MANDATE AND FUNCTIONS
Vision: “Ensure effective and integrated watershed management to maintain and improve water & watershed conditions and contribute to sustainable livelihoods through provision of watershed services.”
Mandates:
- Coordinate and provide technical backstopping to field offices in planning and monitoring of watershed, wetland management and other water sources management
- Coordinate watershed vulnerability assessment and classification of watersheds for management interventions in collaboration with field offices
- Provide technical backstopping to field offices in identifying and implementing the watershed and wetland management improvement interventions
- Coordinate Climate Change mitigation and adaptation programs within the Department
- Coordinate and undertake the valuation of forest ecosystem services at national level
- Provide technical backstopping for identification and establishment of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes
- Provide technical backstopping for identification of drying water sources including recharge areas and reviving drying water sources
- Develop strategies and guidelines for watershed, wetlands, REDD+, PES, recharge area mapping and other water sources management
- Carry out capacity building on climate change mitigation and adaptation, REDD+ and PES for field offices
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