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CA-3-D004711001 2026-06-16T06:32:40 The project aims to improve the quality of life of rural and indigenous women and youth whose livelihoods depend on forest resources in 12 municipalities of Western Honduras. It seeks to improve the governance for the conservation and sustainable management of the forest and its associated biodiversity, led by rural and indigenous women and youth. The project also seeks to increase the economic empowerment of these women and youth by helping them to use forest resources and biodiversity in alignment with municipal climate change and development plans. Project activities are expected to benefit 60 women’s and youth organizations and 2,000 families. Project activities include: (1) building local governments’ capacities to increase women’s participation and leadership in natural resources management, environment and climate change decision-making bodies; (2) providing technical assistance in the establishment of municipal economic development strategies related to natural resource management and climate change; (3) providing technical assistance to women’s organizations in developing community supportive services (i.e. child day-care centers) and providing training on gender equality legislation, natural resources management and climate change; (4) providing technical assistance to entrepreneurial women in improved conservation and sustainable use of forest resources, and in entrepreneurial management skills; (5) promoting short agroforestry value chains for local urban markets and highly specialized markets and services; and (6) promoting the adoption of innovative and time-and effort-saving technologies by entrepreneurial women. Closed 2018-03-28T00:00:00 2023-12-31T00:00:00 Honduras 100.00% FOOD & AGR ORG OF THE UNITED NATION Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions 15.00% Business support services and institutions 15.00% Forestry policy and administrative management 25.00% Forestry development 25.00% Biosphere protection 10.00% Bio-diversity 10.00% 6624814.00 The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved governance in the management of forest resources, by targeted municipalities, with increased participation of rural and Indigenous women and youth; and (2) increased economic empowerment of 2,000 rural and Indigenous women and youth organized in Forest Farm Producer Organizations in line with municipal climate change plans. Results achieved at the end of the project December 2023 include: (1) assessed municipal development plans and municipal investment plans of 12 participating municipalities to help guide the updating of their plans to address gender equality, natural resources management, climate change and women and youth economic empowerment; (2) supported 60 Forest and farm producer organizations (FFPO) to develop their business plans; (3) trained 863 beneficiaries (533 women) in market analysis and development to prepare their business plans for their economic and productive initiatives; (4) established 34 forest nurseries to restore and reforest 66.39 hectares of degraded land areas; and (5) 6,421 tons of CO2 (tCO2) absorbed using climate-smart technologies and agricultural best practices and 32,414 tCO2 to be potentially absorbed as a result of reforestation activities. Project-type interventions Bilateral Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Global Affairs Canada NGM Americas Department-Initiated Gender equality Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) Biodiversity Climate change mitigation Indigenous Issues 100000.00 1886055.00 1732420.00 1582031.00 1324308.00 2018200222 FOOD & AGR ORG OF THE UNITED NATION 6624814.00 100000.00 1886055.00 1732420.00 1581031.00 -1581031.00 1582031.00 975000.00 349308.00