Institutionalizing the Non-Carbon Benefits in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
Implementation period
32 months (April 2019 - December 2021)
EU grant amount
€ 961,773
Overall project amount
€ 1' 255,662
The non-carbon benefits (NCB) were institutionalized in the climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in the forests of Bolivia and Panama.
*NCB's are the positive socio-economic, environmental or biocultural effects of well governed activities developed in forests.
Bolivia: 2,343 people
Panama: 400 people
(including leaders, community authorities, male and female community members, and young people from the indigenous lands)
Bolivia:
Panama:
Seven Embera communities linked to the Chagres National Park and the Emberá Ẽjuä So Territory
Panama:
Tropical forest in the Mamoní Valley and the Chagres and San Juan de Pequení river basin.
Bolivia:
The Chiquitano dry forest is the largest, most preserved dry forest in the world. More than 75% of its timber species have commercial value, and its non-timber species are of great interest, such as the copaiba and chiquitana almonds.
Bolivia and Panama exchanged experiences about how communities prioritized the NCB and their experiences in the application of monitoring, reporting and verification.
Address:
European Union:
Office Expertise France: 73, rue de Vaugirard-75006 Paris.
Office GIZ: Rue Archimède 61, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Colombia
Office Expertise France: Av. Calle 82 # 10-33 Of. 302 – Bogotá, Colombia
Phone:
Expertise France: +33 1 70 82 73 57
GIZ: + 32 2 710 1937
Email:
bosques@euroclimaplus.org
