Tag: FIDECO

Conservation and protection of gallery forests of the micro-basin of Quebrada La Honda, Hydrographic Basin of the Panama Canal

Funded by:
Ecological Trust of Panama, FIDECO Fund.

Executing Entity:
Foundation for National Parks and the Environment (FUNDACIÓN PANAMÁ)

Total amount:
B/. 151,149.00
Contribution from the FIDECO Fund:
B/. 113,629
Matching Contribution:
B/. 37,520

Start date:
September 12th, 2013
Finish date:
September 12, 2016

General objective:
Conservation and recovery of gallery forest ecosystems so that they fulfill their role as biological corridors and gene flow in the micro-basin of the La Honda stream, sub-basin of the Cirí Grande river, Hydrographic Basin of the Panama Canal.

Specific objectives:
Protect the natural resources of the La Honda stream micro-watershed by restoring biological connectivity in gallery forests.
Develop a GIS database of the reforested polygons in the micro-basin of the La Honda stream.

Program Area:
Hydrographic Basins – Forest Cover

Organizational strengthening of ACACPA for the implementation of the coffee business and marketing plan, sub-basin of the Cirí Grande and Trinidad rivers, CHCP

Funded by:
Ecological Trust of Panama, FIDECO Fund.

Executing Entity:
Solidarity Organic Production and Marketing Association (PROCOSOL)

Total amount:
B/. 106,233.20
Contribution from the FIDECO Fund:
B/. 95,533.20
Matching contribution:
B/. 10,700.00

Start date:
January 26, 2016
Finish date:
January 26, 2017

General objective:
Consolidate the organizational structure of ACACPA through a capacity building plan, aimed at promoting, activating and promoting ACACPA membership.

Specific objectives:

1. Consolidate the organizational structure of ACACPA through a capacity building plan, aimed at promoting, activating and promoting ACACPA membership.
2. Improve the operational capacity of ACACPA, through the evaluation of the productive capacity and the design of a wet and dry process benefit for coffee; through the incorporation of prioritized equipment to increase the commercial quality of the grain.
3. Implement, together with the Capira MIDA, a control and monitoring plan for the coffee berry borer in 100 hectares of plantations within the Cirí Grande and Trinidad sub-basins.

Program Area:
Comprehensive Management of the Panama Canal Hydrographic Basin

Conservation and protection of forest cover in the middle and lower part of the sub-basins of the Cirí Grande and Trinidad rivers, Panama Canal Hydrographic Basin
Funded by: Panama Ecological Trust, FIDECO Fund.

Executing Entity:
Solidarity Organic Production and Marketing Association (PROCOSOL)

Total amount:
138,925.00 USD
Contribution from the FIDECO Fund:
122,205.00 USD
Matching contribution:
16,720.00 USD

Start date:
November 16, 2015
Finish date:
May 16, 2017

General objective:
Implement measures for the recovery and protection of environmental goods and services, of the sub-basins of the Cirí Grande and Trinidad rivers (middle and lower section), to generate changes in production models and encourage agricultural producers to use sustainable agricultural techniques. .

Specific objectives:
Prepare and implement farm management plans in shaded coffee agroforestry plots in the middle and lower reaches of the sub-basins of the Cirí Grande and Trinidad rivers.
Prepare a digital GIS database of the management plans, of the selected farms, in the middle and lower sections of the sub-basins of the Cirí Grande and Trinidad rivers.

Program Area:
forest cover conservation

Financed by: Panama Ecological Trust, FIDECO Fund.

Executing Entity: Group for Education and Sustainable Management (GEMAS)

Total Amount: B/. B/. 77,375.00
Contribution from the FIDECO Fund: B/. 70,000.00 Counterpart contribution: B/. 7,375.00

Start date: October 21, 2013

Completion date: May 1, 2015

Prepare a socioeconomic and environmental diagnosis of the Gallito River micro-watershed.

Prepare and validate the conservation plan for the Gallito River micro-basin and its monitoring tool.

Prepare an action plan to implement the conservation plan and monitoring of the Gallito River micro-basin, including the identification of the projects necessary to achieve positive impacts on the conservation and sustainable development of the micro-basin.

Implementation of conservation measures for the recovery and protection of environmental goods and services of the Caisán river sub-basin.

Financed by: Panama Ecological Trust, FIDECO Fund.

Executing Entity: Foundation for the Integral, Community Development and Conservation of Ecosystems of Panama (FUNDICCEP)

Total Amount: B/. 203,545.00
Contribution from the FIDECO Fund: B/. 150,000.00 Counterpart contribution: B/. 53,545.00

Start date: April 23, 2015

Completion date: October 23, 2016

Program Area: Watershed Management

Farm management plans, implementing conservation measures for the recovery and protection of environmental goods and services of the Gallito river micro-watershed, Santa María river watershed.
Funded by: Panama Ecological Trust, FIDECO Fund.

Executing Entity: Group for Education and Sustainable Management (GEMAS)

Total Amount: B/. 103,350.00

Contribution from the FIDECO Fund: B/. 90,000.00
Matching contribution: B/. 13,350.00

Start date: November 16, 2015

Completion date: May 16, 2017

General Objective: Implement ecosystem conservation measures, focused on the recovery and protection of environmental goods and services, to stop the loss of biodiversity, generating changes in production models, through comprehensive management plans for farms in the Gallito river micro-basin.

Specific objectives:
Prepare ten (10) comprehensive farm management plans located in the upper and middle parts of the Gallito River micro-basin, which allow the beneficiaries to implement the prioritized actions.
Prepare and implement a training plan for the ten (10) beneficiary farms on good environmental practices, the conservation plan, and the ecosystems of the Gallito River micro-basin.

Program Area: Biodiversity