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.

Capacity Building: we consolidate professional competence and personal leadership, as well as institutional competitiveness and capacity for sustainable development. The Kanan Kay Alliance (AKK, acronym in Spanish) supported the management of 14 NTZs, which cover nearly 50,000 hectares of protected marine ecosystems. Coastal communities in the Yucatan Peninsula define and monitor these areas to regulate fishing and help increase fish populations. AKK promotes collaborative management and equity among its 37 members, enabling communities to better address declining fishery resources. The Kaanbal Suut project held its first in-person community assembly in Merida, bringing together all three cohorts of the program for the first time, along with representatives from various groups across the Peninsula. The impact evaluation of the project, since its launch in 2021, highlighted its multidisciplinary approach, the creation of synergies, and the consolidation of a local network in the Yucatan Peninsula. Key achievements include 55 organized groups that improved their institutional effectiveness, 127 trained leaders, and over 3,000 people who benefited from the project. The Mesoamerican Reef Leadership Program (MAR-L) celebrated the graduation of its 2023 cohort in Puerto Morelos. The class included 21 leaders who developed 14 subprojects, 11 of which were led by women. These subprojects addressed topics such as tourism-based coral reef restoration, control of invasive species, waste management and recycling, and sustainable food production, showcasing the potential of nature-based businesses in the region. In addition, MAR-L made progress in the design of its 2025 cohort, aiming to collaborate with organizations in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras to attract investment and promote positive-impact ventures and entrepreneurship across the region.