About ESIP

The World Bank funded Ecosystem Services Improvement Project (ESIP) supports the goals of Green India Mission by demonstrating models for adaptation‐based mitigation through sustainable land‐ and ecosystem‐management and livelihood benefits. ESIP will introduce new tools and technologies for better management of natural resources, including biodiversity and carbon stocks. ESIP will change the way of monitoring land degradation and desertification at the national level by setting up a web‐based national system. ESIP is being implemented in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh based on projected vulnerability of forest grids to climate change impacts.

ESIP is covering the forest quality improvement, scaling up of identified, tested, proven sustainable land and ecosystem management (SLEM) best practices. Objective of the project is to improve forest quality, land management and non‐timber forest produce benefits for forest dependent communities in selected landscapes in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.