RILAP
Resilient Integrated Livestock and Aquaculture Project
A GEF project in design, to which the Department is contributing sustainable forest management: regeneration, tree planting, forest monitoring and participatory plans.
RILAP is a five-year, full-sized GEF project on climate resilience, sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector. Project information was submitted to the GEF in August 2025.
At a stakeholder consultation in Salima on 6 May 2026, the Department presented forest cover trends, emissions estimates and district-level deforestation figures drawn from the National Forest Reference Level.
Proposed forestry contribution
Assisted natural regeneration and enrichment planting.
Seedling production, tree planting, survival assessment and plantation management.
Mapping and forest cover monitoring, and deforestation and degradation assessments in hotspots.
Participatory forest management plans for targeted forest areas.
Desk officer: Enock Kadeka, Senior Forestry Assistant.