📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P172079
Region: Latin america and caribbean
Total Project Cost: Us$ 13.76 million
The proposed Connecting Watershed Health with Sustainable Livestock and Agroforestry Production (CONECTA) project aims to integrate land use planning and the use of natural resources with sustainable livestock and agroforestry production Overall, the project will promote the adoption of sustainable and resilient land use practices aimed at the (i) conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity of both local and national importance; (ii) prevention of expansion of the cattle raising frontier and forest and soil degradation; (iii) control of erosive processes; (iv) increase of provision of environmental services; (v) improvement of land use planning; (vi) organization of productive activities under a landscape vision; (vii) reduction of chemicalherbicides and pesticides; and (viii) contribution to reducing GHG emissions and increasing resilience to climate risks, including drought. On the social side, the project is expected to generate positive impacts for excluded and vulnerable populations, including Indigenous Populations and Afro-Mexicanpopulationthat depend of livestock activities. These populations will benefit from more sustainable and regenerative productive practices that will improve their livelihoods through increasing productivity while contributing to conservation of biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and improvement of water quality.
