Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza AC

Sustainable Management: we promote the long-term use of natural resources. Investment in sustainable management provides livelihoods by using natural resources without compromising the well-being of future generations. In 2024, the Connecting Watershed Health with Sustainable Livestock and Agroforestry Production (CONECTA, in Spanish) project strengthened women's leadership and knowledge exchange through assemblies focused on livestock and conservation in Chihuahua, nursery producers in Jalisco, and women producers from diverse value chains in Chiapas. Additionally, 843 producers (316 women and 527 men) adopted best sustainable practices for management and restoration on over 12,000 hectares. The Coastal Watershed Conservation in the Context of Climate Change (C6) project provided technical and administrative follow-up to ten PAs, emphasizing strategic planning, experience exchange events, project review processes, and emergency fund application and reporting. The River Restoration for Climate Change Adaptation (RIOS, in Spanish) project increased adaptive capacity across 1,900 hectares through restoration and productive reconversion, involving 2,650 producers. To encourage private investment, the project strengthened financing mechanisms and credit-readiness processes, facilitating connections between small agro-enterprises and sustainable financing sources by identifying four potential financial intermediaries. In the Watersheds and Cities project, over 9,000 people participated in the adoption of best sustainable management practices. Recipient organizations formed strategic alliances with governments, businesses, and civil society to promote integrated watershed management across the ten cities where the project operates. These organizations also promoted the publication of 57 analyses, manuals, and information briefs, including the socio-environmental vulnerability studies related to climate change for the cities of Mazatlan and La Paz.