Lead country
Guatemala
Participating countries
Guatemala
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From October 24, 2018 to October 24, 2025
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
- 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
Project ID: 5581
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Mainstreaming biodiversity
- Ecosystem management and restoration
Sub-area(s)
- Agrobiodiversity
- Biodiversity financing
- Ecosystem-based mitigation
- Ecosystem-based adaptation
Landscape(s)
- Forests
- Conserved areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- General
- Key biodiversity areas (KBAs)
Transformed sector(s)
- Forestry and other land use
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Normative support
- Policy advice
Strategy
- Finance economy
- Management operation
- Food and agricultural commodities
Sub-strategy
- Nature finance
- Sustainable land management
- Improved & diversified sustainable livelihoods (TP 5)
- Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
Gender equality
- Women's access to and control over resources
- Women farmers
- Livelihoods for women
Gender result effectiveness scale
N/A
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
- 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
Conventions and protocols
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Private sector(s)
- Small and medium-sized enterprises
- Individuals/Entrepreneurs
Hot topic
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
Project description
15.The project´s objective is to mainstream biodiversity conservation, SLM, and carbon sequestration objectives into the production landscapes of the Central Volcanic Mountain Range in Guatemala, contributing to the well-being of local populations and the delivery of multiple global environmental benefits. The GEF investment will counteract the loss of pine-oak forest and carbon stocks (broadleaf forests, mixed forests, and coniferous forests), biodiversity of global importance, and the degradation of soil in the Central Volcanic Mountain Range of Guatemala.
USD $11,394,497
Grant amount
USD $45,831,202
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($11,394,497)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Guatemala
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