COMBIO- Biodiversity in the Eastern Province COMBIO- Biodiversity in the Eastern Province - COMBIO- Biodiversity in the Eastern Province Rwanda Insatsen har som målsättning att öka biologisk mångfald och återställa mark i de östra provinserna i Rwanda, COMBIO projektet implementeras integrerat med det större TREPA projektet som finansieras av Gröna Klimat Fonden. COMBIO projektet implementeras av Rwanda´s miljöministerium genom skogsmyndigheten (RFA) tillsammans med IUCN och ENABEL. The full name of the project is Reducing vulnerability to climate change through enhanced community based biodiversity conservation in the Eastern Province of Rwanda (COMBIO) The main objective of the contribution is to increase biodiversity and restore degrade land in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. The COMBIO project will be implemented in parallel with the larger TREPA project financed by the Green Climate Fund. The project is implemented by the Rwanda Ministry of Environment via the Rwanda Forest Authority jointly with ENABEL and IUCN.  Reducing vulnerability to climate change through enhanced community based biodiversity conservation in the Eastern Province of Rwanda (COMBIO) The main objective of the contribution is to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation of ecosystems and population in the Eastern Province of Rwanda through enhanced community based biodiversity restoration and conservation over the protected and productive landscapes, while contributing to the green economy development. 

The key outcome objectives are

Outcome 1: Restored, enhanced, and protected biodiversity for increased climate resilience in productive and protective landscapes  Through the outcome, the project will restore and enhance biodiversity with the integration of 20 tree/shrubs species over 12.700 ha of productive and protective landscapes distributed across the Eastern Province, extending the geographic distribution of biodiversity supportive areas and enhancing biodiversity connectivity over the different productive and protected ecosystems. 

Outcome 2: Improved livelihood of community through biodiversity-based enterprises and developed value chains  This outcome focuses on enhancing the role of biodiversity conservation in improving the livelihoods of communities in the project area by developing biodiversity-based enterprises and value chains that build on restored ecosystems and developed community biodiversity sancta from outcome 1

Outcome 3: Strengthened and coordinated community-based knowledge and National monitoring systems for biodiversity conservation  under this outcome,
the project aims to develop community-based management and monitoring frameworks by supporting mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in institutional and community development strategies, programs and action plans