Communities, Forests and Biodiversity: Promoting Dialogue, Exchange and Forest Value Chains to Adapt and Mitigate Climate Change
Implementation period
32 months (May 2019 - December 2021)
EU grant amount
€ 738,211
Overall project amount
€ 960,690
Comprehensive forest management models were strengthened with a land management approach as a mechanism to adapt and mitigate climate change.
The Communities, Forests and Biodiversity project benefited more than 251,866 inhabitants in the four countries through the management of forest concessions, the strengthening of enterprises and the reforestation and restoration of forests.
In Guatemala, we worked with indigenous organizations located in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in the Petén; in El Salvador in the Cinqueras forests, in the Lenca territories of Chilanga and Guatajiagua; in Colombia, with Afro-descendant communities in the Chocó area; and in Honduras with communities located in Olancho, Comayagua, Gracias a Dios, Choluteca and also with the peoples of the Honduran Moskitia ethnic group.
Tropical forests of Central America and Colombia
Important areas such as:
The exchange of information and experience was promoted so that indigenous organizations and communities in Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala can have forest management systems and develop businesses to take advantage of the resources in a sustainable way.
Address:
European Union:
Office Expertise France: 73, rue de Vaugirard-75006 Paris.
Office GIZ: Rue Archimède 61, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Colombia
Office Expertise France: Av. Calle 82 # 10-33 Of. 302 – Bogotá, Colombia
Phone:
Expertise France: +33 1 70 82 73 57
GIZ: + 32 2 710 1937
Email:
bosques@euroclimaplus.org
