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The RECLIMA project, officially known as "Upscaling Climate Resilience Measures in the Dry Corridor Agroecosystems of El Salvador," was approved by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on October 20, 2018, and has been under implementation since July 17, 2019 . Spanning five years, it focuses on restoring degraded ecosystems...
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El Salvador's coastal ecosystems, particularly its mangroves, are critical for biodiversity, fisheries, and storm protection, yet they've suffered immense degradation. The country has lost 60% of its forest cover since 1950, with mangroves declining at about 681 hectares per...
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Panama boasts approximately 161,000 hectares of mangroves as of 2020, but has lost 20-25% since the 1960s due to urbanization, shrimp farming, and infrastructure development . These ecosystems are powerhouses for blue carbon, storing 800-1,200 tons of CO₂e per...
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Ghana's mangroves, concentrated in the Western Coast and Volta regions, are vital ecosystems facing rapid decline. Between 2009 and 2019, the country lost about 16.9% of its mangrove cover and 21% of other vegetation due to human pressures like...
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Colombia's Amazon region, a biodiversity hotspot vital for global climate regulation, has seen fluctuating deforestation rates in recent years. Following the 2016 peace accords with FARC, deforestation spiked, with 444,000 hectares of primary forest lost from 2016-2020 .
However, official...
Overview of the BioSur Project
BioSur positions itself as a holistic response to Colombia's biodiversity crisis, focusing on ecosystem connectivity in vulnerable areas like Nariño and Putumayo . According to...
Introduction
The Chiquitano Forest Restoration Initiative emerged as a response to the catastrophic 2019 wildfires, which burned approximately 3.6 million hectares of Bolivia's unique dry tropical forests, marking one of...
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SilviProtocol, launched around 2023, positions itself as a tree stewardship platform leveraging blockchain to fund, track, and verify reforestation efforts globally . By tokenizing individual trees and carbon offsets...
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The Peruvian Amazon, spanning two-thirds of Peru's territory and harboring 10% of the world's plant species , stands as a biodiversity hotspot under constant threat. Indigenous communities occupy about...
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The Kitabanga Project, dedicated to sea turtle conservation in Angola, aims to protect these threatened species while promoting community-led initiatives.
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Five species of sea turtles frequent Angola's coasts, including the...
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The Reef-Positive Businesses Initiative represents a paradigm shift in conservation finance, blending public grants with private investments to support enterprises that actively benefit coral reefs. Launched through partnerships involving...
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Lake Ypacaraí, Paraguay's most iconic inland water body, has long been a source of drinking water, irrigation, and recreation, supporting up to 79 species of fish and various mammals...
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The MegaFiltros Program emerged in 2025 as a collaborative effort between Latin American governments, notably Ecuador's under President Daniel Noboa, and multinational corporations to install large-scale water filtration systems...
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Parque Nacional Alerce Costero, spanning Chile's Los Ríos region, protects one of the world's oldest forest ecosystems, featuring the iconic alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) trees that can endure for millennia...
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Proyecto Mono Araña, initiated in 2012, focuses on the long-term conservation of the brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) in Venezuela's Caparo Forest Reserve, which has shrunk from 184,100 hectares...
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Terraformation, a Hawaii-based startup founded to accelerate global forest restoration, positions itself at the intersection of technology and ecology. With a mission to plant billions of trees and combat...
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The Amazon Biosphere Reserves Project, a collaboration between UNESCO and partners like LVMH, targets resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Greater Amazon Basin . Encompassing eight key reserves—such as...
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The plastic pollution crisis has escalated into a planetary emergency, with over 430 million tonnes produced annually, much of it destined for landfills, oceans, or microplastic dispersal . According...
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The Kingdom of Tonga, a small island nation with an ocean territory spanning over 700,000 square kilometers, has taken a bold step with the Ocean Management Act 2025 (Act...
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Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) represents a bold response to climate vulnerability, rooted in the country's history of environmental degradation. With over 70% of its territory at risk of...