TIRANA, Oct 10 /ATA/ The development of forests will be included for the first time, in a support package under the IPARD III program, for which the Agency for Agricultural and Rural Development (ARDA) has worked and designed the relevant measure in consultation with the World Bank.
The Bank has served as a guide for ARDA and a strong partner for the implementation of the Environmental Services project together with the Ministry of Tourism and Environment and the Swedish government for the preservation, improvement of mountain ecosystems, expansion of forest resources and prevention of forest fires. .
The support measure in the IPARD III program will continue in the same line.
The project drawn up with the accreditation package will ensure sustainable financing for farmers and forest and pasture users and their user associations in rural and mountainous areas.
The development objectives under the project aim at expanding the area of forest-planted land, bolstering their sustainable management, and increasing the number of farmers included in the support scheme.
The World Bank has made a reassessment of the progress of its project under implementation in Albania, for environmental services started as early as 2015, underlining that it will postpone its progress until May 2021. /j.p/sm/
