CONECTA provides an opportunity to coordinate efforts to address the dual challenge of food security in the context of climate change. It has a landscape approach, focusing on watersheds vulnerable to climate change and affected by soil erosion.
The actions supported promote productive and environmental practices to increase the forest area under sustainable landscape management and improve livelihoods, water quality, and biodiversity. In addition, CONECTA promotes food production with low greenhouse gas emissions, which contributes to meeting the commitments made by Mexico as one of the signatories to the Paris Agreement while simultaneously helping to address the great challenge of food security.
CONECTA's funding comes from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), through the World Bank, and complementary funding (GEF co-financing).
The lines of work (components) that guide CONECTA's actions are:
CONECTA promotes the connectivity of livestock and agroforestry landscapes in watersheds in Chiapas, Chihuahua, Jalisco and Veracruz.
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In 2022, in coordination with the regional funds and with the technical leadership of INECC, a draft of the Integrated Watershed Action Plans (IWAP) of the La Antigua River in Veracruz was obtained, an activity that served to update the methodology for developing the IWAPs. The project also initiated Participative Local Ecological Management in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, in coordination with the three levels of government.
With the support of seven governmental and private entities, the fourteen PLATs were evaluated, and the Technical Committee selected ten to be implemented in 2023. Twenty-seven subproject contracts were formalized, and progress was made with the definition of sites, the creation of brigades, the adjustment of methodologies, and the purchase of material to carry out community monitoring of biodiversity, soils, and water. Finally, kick-off workshops were held in Chiapas, Chihuahua, Jalisco, and Veracruz, with induction sessions on environmental and social standards and gender.
Learn more about the project in the Operating Manual.
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To address any questions, clarifications, suggestions, complaints, or comments related to CONECTA, we provide you with the following means of contact corresponding to the project's Complaint and Consultation Care Mechanism. Your request will be treated with confidentiality, responsibility, and interest by the representatives of the project.
E-mail: denuncia@fmcn.org
Postal address: Francisco Sosa 102. Santa Catarina. Delegación Coyoacan. CDMX. C.P. 04010.
Telephone: 55 5611 9779
CONECTA is implemented in 15 selected watersheds in Chiapas, Chihuahua, Jalisco, and Veracruz. It began in July 2021.
The call for sub-projects and Local Technical Assistance Providers (PLAT, acronym in Spanish) for CONECTA was published in January 2022 and is now closed, so there will be no new calls for sub-projects and PLAT associated with the project. To learn about the project’s progress and results, we invite you to stay tuned to our website and social media channels.
Eligible watersheds were determined in the project design phase. CONECTA is implemented in selected watersheds in Chiapas, Chihuahua, Jalisco, and Veracruz and is not expected to expand to other regions.
To learn more about CONECTA, click here. You can write to info@fmcn.org to find out how your organization can contribute to this project.