Integrated Mangement in Lakes Apanas and Asturias Watershed

The purpose of this project is to foster biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation in the Lakes Apanás and Asturias Watershed through: (i) the implementation of Sustainable Forest and Land Management (SFLM) activities that will increase forest carbon sequestration, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and protect fragile ecosystems; and (ii) the design and piloting of a scheme of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) directed to farmers and/or private owners of forested reserves to be financed by the compensation for water use to be made by the hydroelectric power within the watershed.