Non-Profit Only: Project Long-term Sustainability

The questions asked in this section of the full application allow us to understand the detail of your tree-growing project and its long-term impact. We compare the metrics outlined in this section with your historical work to see if the proposed project is attainable, but we also look at the proposed project's impact.

Projects will only be selected if they fall within our three target states: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, or Maharashtra.

In this article, we highlight each of the questions we ask in this section of the full application, why we ask them, address any common concerns around each question and (where relevant) provide you with resources/examples to help answer the question.

If you have any further questions, you add them below as a comment or submit them here, and our support team will try to address them.

• • Describe your plan to ensure sustained legacy of your project after work concludes
  • Describe how you plan to replicate and scale this project if implementation is successful
  • What challenges do you foresee in scaling, replicating, and ensuring the sustainability of your project? How will you address these challenges

Q: Describe your plan to ensure sustained legacy of your project after work concludes*

Why we ask this question:
Ensuring the long-term sustainability and post-project sustenance of landscape restoration interventions is essential in determining their lasting contribution to and impact on people, nature and climate. 

What do we expect? Please describe how you intend to ensure the success and sustainability of the project once implementation targets have been achieved. For example, mention the role that local buy-in from target communities and local institutional arrangements can play in taking ownership of the project. You could also highlight the role of technology.

Q: How do you plan to replicate and scale up this project if implementation is successful?*

Why we ask this question:
Scaling projects is crucial for expanding the scope of landscape restoration to other parts of the region, state or country, sharing knowledge and learnings, and extending benefits for people, nature and climate. 

What do we expect? In addition to the key stages of your project mentioned above, describe the key milestones and pathways for your project to achieve scale. Describe the growth potential of your project, what partnerships you will develop to help ensure the success of your scaled program, and what capabilities/capacities you will build or expand in support of your scaling efforts. Identify the metrics that you will use to demonstrate that you have achieved scale. Explain how your proposed growth will impact the sustainability of your current program(s). Finally, describe the intended lasting effects on the ground because of your scaling efforts.

Q: What challenges do you foresee in scaling, replicating, and ensuring the sustainability of your project? How do you plan to address these challenges?*

What do we expect? Describe the challenges you foresee in achieving and delivering on the strategies for sustainability, scaling and replication you have highlighted above. Describe what measures you will put into place to address these challenges.