📋 Tender Overview
The contribution to the HELVETAS project aims at building resilience of livelihoods of the rural communities of Khatlon region, vulnerable to climate change. The population and particularly women and youth will engage in management, regeneration and protection of their natural resources and biodiversity while implementing disaster risk reduction measures.
Tajikistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The key impacts identified are more frequent and damaging. This is aggravated by the environmental degradation, high exposure and the vulnerability of the populations and their livelihoods. Water scarcity and its seasonality; cross border nature of most rivers and the lack of data to inform water resource management and increased crop water demand are the other key climate risks.
The Khatlon Region is according to the World Bank the poorest in the country with a poverty rate of 32.8% and one of the most vulnerable regions of the country from a socioeconomic and environmental perspective. The most critical issues in the region include growing pressure on natural resources such as land and water due to high population growth as well as to unsustainable and uninformed agricultural practices. Coupled with poor education services, unreliable supply with electricity during the cold season, a lack of income opportunities, degraded land and extreme hot weather conditions, it is creating a highly challenging habitat that is further deteriorating due to the climate change impact from year to year.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Tajikistan
Climate change and environment
Biodiversity
Energy conservation & efficiency
Environmental policy
15.11.2023 - 13.11.2027
CHF 1’850’000
The project in brief
Background Tajikistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The key impacts identified are more frequent and damaging. This is aggravated by the environmental degradation, high exposure and the vulnerability of the populations and their livelihoods. Water scarcity and its seasonality; cross border nature of most rivers and the lack of data to inform water resource management and increased crop water demand are the other key climate risks. The Khatlon Region is according to the World Bank the poorest in the country with a poverty rate of 32.8% and one of the most vulnerable regions of the country from a socioeconomic and environmental perspective. The most critical issues in the region include growing pressure on natural resources such as land and water due to high population growth as well as to unsustainable and uninformed agricultural practices. Coupled with poor education services, unreliable supply with electricity during the cold season, a lack of income opportunities, degraded land and extreme hot weather conditions, it is creating a highly challenging habitat that is further deteriorating due to the climate change impact from year to year.
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