Integrated Water Catchment Management and Landscape Protection in Zambia (AWARE 2.0) Contract related to: Integrated Water Catchment Management and Landscape Protection in Zambia (AWARE 2.0) - The action intends to promote and invest in the green recovery and sustainable growth along the Zambian part of the Greater Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA). Its geographic focus will stretch from the Greater Kafue ecosystem south-west through the Luangwa ¿ Nyika corridors of Central and Eastern Zambia (thereafter the Landscape). The action will: 1) Enhance resilience of ecosystems and improve people¿s livelihoods based on landscape approaches along the agriculture-forestry-biodiversity-water and climate nexus; 2) Increase participation of smallholder farmers, including women and youth farmers, in market-integrated environmentally sustainable, resilient, low carbon, circular and nutrition sensitive value chains; 3) Increase income opportunities through applied sustainable resource management practices by local communities.The action will promote community-based management of natural resources and support benefit sharing mechanisms for local communities, in particular for women and youth. It will further contribute to Zambia¿s climate change adaptation and mitigation targets, enshrined in the country¿s National Determined Contribution (ND), in particular in terms of sustainable agriculture and sustainable forest management. In addition, the action will will contribute to the protection of water catchment areas and the conservation of wildlife, thus supporting Zambia¿s commitments to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The action will contribute to Result 1.1, Result 1.2 and Result 1,3 of the MIP 2021-2027, Priority Area 1 ¿Green partnerships for sustainable recovery, growth and decent jobs¿. The action will also contribute to the Global Gateway, especially under the headings ¿Accelerating the Green Transition¿, ¿Accelerating the Digital Transition¿ and ¿Accelerating sustainable growth and decent job creation and Supporting sustainable financing for growth¿. It is in line with the Joint European Strategy (JES) for Development Cooperation with Zambia for the period 2021-2027 currently being finalised between the EUD and EU MS to materialise the ¿Team Europe¿ approach. The action is also aligned with the EU¿s commitment under the European Consensus on Development and Alliances for Sustainable Growth and Jobs.