Chongón-Colonche Vivo 2030: landscape restoration, water security and territorial governance in the Tumbesian dry forest

This contribution documents a territorial conservation and restoration programme in the Chongón-Colonche mountain range, in Guayas and Santa Elena provinces, Ecuador. The intervention will focus on restoring the Tumbesian dry forest, protecting priority biodiversity areas, recovering hydrological functions through nature-based solutions, strengthening community governance, and consolidating financial mechanisms to sustain conservation. Actions will include ecological restoration, landscape management, water monitoring, and capacity strengthening for local communities and territorial organisations. The contribution will be implemented in clearly defined intervention areas and will generate benefits for biodiversity, climate resilience and ecosystem service provision.