ORIGEN: Restoring Watersheds for Ecosystems and Communities

Generate multiple environmental and socio-economic benefits by restoring degraded landscapes with an integrated watershed approach, strengthening planning, promoting local restoration actions and mobilizing funding in Chiapas, Jalisco, and Veracruz and pilot regions.<br>
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Objective Indicators (Targets):<br>
a. Area of land and ecosystems under restoration (Target: 330,000 ha)<br>
b. Area of landscapes under improved practices (Target: 1,400,000 ha)<br>
c. Greenhouse gas emissions mitigated (Target: 1.4 million tons CO2e)<br>
d. Number of people experiencing socioeconomic benefits (male/female) (Target: 11,000 people; 30% female)

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
Countries
Implementing organisations
CI
Project ID
11121
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 8
GEF Cofinancing
$145.146.243
GEF project grant
$14.378.898
Executing Agencies
Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza A.C., with the support of federal counterparts CONANP and AGRICULTURA