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In order to comprehensively address these multiple sector specific issues, the Government of India launched the Green India Mission (GIM), which is one of the eight missions, forming part of its national strategy to address climate change through improving forest cover and quality. GIM will serve as the baseline project for the proposed GEF project. The GIM is expected to contribute to water, food and livelihood security when fully realized through arresting forest degradation and restoring carbon stocks in a total of 10 million ha. While GIM is a multi-purpose approach, the afforestation and reforestation practices in the past have only focused on quantitative issues and not qualitative ones. For instance, there has been a general lack of focus on forest quality and forest-linked livelihood improvements. The ESIP proposes to bring the focus on these issues through a combination of technical assistance and demonstrative investments.