Enabling Sustainable Livelihoods through Climate-Safe Solutions

 ABT addresses climate change by conducting regular security patrols of the concession area to secure forests and lands from local actors involved in deforestation; restoring natural forests in deforested areas through active planting or natural regeneration; developing NTFP businesses involving local people with land rights and commitment to protect forests in ABT; and providing development support to improve their resilience, including education, health services and access to clean water and renewable energy (solar panels). ABT builds their capacity to produce and sell products made from Endemic Edible Commodities found in natural forests, such as honey, mushrooms, and bamboo shoots; and those grown around the villages, such as mango and dragon fruit.
Together these actions: reduce emissions through the avoidance of further deforestation; sequester carbon through forest restoration, and support the local communities, including indigenous peoples, to build resilience to climate change