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Amazon
Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: Brazil
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Project SDGs:
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Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4)
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Domestic Wastewater
Progress to Date: 2.7 hl/hl Increase water use efficiency ratio
Services Needed: Financial support
Desired Partner: Investor
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2017  »  Dec. 31, 2018
Project Website: ungc-production.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/cop_2...
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Additional Benefits: Heightened agreement on priority basin water challenges
Beneficiaries: Ecosystems
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources
Project Source: Admin
Profile Completion: 87%

Project Overview

In the US, we are partnering with TNC on watershed improvement in Fort Collins, Colorado. In Colorado, the Cache La Poudre and Big Thompson forested watersheds provide critical clean water to Fort Collins. Climate change, increasing drought and years of fire suppression have put forested watersheds at risk for high-severity wildfires, the impacts of which degrade water quality. We are partnering with TNC as well as local NGOs, government agencies and the local utility to imp…

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In the US, we are partnering with TNC on watershed improvement in Fort Collins, Colorado. In Colorado, the Cache La Poudre and Big Thompson forested watersheds provide critical clean water to Fort Collins. Climate change, increasing drought and years of fire suppression have put forested watersheds at risk for high-severity wildfires, the impacts of which degrade water quality. We are partnering with TNC as well as local NGOs, government agencies and the local utility to improve water quality in the Cache La Poudre and Big Thompson watersheds through proactive forest management. Implementation of forest management practices such as thinning and prescribed burning began in 2019, and impact measurement has begun. The impact indicators we are focused on for improving water quality are reduction in number and magnitude of forest fires, soil erosion and sedimentation and increasing miles of restored flows
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Project Benefits: Heightened agreement on priority basin water challenges
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Ecosystems
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources

Project Narrative

MAIN CHALLENGE For planting season 2021-2022 we are escalating the operation from 30 to 300 employees in field. CAUSE OF DEGRADATION Around 70% of the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor original pristine habitat Ð two thirds Cerrado savanna and one third Amazon - has been deforested for agricultural purposes. WHY THIS SITE? This is the site of our first landowner partnership, formed in 2016, on a location that combines both biomes existing on the Corridor (the Amazon tropical forests and Cerrado savanna). LONG TERM PROTECTION Our Cycle of Restoration has 12 steps for high quality restoration. Before we plant, community building and scientific research is vital. During the planting, high quality seeds, soil preparation, custom seedling nurseries and quality planting, besides 3 years maintenance, ensures trees can thrive.

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