HARIYO BAN NEPAL KO DHAN PROGRAM Annual Performance Report Year 5 July, 2015- June, 2016 (Cooperative Agreement No: AID-367-A-11-00003) Submitted to: Hariyo Ban Program, WWF Nepal Baluwatar, Kathmandu Submitted by: Hariyo Ban Program, CARE Nepal Pokhara 15 June, 2016 Table of Contents ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................... 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 12 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 15 1.1 Goals and objectives.............................................................................................................. 15 1.2 Overview of beneficiaries and stakeholders.......................................................................... 16 1.3 Working Area ........................................................................................................................ 16 2. COMPONENT WISE PROGRESSES ....................................................................................... 17 2.1 IR 1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ........................................................................... 17 2.1.1 Sub IR 1.2: Threats to targeted Landscapes reduced ...................................................... 17 Sub IR 1.3 Internal governance of community groups responsible for ecosystem management strengthened. ............................................................................................................................ 27 2.1.3 Sub IR 1.4 Income from sustainable sources of livelihood for forest dependent communities increased ............................................................................................................ 46 IR 2: SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT .......................................................... 51 IR 2.1: Analysis, Formulation and Execution of REDD+ Policies and Strategies Supported 53 2.2 Capacity for forest inventory and GHG monitoring, and equitable benefit sharing developed ................................................................................................................................. 54 2.3 Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation analyzed and addressed ......................... 54 2.4 Payment for carbon credit including ecosystem services tested and expanded ................ 64 2.3 IR-3: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ....................................................................... 68 2.3.1 Sub-IR 3.1: Government and civil society understanding of vulnerabilities to climate change and adaptation options increased. ................................................................................ 69 2.3.1 Sub-IR 3.1: Government and civil society understanding of vulnerabilities to climate change and adaptation options increased. ................................................................................ 70 2.3.2 Sub IR 3.2 Pilot demonstration actions for vulnerability reduction conducted and expanded. ................................................................................................................................. 78 2.3.3 Sub IR 3.3 Participatory and Simplified systems for vulnerability monitoring established ................................................................................................................................................. 93 2 IR 3.4 Creation, amendment and execution of adaptation policies and strategies supported 100 Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction (ERR Program): ..................................................... 109 Activity wise report of Earthquake recovery and reconstruction program: .......................... 110 1.4.1 Staff Management and mobilization ............................................................................. 124 1.5 Logistic management ....................................................................................................... 124 Partnership review and reflection .......................................................................................... 120 Coordination and collaboration: ................................................................................................ 122 Major Issues and challenges ...................................................................................................... 125 Operating issues ........................................................................................................................ 125 Human resource management issues: ....................................................................................... 126 Programatic issues ..................................................................................................................... 126 Lessons learnt ............................................................................................................................ 128 Opportunities ............................................................................................................................. 129 Prospects for remaining period ................................................................................................. 129 Annexes......................................................................................................................................... 131 Annex 1: Hariyo Ban Program Working Areas in FY 2016 ..................................................... 131 Annex 2: Staffs Details ............................................................................................................. 134 Annex 3: The list of the vehicles and equipments .................................................................... 137 Annex 4: Summary of CARE Nepal-Hariyo Ban Program Supported ISWMPs ..................... 137 Annex 5: Summary of ISWMPs implementation completed until Year-V .............................. 139 Annex 6: Summary of ISWMP implementation ongoing in Year-V ........................................ 143 Annex 7: Change monitoring in Dhwangkhola ISWMP-Lamjung ........................................... 145 Annex 8: Summary of upstream-downstream linkage workshops ........................................... 146 Annex 9: Case/Success stories .................................................................................................. 148 Annex 10: List of Publications .................................................................................................. 155 3 List of Tables Table 1: Hariyo Ban supported ISWMPs 18 Table 2: Resource Leverage in ISWMP implementation 19 Table 3: Governance data year wise 28 Table 4: Score obtained in different pillars during governance assessment 35 Table 5: Improvement Action plan prepared during CFM governance assessment 36 Table 6: Details of CFOP renewed with the support of Hariyo Ban Program, CARE Nepal in this reporting period 59 Table 7: Details of skill based training participants in support of Hariyo Ban Program, CARE Nepal in this reporting period 61 Table 8: Activities carried out on Day Celebration events (Wetland, Biodiversity, Women, and Environment) in year 5 71 Table 9: Details of activities carried out for ‘Support for strengthening of CCA-DRR Network’. 76 Table 10: A Summary Table of CAPA/LAPA implementation YR5 79 Table 11: Analysis of CAPA/LAPA beneficiaries 81 Table 12: Thematic wise CAPA/LAPA beneficiaries 82 Table 13: Summary Analysis of vulnerability shift in Farm Tole, Banke 95 Table 14: Summary information of implementation of LAPA – Corridor wise (During YR5) 98 Table 15: Summary information of LAPA implementation – Theme wise (During YR5) 98 Table 16: Summary of CAPA implementation – Corridor wise (YR5) 99 Table 17: Summary of CAPA implementation YR 5- Theme wise 99 Table 18: Issues identified and supported by CLAC of Nawalparasi. 104 Table 19: Implemented activities of ERR 113 Table 20: Beneficiaries’ desegregated data: 113 List of Photos Photo 1: Plantation in Bhatkhola-Syangja (left), gabion embankment in Baghkhor, Kerunge- Nawalparasi (mid) and embankment in Betenikhola-Kaski (right) 21 Photo 2: Cover page of Kyangdi ISWMP-Syangja Tanahun 22 Photo 3: Watershed march during upstream downstream workshop in Sirdikhola-Gorkha 23 Photo 4: Detail information of upstream and downstream area of Khagerikhola sub-watershed, Dahakhani, Chitwan 23 Photo 5: Certificate of Appreciation to CARE Nepal for contribution in indoor 27 Photo 6: News coverage about the impact of ICS in Binauna VDC, Banke 27 Photo 7: Spider web of Gadimai CFM 35 Photo 8: Field practice of PWBR in Kristinachnechaur VDC Kaski 37 Photo 9: CLuster level women leadership training at Makwanpur 40 4 Photo 10: Aiti Maya of Manahari-5 Makawanpur rearing pig (left) and husband of Krishna Devi Thapa Magar, Madi-5, Chitwan working in their Grain mill 47 Photo 11: Bamboo Craft-Muda making training at Bara 56 Photo 12: Yang Maya Tamang spinning wheel in leisure period. 56 Photo 13: Turmeric Cultivation by Unnati CLAC in Ayodhyapuri, Madi 56 Photo 14: Turmeric farming by Sirjanshil CLAC at Aghuali, Kawaswoti 56 Photo 15: Mat making during the training provided as post CLAC support in Kailali 56 Photo 16: Mushroom farming by Pargati CLAC Piple Chitwan 56 Photo 17: Use of ICS in Kopila CFUG, Kailali 57 Photo 18: Use of dund in Bajanath CFUG, Kanchanpur 57 Photo 19: Participants in the GRB and CSB workshop, Chitwan 57 Photo 20: Distributed boards during review reflection program