RESILAND CA+ Tajikistan Resilient Landscape Restoration Project — Vakhsh Catchment

In February 2022, the World Bank's Board approved a $45 million IDA grant for the RESILAND CA+ Program's Tajikistan Resilient Landscape Restoration Project, running through September 2027. Implemented with Tajik state forestry and agriculture agencies, it funds forest and pasture restoration, climate-smart agroforestry, protected-area management and capacity building across the Vakhsh Valley and Khatlon region, where soil erosion affects an estimated 70% of arable land and hydropower — generating roughly 90% of the country's electricity — depends on stable upstream watersheds. An independent economic valuation study estimates that mosaic restoration across close to 1 million hectares could generate approximately $8.3 billion in society-wide benefits over 30 years, with land users capturing roughly $3.5 in local benefit for every $1 invested — a modelled projection, not yet a delivered outcome, that helped justify the scale of financing.