Bhutan: World Bank supports sustainable land management.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 January 2006-WORLD BANK: Bhutan: World Bank supports sustainable land management(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17012006 WASHINGTON - The World Bank's Board of Directors today approved a US$7.66 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to strengthen institutional and community capacity for anticipating and managing land degradation in Bhutan.

"The Sustainable Land Management Project will provide approaches, tools, and interventions to reverse damage to land due to weak policies, overgrazing, forest degradation, and unsustainable agricultural practices of the past," said Malcolm Jansen, Task Leader for the project. "The effort will also help support decentralized decision making on land management issues and help...