Living and Producing in the Chaco Forest

Forest Management and Restoration in Productive Environments

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Implementation period

32 months (January 2019 - December 2021)

EU grant amount

€ 894,215

Overall project amount

€ 1' 614,634

Countries:


Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay

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OBJETIVE

The socio-ecological resilience of local populations was improved by strengthening the forest management and land governance of Gran Chaco.

BENEFICIARIES

685 farmers/families involved
5 pilot sites (3 in Argentina and 2 in Bolivia and Paraguay)

Argentina

Salta: Indigenous community La Puntana (Departamento Santa Victoria)
Indigenous community La Curvita (Departamento Santa Victoria)
Asociación de Productores Real Frontera (Departamento Santa Victoria)
Santiago del Estero: Paraje San Francisco (Departamento Figueroa)
Paraje Santo Domingo(Departamento Figueroa)
El Algarrobal (Departamento Río Hondo)
Córdoba: Comuna Chancaní (Departamento Pocho)
Consorcio Champaquí (Departamento San Javier)

Bolivia
Villa Montes (Departamento de Tarija)

Paraguay
Irala Fernandez (Departamento de Presidente Hayes)

The Gran Chaco Americano is the biggest dry tropical forest region in the world, with more than 1,100,000 km2 spread between Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.

The project's action area encompasses the Gran Chaco with its different ecosystems, such as Médanos, Pantanal, Chaco Húmedo and Chaco Seco. Some endemic species of the region are the quebracho, the cactus and the carob tree. It is characterized by its high biodiversity, housing, for example, 400 bird species.

MAP - PROJECT INTERVENTION AREAS


"The Living and Producing in the Chaco Forest project provides evidence in territory and at different scales on sustainable management models that seek an authentic articulation between production and conservation. The sustainable management of the native forest allows a harmonizing and inclusive production that is clearly taken into account in the NDCs."
Forestry Eng. Pablo Peri, project director

“I am a stockbreeder and I have worked for over 20 years. With the project, I learned to get food for the cows without the need to use up the vegetation, and that is why we started to work with forest grazing and make better use of water.”

Daniel Coca, direct beneficiary of the project in Bolivia

FIRST RESULTS

The socio-ecological resilience of local populations was improved through the strengthening of forest governance and management mechanisms, based on the guidelines of Integrated Forest Management with Livestock (MBGI), a policy agreed upon by the Argentinean Ministries of Environment and Agriculture, which is presented as an alternative to traditional silvopastoral models.

Improved access to and management of water resources for domestic use (consumption and self-production of food) and livestock production (animal fodder and drinking water).

Training was provided to women, youth, indigenous communities and collective strategies for multiple use of the forest were strengthened.

EXCHANGE BETWEEN COUNTRIES

  • Knowledge exchange with farmers from Paraguay on comprehensive livestock management with forests in Argentina.

  • Socialization of the Argentinean experience of comprehensive management in events organized by associations of livestock farmers in Bolivia.

  • Through different online events, knowledge has been exchanged between Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina regarding the use of information for the zoning of landscapes in the Gran Chaco Americano.

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES









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TEAM

  • Ing. Forestal Pablo Peri
    Project coordinator, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) peri.pablo@inta.gob.ar 

Assistant Coordinators:

PARTNERS

LEAD ORGANIZATION


CO-APPLICANTS





CONTACT PERSON IN EACH COUNTRY

Bolivia:
Ivan Arnold
Director of Fundación NATIVA (Naturaleza Tierra y Vida).
ivanarnoldt@gmail.com

Paraguay
Eng. Pedro Juan Caballero
Instituto Paraguayo de Tecnología Agraria (IPTA)
pjcaballeroa@hotmail.com

Brazil
Joao Dos Santos Vila Da Silva
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa)
joao.vila@embrapa.br

Argentina
Ing. Forestal Pablo Peri
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
peri.pablo@inta.gob.ar

SOCIAL MEDIA

/ElGranChacoAmericano

@PChaqueno

Contact us

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:
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