The Protection of Vulnerable Catchment Areas in Meghalaya is a KfW funded project implemented in the state of Meghalaya. The objective of the project is to increase the climate resilience of treated ecosystems and watershed livelihoods in the selected project areas of Umiew and Ganol catchments.

The “Protection of Vulnerable Catchment Areas in Meghalaya (MegARISE)” Project aims to increase the climate resilience of ecosystems and watershed in selected areas in the Umiew (East Khasi Hills District) and Ganol catchments (West Garo Hills District) in the State of Meghalaya. The Project will contribute to the implementation of the Indian National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and is aligned to the priority areas of the Meghalaya State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC).

Project implementation is scheduled over a period of 7 years, to be implemented by the Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA). The target groups of the Project consist of the rural, mostly indigenous population with traditional land use rights who are highly dependent of the use of natural resources. At village level the Project will be implemented by the Village Project Implementation Committee (VPIC).

The Project is to achieve the following outputs: 
* Knowledge-based participatory planning and implementation, and capacity building. 
* Forests and other ecosystems of the selected catchment areas are enhanced. 
* Livelihoods of the vulnerable communities in the catchment areas improve.  
* Adoption of best-practice Project management including Environmental and Social Management Framework [ESMF], Community Engagement and Planning Framework [CEPF], Grievance Redress Mechanism [GRM]).