Seventh Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in India To enable communities and organizations to take collective action for socio-ecological resilience and sustainable livelihoods for local and global environmental benefits in three key landscapes of globally significant ecosystems in India Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. The project will generate socioeconomic benefits for an estimated cumulative total of 16,800 direct project beneficiaries, of whom 9,240 are female and a high proportion are indigenous peoples. Women play a particularly important role in the project landscapes, considering their tasks and responsibilities for management of agroecological systems in rural areas and marketing agricultural products and services. Socioeconomic benefits include:  · Sustainable livelihood benefits generated as a result of application of good agricultural practices, insertion into sustainable agrobiodiversity chains, and diversified farming systems.  · Improved access to RE-EE technology.  · Increased socio-economic resilience of local communities through implementation of participatory landscape management.   · Protection of traditional knowledge.  · Increased social capital through expanded association of local people, and inclusive participation of local communities in conservation and restoration of local ecosystems.          Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-priority:99;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;  mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}    Adopting the integrated, socio-ecological resilience landscape approach on the project will help ensure the socioeconomic benefits are coupled with achievement of global environmental benefits. Facilitated through multi-stakeholder, participatory processes, collective action initiated at the community level will lead to conservation of biodiversity resources at scale. And protection and restoration of critical terrestrial, coastal, and marine ecosystems at landscape-seascape dimensions will provide increased resilience to the impacts of climate change, providing a buffer against extreme weather events, floods, and droughts.     The project is relevant with respect to several of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), most notably SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 14 (Life below Water) and SDG 15 (Life on Land), as outlined below in Table 2 of the Project Document.  Table 2 of the Project Document: Project contributions towards Sustainable Development Goals