The project’s sector goal is to reduce poverty through sustainable management of forest resources. The project’s specific objective is to improve fuel-wood demand and supply balance and promote alternative energy sources.

The project was implemented through four components:
1) Development of sustainable production, with three sub-components. This component contributes to the attainment of the objectives through its activities: (i) organization of the wood energy sub-sector; and (ii) development of protected forests and promotion of village reforestation.
2) Promotion of alternative energy and energy saving which involves promotion of the use of gas and kerosene and dissemination of improved stoves based on credit facilities.
3) Supporting measures: conduct of IEC and capacity building activities for the benefit of the sub-sector actors, support of forestry, sylviculture and agro-forestry research.
4) Project management: organization of the project activity planning and monitoring-evaluation process, and of project impact monitoring.