Category: Mexico
Institutional challenges of implementing a REDD strategy
CeIBA proposed this project to USAID to help resolve insitutional and organisational issues that require resolution if REDD+ is to achieve its full potential. The project explored the insitutional and legal arrangements necessary for effective implementation of REDD+. The project involved an insitutional analysis of communities and government entities in Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas. The project researched existing agreements and contracts between public institutions, local organisations...
Transforming management of biodiversity rich community production forests through building national capacities for market-based instruments
The project has been developed from the experiences of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
and the Rainforest Alliance (RA) in other countries where
biodiversity conservation has been promoted through certified forest management. The
project aims to overcome some of the key barriers preventing sustainable
forest management in Mexico. These include: the lack of organisational capacity required for producers to access markets; low competitiveness of community forest...
REDD Pilot Project in the Selva el Ocote Biosphere Reserve
In 2009, following the success of its Scolel'Te project, AMBIO (La Cooperative Ambio S.C de R.L) established another REDD+ pilot project in the Selva el Ocote Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biósfera Selva el Ocote, REBISO). The project is being implemented in collaboration with the National Commission for Protected Areas (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, CONANP), with the techincal support of the College of the South Border (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, ECOSUR) and...
Reinforcing REDD+ and South-South Cooperation, Mexico-Norway project
May 27,
2010, the Governments of Norway and Mexico, through their respective Ministries
of Environment, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in
the Field of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The MoU identifies
specific areas of cooperation relevant for the implementation of strategies and
policies for REDD+ through an agreement: ‘Reinforcing REDD+ and South-South
Cooperation’. Following the MoU, in June 2010, Norway announced its financial support of up to NOK 90...
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (Mexico)
The main objectives of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) are to assist countries in their REDD+ efforts by offering financial and technical assistance to build their capacity for REDD+ and to pilot performance-based payment systems for REDD+ activities. As well as this, the FCPF aims to test ways in which REDD+ activities can sustain or enhance local livelihoods and conserve biodiversity. Mexico submitted its Readiness Preparation Idea Note (R-PIN) in 2008 and the final version...
The Political Constitution of the Mexican United States
The Political Constitution of the Mexican United States was approved by Congress in 1917.Article 2 states that the Mexican nation is unique and indivisible. Furthermore, it mentions that the nation is pluricultural, created by indigenous people descendant from the people that lived in the country at the beginning of the colonization period and that preserve their own social, economic, cultural, and political institutions. The Article recognizes indigenous people’s rights, including the ability...
Agrarian Law
According to the Constitution amended in 1992, the Agrarian Law is responsible for regulating land ownership and user rights. The law describes the three types of land tenure in Mexico: (1) Private Property, (2) Ejidos and (3) Communities. Ejidos and communities are governed by their own rules and have to be registered under the National Agrarian Registry (Registro Agrario Nacional; RAN). The ejido’s supreme authority is the General Assembly. The General Assembly approves the ejido’s...
General Law for Sustainable Forest Development
This is the main law for forest governance and lists one of its objectives as
being to “provide mechanisms for coordination, consultation and cooperation
between forestry institutions and other bodies” (Article 3).The law intends to regulate and promote conservation, protection, restoration, harvest, management and use of forest ecosystems and their resources in a sustainable manner in order to improve the wellbeing of rural communities.Within its general objectives is the development of forest...
General Law of Environmental Equilibrium and Protection
This is the framework law for environmental and natural resources management that defines environmental principles and institutional arrangements. The law outlines general provisions; protected natural areas; rational use of natural resources; environmental protection; social participation; control and safety measures and also sanctions. The law further promotes the design and development of economic incentives designed to attain the environmental policy’ objectives. Also, this law allows...
