Uttar Pradesh Participatory Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation Project
In view of the improvement of degraded forest and poverty elimination of depressed
class population Uttar Pradesh Participatory Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation
Project is being implemented through the funding of the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) from Fiscal Year 2008-09.The main objective of the project is rejuvenation
and management of the degraded forests and to improve the earning capacity of local
communities through public participation. The project is being implemented in 20
forest divisions in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, Lakhimpur Khiri, Bahraich, Sravasti,
Balrampur, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Chitrakoot, Allahabad, Mirzapur,
Sonbhadra and Chandauli districts. These districts have been selected in view of
the degraded forests in the Bundelkhand, Terai and Vindhya region. Under this scheme
the works like rehabilitation of degraded forests, enhancement of forest resources,
conservation and better management of wild-life and improvement of income and living
choices of the forest dependent people are carried out.