• Guanacaste Costa Rica
    Photography: Sergio Pucci

  • Arenal Volcano Costa Rica
    Photography: Sergio Pucci

  • Nauyaca Falls, Costa Rica
    Photography: Sergio Pucci

  • National Park Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
    Photography: Sergio Pucci

The program in brief

News

News content about advances in Ecosystem and Landscape Restoration
May 19, 2023
Fondo de Desarrollo Verde culmina exitosamente su fase de implementación
May 19, 2023
May 11, 2023
República Dominicana presenta logros de las experiencias de restauración con apoyo de la Unión Europea y el Gobierno Federal Alemán
May 11, 2023
April 21, 2023
Costa Rica presentó impactos de la restauración de ecosistemas con apoyo de la Unión Europea y el Gobierno Federal Alemán
April 21, 2023
April 14, 2023
Guatemala presenta logros e impactos de las experiencias de restauración con apoyo de la Unión Europea y el Gobierno Federal Alemán
April 14, 2023

Expected outcomes

  • 1. Forests and ecosystems at risk restored
  • 2. Mejoramiento de las reservas de agua, regulación hidrológica, conservación del suelo y productividad en areas vulnerables.

  • 3. Improvement of livelihoods, and food security of vulnerable populations through resilient production systems

  • 4. Development and implementation of policy instruments for the restoration of ecosystems and landscapes and their ecosystem services (water, climate, biodiversity) with the aim of reducing climate risks

  • 5. Regional platform for knowledge management on issues of ecosystem and landscape restoration and related financial mechanisms in SICA countries

  • 6. Strengthening the capacities of relevant actors at the regional, national and local level, for ecosystem-based adaptation, FLR, climate risk management and adequate financing mechanisms
  • 7. Implementation of specific financing mechanisms for integrated ecosystems and restoration of forest landscapes in selected areas, increasing carbon storage and other ecosystem services
  • 8. Mobilization of additional investments through diversified financing and public-private partnerships for the restoration of ecosystems and landscapes resilient to climate change

Areas of Work

  • Ecosystem and Landscape Restoration Policies

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    In this area of work, the   Green Development Fund for the SICA region /REDD Landscape program seeks to strengthen regional governance structures that promote forest landscape restoration through policy frameworks at regional and national levels.
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  • Tools and thecniques for Restoration 

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    The Green Development Fund for the SICA region /REDD Landscape program,   works on the generation of restoration instruments or techniques for sustainable production and the recovery of ecosystem conservation areas, where the interest is the implementation of restoration actions.
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  • Forest Landscape Restoration Monitoring

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    To approach Forest Landscape Restoration monitoring Green Development Fund for the SICA region /REDD Landscape program
    focuses efforts on systematic and repeated collection of data, observations and studies on a given area or phenomenon in order to characterize the current state, document the changes that occur over time and analyze the information necessary to understand the relationship of these changes with factors that cause alterations in the ecosystem.
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  • Financial Mechanisms 

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    Green Development Fund for the SICA region /REDD Landscape program supports the consolidation and integration of financing, implementation and monitoring mechanisms at the regional level and provides resources to finance ecosystem restoration projects in prioritized landscapes. In this way investments will be channeled through climate and emerging environmental financing mechanisms in SICA countries in order to strengthen sustainable environmental financing structures in the region.
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  • Regional and International
    Cooperation

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    Green Development Fund for the SICA region /REDD Landscape program focuses its actions on the improvement of essential ecosystem services for adaptation to climate change, through the facilitation of spaces for dialogue and the international positioning of the region, supporting compliance with supporting its international commitments that promote the conservation, management and restoration of forest landscapes.
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This website has been developed with the financial support of the European Union and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of the Federal Republic of Germany, within the framework of BMU's International Climate Initiative (IKI) as part of the Green Development Fund Programme for the SICA/REDD+ Landscape region. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the Program and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the German Government.

The Green Development Fund for the SICA region /REDD Landscape is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in coordination with the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD).
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