
Projects
Project: Model for the productive restoration of riparian forests in the hydrographic basins of the Coyolate and Acome rivers in the Pacific Slope of Guatemala.
Project implementation dates: May 2015 to November 2015.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Partner organizations: College of Agriculture, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (Domestic)
Official goals: To generate … Read More
Project: Baseline of flora and fauna in the riverside forests of the Acome and Coyolate rivers.
Project implementation dates: January 2015 to December 2015.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Partner organizations: College of Agronomy, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (Domestic).
Official goals: To get a database of the flora and fauna in the … Read More
Project: Drinking water for rural communities and schools based on rainwater storage. A contribution from the technological park of Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa.
Project implementation dates: March 2015 to April 2016.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Partner organizations: Town hall of Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa and Universidad del Valle Southern Campus (Local).
Official goals: To impulse … Read More
Project: Training in Community Adaptation to Climate Change, for community leaders.
Project implementation dates: May 2015 to December 2016.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Official goals: To strengthen community capacities to adapt to climate change.
Specific goals:
To provide elements to identify climate threats and vulnerability.
To identify and plan measures to adapt in … Read More
Project: Community resilience assessment to flood and drought events in the Coyolate Basin (Guatemala).
Project implementation dates: October 2014 to March 2016.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Partner organizations: Universidad de Tucuman, Argentina; Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia; Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Bolivia (International).
Official goals: To understand how communities have faced floods and … Read More
Project: Adaptation to climate change through strengthening livelihood associated to mangrove ecosystems and cloud forest in the Pacific Slope of Guatemala.
Project implementation dates: October 2014 to October 2015.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Official goals: To promote the adaptation based upon ecosystems in neighboring communities to cloud forest and mangroves in the … Read More
Project: Training in Integrated Watershed Management for community leaders from the Pacific Slope of Guatemala.
Project implementation dates: June 2014 to April 2015.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Partner organizations: Intecap Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa (Domestic).
Official goals: To develop capacities in community leaders to better manage the natural resources in their region based upon … Read More
Project: Plan to enrich and monitor the mangrove forest, Mazatenango, Suchitepequez.
Project implementation dates: October 2013 to October 2017.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Partner organizations: INAB region IX (Domestic).
Official goals: To enrich the areas of mangrove in the coastal line of the department of Suchitepequez.
Specific goals:
To reforest and provide maintenance … Read More
Project: Towards a production of Corn and Beans adapted to climate change.
Project implementation dates: October 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Partner organizations: ICTA, Red SICTA, UVG/USDA, PMA, FEWS NET III (Domestic and International)
Official goals: To develop a mechanism to transfer technology to producers of basic grains … Read More
Project: Evaluation of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change for USAID/Guatemala.
Project implementation dates: July 11, 2012 to January 31, 2013.
Main implementer organization: ICC (Domestic).
Partner organizations: Global Climate Adaptation Partnership and LAERA Group (International).
Official goals: To develop an evaluation of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change for USAID/Guatemala.
Specific goals:
To identify the … Read More
This year, the project “Elaboration of a Technical Study, Law Initiative, RAMSAR Information Sheet, and Master plan for the Marine-Coastal Conservation Area Sipacate Naranjo” was initiated, which aims to generate supplies to protect the marine coastal area of the Sipacate Naranjo National Park, in Sipacate, Escuintla.
The supplies that this project … Read More
The project “Community Resilience assessment to flood and droughts events in the Coyolate basin” was executed from 2014 to 2016, researching about the principal livelihood and how communities have been affected by droughts and floods.
The investigation was in charge of Elcy Corrales Roa, PhD, from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de … Read More