Conservation, restoration and protection activities carried out during the period 2012-2017
Fondo Monarca
Local capacity building on protected area financing
On the other hand, the Monarch Fund (MF) strengthens the local capacities of 33 ejidos and communities to comply with the fiscal and banking conditions related to annual conservation payments under the concurrent funds' modality. In collaboration with Conafor, Conanp, FMCN and forest advisors, the FM supports the development of 29 Best Management Practices for Conservation Programs (BMPCP). The BMPCP is intended to be a document to guide the implementation of activities aimed at the conservation of forest ecosystems, in order to maintain or improve the provision of environmental services within areas under financial incentives. In addition, the BMPCP are intended to enable beneficiaries to obtain resources from other government programs to carry out the activities proposed in them.
In order to strengthen the MF strategy within the ejidos and communities, the MF Coordinator accompanied the design of dissemination materials with information on the new stage of the MF .
Finally, the FMCN, in coordination with the United States Forest Service and the Monarch Network, supports complementary conservation activities in the core areas in the areas of fire management, water monitoring, fire protection and restoration of degraded areas.
As proposed in the case study Funding for Forest and Biodiversity Conservation in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: the Monarch Fund, in the future, we must maintain recognition that forests play an essential role in the generation of the environmental services provided by the MBBR, so that the conservation of core areas is a very important component. However, it must be made clear that "the maintenance of ecosystem services also requires ensuring the sustainable use of the territory throughout the protected natural area and its immediate area of influence"