Reforestación para protección de fuentes de agua
Plan Trifinio @ Miguel Arévalo
Capacity building to ensure the ecosystem approach
Conservación de agua y suelos por medio de acequias de ladera
IUCN @ Paul Aragón
Bosque de aguacate
Plan Trifinio @ Miguel Arévalo
To improve local governance in the Sumpul River, it was crucial to mainstream the ecosystem approach into land management, and train accordingly water local governance structures, local authorities, and farmers. Together they implement EbA measures to face drought and variability such as: soil conservation practices, protected spring water and implemented agroforestry systems.
Capacity building was delivered to:
- >100 farmers through a "learning by doing" approach to attain demonstrative results in the field. The EbA measures implemented focused on the ecosystem services of water and soil, on productive diversification and on mitigating the impacts of climate change and variability (winds and extreme rainfall) on crops and goods and improve water infiltration and availability in the area.
- Water Committes on organizational and management skills as well as on integral water management, in order to influence their understanding of the importance of water ecosystem services.
- Leader and farmer women were trained on communication skills.
- Municipal officers were part of a regional climate change adaptation training and exchange of experience with other 30 local governements of Mesoamerica.
- Synergies with existing projects and local organizations such as Plan Trifinio were crutial.
- Exchanges of experience contribute to training processes and to motivate participants to take part in water governance, and recognize the learning value of actions that are carried out.
- Ensuring the capacities of local organization is key to ensure the provision of water ecosystem services, and will always be a good investment.