TIRANA, December 17 /ATA/ The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will include forest grants in pilot projects under the new IPARD III program (EU grant financing for rural development) as a new measure.
In a recently published report on forests, the World Bank positively assessed the inclusion of forests in a support package under the IPARD III program.
The project development objectives have been met: The land area where sustainable land management practices have been adopted is 9,452 ha against the final target of 9,000 ha; and the number of people with monetary and non-monetary benefits reached 3386, despite the last target of 3,000 (of which 1010 are women beneficiaries, against the final target of 1000)”.
Meanwhile, the World Bank has re-evaluated the progress of its project implemented in Albania, for environmental services launched in 2015, underlining that it will postpone its progress until May 2021.
The environmental services project is worth about $ 23 million and includes several development components in the sector. /j.p/p.s./
