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The Managing Watersheds for Enhanced Resilience of Communities to Climate Change in Nepal (MaWRiN) project aims to reduce vulnerability to landslides, floods, and droughts in the Marin watershed, Sindhuli district. With a total cost of USD 36,657,417, the project focuses on mainstreaming climate change adaptation (CCA) into local policies, transferring climate-resilient agricultural and livestock technologies, and implementing nature-based solutions (NbS) across six critical catchment areas. The project specifically targets indigenous populations, who make up 68.5% of the area, and addresses systemic barriers such as high poverty (43%) and limited institutional coordination between municipalities.

The MaWRiN project aims to enhance climate resilience for indigenous and local communities in Nepal's Marin watershed through nature-based solutions and livelihood improvements. This framework outlines the procedures to identify and mitigate adverse environmental and social impacts, ensuring compliance with both Nepal's national laws and WWF's Safeguards Integrated Policies and Procedures (SIPP). Key components include the development of site-specific Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), a Process Framework for livelihood restoration, and an Indigenous Peoples Planning Framework (IPPF) based on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). The project explicitly prohibits activities involving private land acquisition, physical displacement, commercial logging, and the use of high-risk pesticides.