📋 Tender Overview
Project Location :Himachal Pradesh
Loan amount: 11.136 billion yen
Greenfield / Brownfield: Greenfield
Planned Implementation Schedule
1. Completion of project: March 2028 – with completion of all activities
2. Issuing of letters of invitation for consulting services (including project management): July 2018
3. Tender announcement of initial procurement package for international competitive bidding on project construction:
The procurement required for this project will be carried out through domestic bidding, and international competitive bidding for procurement is not planned.
Project Description : Improvement of Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystems Management and Livelihoods
Objective and Summary: The project will promote activities pertaining to sustainable forest ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation in Himachal Pradesh State in north India, as well as creating an implementation system for those activities, building the capacity of participants, and strengthening the livelihood infrastructure of local residents. These measures will strengthen the ecosystem management system in the forested areas of Himachal Pradesh State.
Background and Necessity : Located in the western part of the Himalayan Mountain Range with a population of approximately 6.86 million people (2011), Himachal Pradesh State is filled with rugged topography, from low hills to soaring mountains, and also has a diverse ecosystem. Since the state as a whole is also a part of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot,* and many endangered species on the IUCN Red List have been confirmed in the state, ecosystem conservation is necessary for the state. However, forest resource use has been increasing due to a rising population, the burden on forest resources has been growing due to deforestation by development projects, and the forests have been suffering from local degradation due to forest fires and other causes. Such forest degradation impacts the biological habitat, threatening the loss of the biodiversity. Also, wild animals have frequently appeared in the human biosphere in recent years as a result of forest degradation, and there has been much damage to residents, livestock and more. It is therefore necessary to quickly strengthen forest conservation and biodiversity conservation measures. In order to achieve both these measures and local economic development, strengthening of the livelihood infrastructure for local residents is also needed.
The project is expected to implement afforestation activities over an area covering at least 10,000 hectares in Himachal Pradesh State. Training for sustainable forest ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation will be provided to local residents, and support for livelihood improvements such as in poultry farming and horticulture will also be provided, and those efforts are expected to establish a sustainable forest conservation system that also ensures local economic development.
* Biodiversity hotspot: A
