Building livelihood resilience to climate change in the upper basins of Guatemala’s highlands- Altiplano Resiliente

The project´s overarching objective is to reduce the impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle in target watersheds through improved land use practices. This will lead to improved water recharge and productivity and contribute to the population´s and ecosystem´s increased resilience to climate change. Period implementation of the project is seven years, including an exit strategy planned for years 6 and 7. Total project area is 146,500ha of which 22,500 will be directly restored with EbA. This area includes agroforestry with annual crops, silvopastoral systems, and agroforestry with permanent crops or forest plantations and protection areas. The selected areas are considered as water recharge areas.