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.
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.