Regional and International 
Cooperation

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 dialogue and the dialogue and the international positioning of the region, supporting compliance with its international commitments that promote the conservation, management and restoration of forest landscapes.

We promote technical and political exchangethrough a regional knowledge management platform and provide countries with a space to share experiences and lessons learned in order to socialize and position the success of their activities at a regional and international level.

Due to the extreme vulnerability to climate change, Central American countries have developed measures to address it and, to date, all have submitted a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

In their NDCs, the countries of the Central American region recognize that forests play a priority role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and contribute significantly to the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.

The restoration of ecosystems and landscapes ensures important ecosystem services for the population and strengthens resilience to the effects of climate change

Therefore, the governments of the region, within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDA) and the Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement (NDC),  give high priority to ecosystem and landscape restoration as an adaptation strategy to climate change.