Carbon sinks

The International Climate Initiative (IKI) supports countries in implementing measures for forest and landscape restoration and in the development of deforestation-free supply chains. Learn more about the efforts being made in the region.

GreenWatersheds: Resilient forests and financing options for sustainable water supplies in the tropics

At the boundaries between water and forest, the sensitive connections between them and their importance for human life and the economy are particularly noticeable. The GreenWatersheds project not only recognizes the dangers, but also the potentials. Specific measures help the ecosystems to support each other in the fight against the climate crisis.

Project data

Scope: Regional
Country: Cuba, Guatemala, Dominican Republic
Duration:
- 01/2018 12/2023
Status: Completed
Implementing organization:
- OroVerde - Die Tropenwaldstiftung
- Defensores de la Naturaleza
Political partner:
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) - Guatemala
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources - Dominican Republic
- Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA) - Cuba
- National Centre for Protected Areas (SNAP) - Cuba
- National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP) - Guatemala
Implementing partner:
- Center for Education and Ecological Action, Nature, CEDAE
- Defensores de la Naturaleza - Guatemala
- Budgeted Unit of Environmental Services (UPSA) – Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Online:
- https://en.oroverde.de/projects/greenwatersheds
- https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/project/resilient-forests-and-financing-options-for-sustainable-water-supplies-in-the-tropics-18-iii-109-mlam-a-eba-with-forests/