Main Project Objective:
To promote sustainable forest and land management practices in order to reduce the rate of deforestation, land degradation, timber harvesting, biodiversity and wildlife depletion while promoting diversification of bamboo plantation and production in Zambia for improved livelihood of communities.
To identify and prioritize relevant technologies (local and international) in the bamboo production that can contribute to poverty eradication, improved socio-economic development and enhance mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change effects through this Programme.

Specific objectives:
1. To build resilience of socioeconomic and ecological systems
2. To reverse land and forest degradation by promoting biodiversity conservation and sustainable
forest management practices,
3. To maintain environmental balance through conservation of forests, by planting bamboo as alternate plants,
4. Enhance private sector and community participation in forest management, including plantations,
5. Establish and expand exotic and indigenous plantations and promote village and school nurseries
and establish woodlots,
6. Introduce the supply and use of bamboo plant and products in Zambia,
7. Promote bamboo based enterprises for sustainable livelihoods for surrounding communities,
8. Develop and promote alternative energy sources to fuel-wood and technologies in order to
reduce the use of fuel-wood and enhance carbon sinks,
9. To promote the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions while fostering sustainable
development.