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BookletEvaluation of the project “Poverty, Reforestation, Energy and Climate Change"
Mid-term report, project code: GCP/PAR/020/GCF
2024Also available in:
No results found.This is the mid-term report of the evaluation of the project “Poverty, Reforestation, Energy, and Climate Change” (PROEZA), co-implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Paraguayan government institutions, and funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The project’s main objective is to improve the resilience of poor and extreme poor households vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and to increase the forest cover in environmentally sensitive areas of Eastern Paraguay. This report presents an assessment of the project’s design and progress towards established objectives. The evaluation answers questions framed starting from the project’s theory of change. Methods involved desk reviews, field visits, interviews to FAO and non-FAO stakeholders, focus group discussions with beneficiaries and a comparative analysis of the emissions reduction calculation. Up to October 2023, PROEZA planted 700 hectares, involving 800 families and designed a regulatory proposal that would create a single window for forestry investment procedures. The evaluation framed four recommendations to ensure better execution, still low at 5 percent at the time of the evaluation. Recommendations entail addressing design deficiencies, strengthening leadership, establishing an exit strategy, and reviewing the Environmental and Social Management Framework. -
ArticleReforestation to mitigate changes to climate: More than just planting seedlings
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Global interest in reforestation to help mitigate climate change is increasing demand for nursery-produced seedlings. Often governments, the public, and non-profit organizations simplify reforestation to the physical act of tree planting without comprehension of the entirety of the process needed for reforestation to be successful. A range of tasks from planning to implementation to post-planting monitoring and care are necessary (i.e., the reforestation pipeline). And, often, a one-size-fits-all approach to reforestation is promoted without appreciation for the diversity of ecosystems needing restoration, exacerbated by climatic uncertainties that challenge reforestation conducted status quo. While some recent attention has focused attention on the reforestation pipeline, considering a climate-smart, or climate-informed approach to reforestation in conjunction with a smooth transition from initial tree planting to on-going forest management to support long-term resilience has yet to be fully explored. Considering reforestation more holistically and through a climate lens could provide more effective reforestation and increase the trajectory for achieving long-term climate, carbon, biodiversity, and social goals expected from initial tree planting efforts. Keywords: Reforestation, planting, climate change, nursery, forest management ID: 3617531 -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFAO's work on Climate Change: Energy, Agriculture and Climate Change
Towards energy-smart agriculture
2016Also available in:
Energy, agriculture and climate change, are intricately linked. Energy is required at each step of the food value chain to produce food and to meet the growing demand for food. Agricultural food systems currently heavily rely on fossil fuels to operate. The increasing use of fossil energy in agriculture leads to increasing GHG emissions from the agricultural sector, which in turn impacts agricultural production itself. At the same time, access to modern energy is inadequate in many parts of agri -food chains in developing countries. FAO through its Energy Smart Food for People and Climate (ESF) program helps countries promote energy-smart agri-food systems through the identification, planning and implementation of appropriate energy, water, food security and climate-smart strategies that spur agricultural growth and rural development.
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