Lead country
Argentina
Participating countries
Argentina
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From November 17, 2014 to February 17, 2021
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
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