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Trois-Rivières Watershed Agroforestry & Flood-Risk Reduction Programme (Haiti) — GCF-Financed Integrated Flood Management

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A $22.4M Green Climate Fund programme pays for agroforestry and forest rehabilitation across 25,440 ha of Haiti's Trois-Rivieres watershed, targeting 54,252 farmers and a 35% cut in flood-risk households; implemented by Haiti's Environment Ministry with UNDP as accredited entity.

22.4 USD million
GCF programme funding approved (2021 (FP208 approval))
17,740 hectares
Land targeted for agroforestry systems (programme target, 2021-2046)
7,700 hectares
Degraded upland forest targeted for rehabilitation (programme target, 2021-2046)
54,252 farmers
Farmers directly supported (target) (programme target)
733,000+ people
People benefiting across watershed (target) (programme target)
35 %
Reduction in households exposed to 20-year flood events (target) (programme target, by 2046)
3,636,750 tonnes CO2e
CO2-equivalent mitigated (estimated, over programme lifespan) (2021-2046 (25-year lifespan))

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Ministry of Environment (Haiti); UNDP (Green Climate Fund Accredited Entity)
Period
2021–2046 (GCF FP208, 25-year programme lifespan)
Keywords
watershed management, agroforestry, flood-risk reduction, climate adaptation

Context

Soil erosion and flood risk affect Haiti's Trois-Rivieres watershed, spanning the Artibonite, Nord and Nord-Ouest departments. In 2021 the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved $22.4 million (project FP208) for an integrated flood-management programme in the watershed. Haiti's Ministry of Environment is the executing partner, with UNDP acting as the GCF-accredited entity.

Objectives

The programme's results framework targets bringing 17,740 hectares under agroforestry systems and rehabilitating 7,700 hectares of degraded upland "water tower" forest, directly supporting 54,252 farmers and benefiting more than 733,000 people across the watershed. It aims for a 35% reduction in the number of households exposed to 20-year flood events, alongside an estimated 3,636,750 tonnes of CO2-equivalent mitigated over the programme's 25-year lifespan.

Activities

The programme pays for agroforestry and forest rehabilitation across the watershed, and is subject to GCF environmental and social safeguards review and annual performance reporting, with a 2024 Annual Performance Report already published.

Results

Because implementation only began in 2021, the flood-risk and carbon figures above are the funding proposal's approved targets tracked through GCF's monitoring framework rather than independently verified end-of-programme results.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M) — USD 22.4 million approved by the Green Climate Fund (project FP208) in 2021 for the full 25-year programme lifespan.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — 25-year programme (2021-2046); a 2024 Annual Performance Report has already been published.
Staffing & skills
Haiti Ministry of Environment (executing entity), UNDP (GCF-accredited entity)

Conditions for success

  • Compliance with GCF environmental and social safeguards
  • Annual performance reporting to GCF

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