
he Sustainable Land Management Project for Bhutan will strengthen institutional and community capacity for anticipating and managing land degradation. The project consists of the following components: (1) Pilot projects to demonstrate effective application of land degradation prevention approaches. (2) This component will support the scaling up of the pilots to six additional geogs (two in each of the pilot dzongkhags) based on the lessons learned from Component 1. (3) This component will bring lessons from Component 1 and 2 to inform national legislation and policy pertaining to watershed management, upland agriculture and livestock, forestry, urban planning and infrastructure development. (4) This component will further support Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB's) efforts to strengthen and build capacity within the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) to systematically and effectively coordinate a program of activities in order to help anticipate and manage land degradation in the country.