The Mexico Strengthening Entrepreneurship in Productive Forest Landscapes Project seeks to strengthen sustainable forest management while also increasing economic opportunities for forest-dependent people and enterprises.
Program name |
Mexico Strengthening Entrepreneurship in Productive Forest Landscapes Project |
Jurisdiction |
Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango |
Size of jurisdiction |
58 million hectares |
Population in jurisdiction |
14 million people |
Drivers of land use change |
Agricultural expansion and livestock production (cattle farming) |
Accounting area |
TBD |
Implementing agency |
National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR) |
ISFL Funding |
- $10 million in grant financing available |
- $4 million in funding for private sector engagement available |
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- Potential payments of up to 10 million tons of emission reductions |
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Co-financing |
- $119 million in government financing (CONAFOR) - $56 million from a World Bank loan for the Mexico Strengthening Entrepreneurship in Productive Forest Landscapes Project (across 19 states) - $119 million in government financing (CONAFOR) |
Private sector engagement is central to Mexico’s ISFL program, which seeks to promote collaboration between public and private actors in rural areas. The program also recognizes the role of landscapes in biodiversity conservation and forest production, and will seek to strengthen the role of women in forest governance and production.
Mexico’s ISFL program has two components:
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Strengthening forest management, conservation, and business development through the financing of forest sector demand-driven incentive programs that aim to support local communities, other landholders, and forest-dependent people in sustainably managing forests while increasing economic opportunities for forest resources; and
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Providing institutional development and facilitation support to help in preparation for a BioCarbon Fund Emission Reduction program.
IBRD loan proceeds will finance Component 1, and ISFL grant proceeds will finance Component 2.