(To maintain village engagement in other Project activities, EPAs have been provided to each selected village by the Project).

(MegLIFE has undertaken the activity of making a micro plan as a learning 
process of participatory community development in all selected villages)

In the preparatory process of the Project, community mobilization and gender sensitization play a crucial role in ensuring its success. To involve and motivate people in selected villages, particularly women and youths, the Project mobilizes these groups and sensitizes them on gender issues by challenging stereotypical ideas about gender roles through village-based workshops.

Meghalaya State has extremely erosive soil and experiences intensive rainfall. Soil erosion is one of the major contributing factors to forest degradation and sediment disasters in streams and rivers. Therefore, intensive countermeasures for soil and water conservation are necessary alongside sustainable forest management activities in the Project. To support sustainable forest management in the target areas, the Project implements the following soil and water conservation activities as part of Component 1.

(Efforts have been undertaken to conduct research or thematic studies and develop new technologies in forest management to efficiently restore forest vegetation and conserve forest and biodiversity.)