Qinghai Forestry Resources Management Project (QFRMP)was a six-year, $ 13 million AusAID initiative with the objective to improve forestry resources management and environmental sustainability and contribute to poverty alleviation in Qinghai Province. Mobilized in 2002, QFRMP successfully enhanced the capacity for improved management of vegetation, soil and water resources for the benefit of local and downstream communities in the Huangshui River Catchment through a participative ecological approach to forestry and land management and the use of a Community Development Fund. QFRMP was completed in May 2008.