Mi Costa Coastal Resilience to Climate Change in Cuba through Ecosystem Based Adaptation
Brief Description:
Contributions to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG’s)
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The project aims to increase the climate resilience of over 1.3 million vulnerable people living in the target coastal communities by employing an ecosystem-based adaptation approach. It will restore mangroves, swamp forests and grass swamps to improve the health of seagrass beds and coral reefs. The project will also include training 60 percent of the population within the targeted municipalities on how to protect ecosystems to enhance climate adaptation.
El proyecto tiene como objetivo aumentar la resiliencia climática de más de 1,3 millones de personas vulnerables que viven en las comunidades costeras objetivo mediante el empleo de un enfoque de adaptación basado en ecosistemas. Restaurará manglares, bosques pantanosos y pantanos de pastos para mejorar la salud de los lechos de pastos marinos y los arrecifes de coral. El proyecto también incluirá la capacitación del 60 por ciento de la población dentro de los municipios seleccionados sobre cómo proteger los ecosistemas para mejorar la adaptación climática.
Lead Organization : Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia y Ambiente, Agencia de Medio Ambiente
Donor: Green Climate Fund
Project ID: fp 157
Geographic Scope:
National
Project Status: Ongoing
Start Date: 2021-03-19
End Date: 2029-03-19
Last Update: 07/04/2021
Start Date: 2021-03-19
End Date: 2029-03-19
Project Profile Manager: José Fidel Santana Núñez
Contact Email: SANTANA@CITMA.CU
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: SANTANA@CITMA.CU
Contact Phone:
Partners: UNDP
Grant (USD):
$23,927,294.00
Total co-financing (USD):
$20,371,935.00
(Co) financing not originating from GEF:
Participating Country(s):
Cuba
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