Project

Sustainable land use management in the drylands of North-west of Argentina

Lead country

Argentina

Participating countries

Argentina

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From November 17, 2014 to February 17, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
  2. 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  3. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Project ID: 4841

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration

Sub-area(s)

  • Ecosystem-based mitigation
  • Agrobiodiversity

Landscape(s)

  • Deserts
  • Grasslands
  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Semi-arid (cold winter) deserts

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture
  • Forestry and other land use
  • Other sectors

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Direct support / Service Delivery
  • Thought leadership

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Governance
  • Food and agricultural commodities

Sub-strategy

  • Sustainable land management
  • Knowledge/Data management
  • Management effectiveness (METT)
  • Institutional framework
  • Inter-sectoral coordination
  • Ecosystem services monitoring
  • Improved & diversified sustainable livelihoods (TP 5)
  • Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)
  • FACS strategies for sustainable supply chain (TP 4)

Social inclusion

  • Private sector
  • Local community/CSOs
  • Indigenous peoples

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Reduce exposure
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
  • 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The project will promote the sustainable management of land in the arid and semi-arid ecosystems of the northwest of Argentina to address increasing loss of ecosystem functions and services in an area characterised by high land degradation and poverty levels. It will promote the incorporation of sustainable land management into ongoing government programmes to improve rural livelihoods by implementing sustainable land management (SLM) practices within targeted landscapes and developing provincial and national capacities and governance frameworks for replication at scale. This will include incorporating SLM approaches and integrated natural resources management (INRM) into provincial land use plans and setting up multi-sector platforms to facilitate coordination between competing environmental, social and economic objectives. In doing so it will reduce conflicting land-uses and improve the sustainability of land management so as to maintain the flow of agro-ecosystem services to sustain the livelihoods of local communities. Further it will develop an effective and comprehensive decision-support system for planning, monitoring and evaluation of SLM at the provincial and nationals providing critical information to influence investment and increase efficiencies.

Objectives

A framework for Sustainable Land Management implemented to mitigate land degradation, maintain ecosystem services and improve the quality of life of the rural populations of the drylands of Northwest Argentina.

USD $3,609,091

Grant amount

USD $20,030,200

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,609,091)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Argentina

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

SLM practices implemented to avoid and reduce soil degradation in the environmental hotspots of the three target arid ecoregions covering 1,480,000 ha.

 Indicators:

% of area with bare ground in 3 provinces
% of population with Unmet Basic needs compared to the national average (NatAv)Ranking values 5: Below NatAv4: 0 to 25 % above NatAv 3: 26 - 50 % above NatAv 2: 51 - 75 % above NatAv: 1: 76 -100% above NatAv
% of producers associated with agriculture/ livestock organisations that support SLM (NGOS; Cooperatives etc) Ranking Values:5: 100% to 76 % 4: 75% to 51% 3: 50% to 26%-2: 25% to 10 %1: less than 10%
Area (in ha) in which SLM measures are being applied in the three target dryland ecoregions in NOA and Cuyo.
Increase in equitable access to water as measured by % of small farms that access surface water for irrigation (with or without pumping) Ranking Values:5: 100% to 76 % 4: 75% to 51% 3: 50% to 26%-2: 25% to 10 %1: less than 10%)
Funding in US $ allocated through revolving funds, microcredit programs and/or other financial mechanisms to facilitate SLM and INRM.
Level of cross-sectoral coordination capacity for promotion of SLM and INRM as measured by Question 3.1 on the LD Tracking Tool (Enhanced cross-sector enabling environment for integrated landscape management- capacity strengthening).
Number of families implementing any of the SLM practices.
Area monitored, with respect to the implementation of SLM through provincial GIS systems that are integrated with the national node.
Level of replication of SLM practices in drylands of the three target ecoregions of the project
Number of baseline programs that integrate SLM and INRM criteria and apply them in the field.
Number of Provincial Action Programs developed and beginning to be implemented.
Percentage of staff in the environmental, production (agriculture and livestock management) and water management sectors working directly or indirectly on LD issues that have been trained on SLM at the provincial level
Outcome 2:

Enabling framework to plan, monitor and adapt land management at the ecoregional level developed.
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