This project is geared towards the conservation and improvement of biological diversity through community environmental rehabilitation and sustainable development of the natural resource base with specific objectives of the project are: to halt the current level of land degradation and ecosystem resource devastation, to undertake afforestation and conserve the remaining natural resources, to promote the regeneration of vegetation cover and protect biodiversity resources, to introduce energy efficient /fuel saving technologies, to restore soil fertility, improve productivity and enhance food security and improve water resources and, to create awareness on the healthy coexistence of the communities and the natural resource base of the area.