Coordinating Global Agendas from a Local Approach

Coordinating Global Agendas from a Local Approach: Ecosystem-based Adaptation as a Catalyst for Municipal Actions to Achieve Global Goals.

Implementation period

32 months (January 2019 - October 2021)

EU grant amount

€ 947,550

Overall project amount

€ 1' 317,563

Countries:


Brazil
Mexico

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Objective

To increase local resilience by integrating the Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approach in priority municipalities in Mexico and Brazil.

To achieve this, global agendas of climate change, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and disaster risk reduction will be coordinated.

Beneficiaries

Mexico:

  • 20 local governments and their officials
  • 50 citizen representatives, whose abilities for the development, assessment, execution and monitoring of EbA plans and measures will be strengthened
  • Approximately 120 farmers and 480 people

Brazil

  • 16 local governments and their officials
  • 74 citizen representatives
  • Approximately 40 rural properties and one indigenous property in Porto Seguro
  • Approximately 60 families that work with piaçava crafts in Santa Cruz Cabrália
  • 240 people in local communities

Mexico:

Armería, Colima
Tláhuac, Mexico City
Xochimilco, Mexico City

Brazil:

Ceu Azul, Paraná
Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná
Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Seguro, Bahía

Mexico City - Mexico

  • Tláhuac: It is one of the last refuges for emblematic species of wild fauna in the East.
  • Xochimilco: It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987.

Brazil:

  • Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul: It is part of the Atlantic Forest, which some studies consider to have the greatest diversity of trees in the world per area unit.
  • Porto Seguro, Bahia: It has an extensive coastline, with approximately 85 km of beaches.

MAP - PROJECT INTERVENTION AREAS



“Through reforestation, we can face climate change and protect the planet little by little. We receive a great variety of plants from the Coordinating Global Agendas from a Local Approach project, which will be of great help to those of us who live in the common land of the Juárez Association.”

Alma Mejía, beneficiary
Juárez Association, Armería, Colima

“The project creates an opportunity to strengthen abilities at the local level. It contributes to the achievement of national and international goals regarding the adaptation to climate change; EbA actions are implemented through the collective collaboration of different stakeholders; and good practices are promoted, as well as intra-country and south-south dialogue.”
Alejandra Tenorio, Project Coordinator

FIRST RESULTS

Local governments and citizens recognize the importance of incorporating the Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approach, as well as the importance of coordinating the agendas of climate change, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and disaster risk reduction.

The project has strengthened abilities on EbA issues through a series of workshops aimed at more than 170 officials and key stakeholders. 

The implementation of EbA measures in Mexico adds to the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) as follows:

  • Reforestation of the upper, middle and lower basins, focusing specially on the riparian zones and considering the native species of the area
  • Conservation and restoration of the ecosystems to increase the ecological connectivity between all protected natural areas and other conservation frameworks through biological corridors and sustainable production activities

The implementation of EbA measures in Brazil contributes to the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) as follows:

  • Strengthening the compliance of the Forest Code at the federal, state and municipal levels
  • Restoration and reforestation of 12 million hectares of forests by 2030, for multiple uses
  • Expansion of the scale of sustainable management systems of native forests
  • Strengthening of the Plan for Low Carbon Emissions in Agriculture (ABC Plan)

Exchange between countries

Brazil and Mexico share methodologies and approaches in order to strengthen the adaptation component in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) and highlight the EbA approach at the local level.

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Team

  • Alejandra Tenorio Peña
    Project Coordinator, Pronatura México
  • Mariana de Olivera Gianiki
    Project Coordinator in Brazil, Asociación Nacional de Órganos Municipales de Medio Ambiente (ANAMMA) - Brazil
  • Ana Luisa Toscano Alatorre
    Social Engagement Coordinator, Pronatura México
  • Manuel Bonilla
    Field Technician, Pronatura México

Partners

Lead organization


Co-applicants


Contact person in each country

México
Alejandra Tenorio Peña
Project Coordinator in Mexico
Pronatura México
atenorio@pronatura.org.mx

Brasil 
Mariana Gianiki,
Project Coordinator in Brazil
Asociación Nacional de Órganos Municipales de Medio Ambiente (ANAMMA) - Brazil
articulacao@anamma.org.br

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