The action is aimed at enhancing the knowledge and capacity of Iranian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to create and implement together with local authorities a sustainable and participatory forest governance and sustainable growth in the Hyrcanian Mixed Forests eco-region.

Specifically, the project works to strengthen and better engage environmental CSOs, formally organized as well as informal grass-roots local groups and networks, in decision-making and consultative provincial and local structures and in public control over the use of natural resources, and empowering them with knowledge and resources on sustainable forest practices to improve the livelihoods of forest dwellers while connecting their voices/interests within the local and regional authorities.

The project is funded by the European Union, under the programme “Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities Actions in partner countries (in-country) – Islamic Republic of Iran”.

 

Project details

Project Coordinator: Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia, CTFC (Spain)

Local Partner: Andishe Pouya Rural Entrepreneurship Development Centre, TAKRA (Iran)

Duration: 36 months

Location of the Action: Mazandaran province in Caspian costal area in north of Iran, including 2 counties (Savadkooh and Northern Savadkooh)