Favorable enabling conditions (policies, markets and finance) exist for delivering multiple global environmental benefits in managed landscapes

Improvements in area-weighted Environmental Service Index (ESI) based on birds over 3,174ha in 650 farms of Target Area 1(see SECTION IV PART VII of Project Document for explanation)
Improvements in connectivity indices in Texiguat-Pico Pijol (T-PP) and Pico Pijol-Montaña de Yoro (PP-MY) corridors in Target area 1, covering 1,200km2.- Nearest neighbour index indicates distance between patches (low values are good for connectivity)- Juxtaposition index indicates homogeneity of distribution of vegetation patches throughout the landscape (high values are good for connectivity)
Increased occurrence in Texiguat-Pico Pijol and Pico Pijol-Montaña de Yoro corridors of jaguars (Panthera onca), of importance for trophic conditions in neighbouring PAs
Increases in assumed carbon sequestration (tCO2eq) in 650 target farms in Target Area 1 and 600 target farms of Target Area 2, due to introduction of SPS and more sustainable cropping systems
Reductions in assumed soil erosion rates in 600 farms in Target Area 2, due to introduction of silvopastoral systems and more sustainable cropping systems (SPS)
Percentage of beef and milk purchases of retailers and exporters that are subject to environmental sustainability criteria
Volume of beef and milk purchases to which retailers and exporters have committed (through private sector policies, publications and written agreements) to apply environmental sustainability criteria by 5 years following the end of the project
Volume of finance provided for ranching that is subject to criteria of environmental sustainability (including non-encroachment on natural ecosystems or tree-rich agroecosystems)
Amounts of beef and dairy products in target areas that area sold through sustainable value chains
Area covered by municipal territorial land use plans that take into account considerations of landscape-wide sustainability of ranching landscapes
Area of pastures in target areas converted to silvopastoral systems (SPS) with on-farm benefits (for habitat and connectivity in target area 1 and sustainable land management in target area 2, and increased carbon content in both)
Increase in Knowledge, Attitude, Practices (KAP) indices (to be defined at project start) among target farmers (650 in Target Area 1 and 600 in Target Area 2)
Increases in productivity of farms due to introduction of SPS
Length of structurally and compositionally diverse live fences in 600 target farms of Target Area 2 to generate productivity benefits for farmers
Length of structurally and compositionally diverse live fences in 650 target farms of Target Area 1 in order to deliver BD connectivity benefits and generate productivity benefits for farmers
Numbers of farms, by area, in the target areas that are meeting criteria for insertion into sustainable value chains
Reduction in area of forests or tree rich agroecosystems outside of target farms directly or indirectly affected by expansion of ranching (through displacement, fattening or transhumance), due to insertion in sustainable value chains and improved governance conditions
Reduction in seasonal variations in milk production in target farms
Reduction in the numbers of farmers using fire in target area 2

Multiple global environmental benefits (biodiversity conservation, reduced land degradation, reduced carbon emissions and increased carbon storage) are delivered in production landscapes in the humid broadleaved forest zone (Region 1) and the dry forest agroecosystem of the south and southwest (Region 2)