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The vision of the Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC)
is ‘to enable sustainable forest and biodiversity conservation and management in
Assam through multi-scale integrative planning and involvement of forest dependent
communities in target areas and giving fillip to their livelihood activities through
sustainable use of forest and non-forest resources’. The project’s objective has been
stated as: ‘In collaboration with the forest dependent communities, to restore forest
eco-systems to enhance the forest dependent community’s livelihoods and ensure
conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity’.
The above project is being mainly funded by the Agence France de Développement
(AFD) - i.e. the French Development Agency, with co-funding from the Government
of Assam. The Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Society
(APFBC Society) has the mandate for planning, implementation, monitoring,
coordination and management of all the activities under the above mentioned project.