And God sent rainfall from the sky to revive the Earth after its death and of course, there are some clear signs of his power and wisdom for who listen to saying. (Verse 65- Naml Sura)

   The growing trend of world population and obligations of human beings to provide their needs caused them to put more intensive exploitation of resources on the agenda; nevertheless human obligation to meet those needs led in industrial revolution through development and application of various sciences and technologies like genetic modification of plants and animals as well as use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers aimed at increasing output per hectare.

   It was expected that the industrial revolution would considerably better welfare, food security and business market but in reality, it caused over-exploitation and endangerment of human and natural resources as well as higher unemployment, poverty and gap among social classes.

   With industrial revolution, pivotal role of human in resource and environmental management   diminished. Decision makers followed centralized management policy to control pressure which induced people to think that governmental institutes are against them to earn more income; therefore, confrontation replaced cooperation, pressure on resources increased, supervision was weakened and consequently inappropriate methods of exploitation of nature were overlooked.

   The first environmental conference, aimed at rescuing the Earth and preventing land degradation, was held in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972 with presence of summits. The conference was titled "Human and the Environment" and its discussions concentrated on issues like poverty elimination, enhancement of living standards, wise use of resources, pollution control and environment conservation at which luckily a consensus on necessity of training people of all age groups on the environmental issues and organizing relevant NGOs was achieved.

   Carbon Sequestration Project (CSP) is aligned with those efforts as well as international commitments of I.R. of Iran, as a member of several environmental conventions such as UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and UNCCD (United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification) as the Iranian government has initiated great efforts as CSP to reduce emission of the green house gases (GHGs). 

   The main objective of the Project is carbon sequestration through rehabilitation of desertified ranges in arid lands and has been implemented in two phases:  The first phase of the multi-lateral project was initiated with association of the government of I.R. of Iran, UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) and GEF (Global Environmental Facility) in HA area located in Sarbisheh, South Khorasan province and the second phase started in 2010 and to be continued 5 years on, in a region with an area of 200,000 hectares including 40 villages.

 The CSP implementation has comprised capacity building and empowerment of local communities which enabled people of the target area, namely Hossein-Abad-e-Ghinab (HG), to more officially involve in better management of resources and sustainable production. It has also included the involvement of civil society in all initiatives and steps of the Project including decision making and implementation.