The biodiversity conservation and greening project for climate change response, with an outlay of ₹920.52 crore for a period of eight years, will begin this month.
On March 31, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department received a loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the implementation of the project.
The project aims to mitigate and adapt to climate change and improve the ecosystem thereby contributing to sustainable socio-economic development in Tamil Nadu, said Supriya Sahu, additional chief secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department.
