India: Promoting local livelihoods and gender-sensitive sustainable forest management

In 2017, GFA Bridges supports a project aiming at promoting local livelihoods and gender-sensitive sustainable forest management by supporting sustainable harvesting and marketing of NTFPs and by strengthening capacities of women and community-based organizations in the Sirsi landscape (Uttara Kanada District, Karnataka, India). The projects includes the implementation of three measures: the installation of a fuel-efficient drier for Non Timber Forest Products, the establishment of a tree nursery for native fruit tree and NTFP species, and trainings on sustainable NTFP harvesting and improved NTFP marketing, especially for women.

This project is undertaken by Alessandra Große (GFA) in collaboration with Narasimha Hedge, Director of the NGO Life Trust, based in Sirsi.