Mexico

Operational Plans for Climate-Resilient Ejidos Communities

Organisation

Fondo Pro-Cuenca Valle de Bravo, A.C.

Website

Support area

Conservation of biodiversity

Funding

209217 €

Project duration

Jul, 2024 – May, 2026

The mountainous Valle de Bravo-Amanalco region, part of the Cutzamala water system supplying Mexico City, faces biodiversity loss and water scarcity due to rising temperatures, forest fires, deforestation, and reduction of forested land due to urbanisation. This IKI Small Grants project integrates climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation into the land use of six ejidos, areas owned by the community. Ejido members have communal land ownership and can manage their territories collectively. The project improves their technical and management skills through training, workshops, and participatory planning. The main beneficiaries are ejido members and about 5,000 local residents. The project collaborates with local governments to incorporate its outcomes into municipal development plans.

Capacity development

IKI Small Grants supports Pro-Cuenca in their organisational capacity development through

Training sessions in the following themes: data collection, elicitation, systematization and processing for multiple intervention scales.
Socio-ecological indicators construction, through data processing,
aggregation and classification mechanisms to assess the impact of the EbA measures.
Indicators integration in a monitoring system for a longitudinal evaluation of the EbA measures.
Introduction to visualization mechanisms for results communication to diverse communities of practice.
Context-specific research, review of case studies on good practices, and the production of a set of knowledge resources to support the work of Procuenca and its staff to support concrete integration of gender and climate change into all future initiatives and projects

About the organisation

The organisation has many years of experience in nature conservation and sustainable community development in the Valle de Bravo-Amanalco basin, a key source of drinking water for Mexico City and the surrounding metropolitan region. For more than two decades, it has worked closely with local communities and landowners, especially the ejidos. Its main activities include protecting and conserving forests and soils, promoting sustainable development in the communities and use of eco-technologies. The organisation is also dedicated to renaturing rivers and monitoring water quality by the communities. Projects on sustainable production and environmental education are also key activities.