Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Dry Ecosystems to Guarantee the Flow of Ecosystem Services and to Mitigate the Processes of Deforestation and Desertification

To reduce the current trend of dry forest deforestation and desertification processes and ensure the flow of multiple global ecosystem services through biodiversity conservation, sustainable land management, and carbon storage.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Completed
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/4772
Countries
Colombia
Managing organisations
Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS)
Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies (IDEAM)
Alexander von Humboldt Research Institute of Biological Resources (IAvH)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Implementing organisations
UNDP
Project ID
4772
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 5
GEF Cofinancing
$26.935.000
GEF project grant
$8.787.819
Executing Agencies
Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS); Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies (IDEAM); Alexander von Humboldt Research Institute of Biological Resources (IAvH); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Regional Autonomous Corporation of Tolima (Cortolima); Regional Autonomous Corporation of Alto Magdalena (CAM); Regional Autonomous Corporation of Atlántico (CRA); Regional Autonomous Corporation of Sur de Bolívar (CSB); Regional Autonomous Corporation of Valle del Sinú (CVS); Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira (CORPOGUAJIRA