Planting trees on farmland and grazing land serves to increase food security and diversity while restoration efforts increase the land’s productivity for communities. Farmers are empowered to incorporate trees, such as fruit trees, into their farming systems. These forest products can be used by the farmers themselves or sold locally. The project provides opportunities for local communities to diversify their income streams through the integration of sustainable livelihood elements and lifestyle changes, reducing pressure on forests. Beekeeping provides opportunities for honey production, while other economic activities, such as brick production and the production of fuel-efficient cooking stoves, directly tackle the drivers of deforestation. There is a strong preference for the engagement of women and less economically dominant groups to ensure the project benefits are felt throughout the community. Through an innovative "train the trainer model" the project promotes local capacity building to secure a self-sustaining forest based economy. Locals known as animators are trained with the intention of providing further training to more individuals. Each animator is trained in a specialised topic such as seed collection, propagation, nursery management, tree planting, forest management and sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products to train more farmers in these areas.