Water as a connector for Resilient Landscapes in Bolivia Webpage: www.paisajesresilientes.org Co-financed by the European Union and the BMZ Within the framework of the Project: Integrated Rural Development with a River Basin Approach – PROCUENCA. www.giz.de

1. Dr. Miriam Seemann
Project coordinator
LET‘S CONSERVE
NATURE!
Water as a connector for Resilient Landscapes
in Bolivia

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Objective of the project
The project promotes water security from an ILM approach
WATER SECURITY LANDSCAPE APPROACH
Santa Cruz
Bolivia WATERSHEDS
Agua y Bosque

3. Promote water
security with an
ILM approach
GOVERNANCE
• Climate Change
Strategy
• Water Committees
FIELD SCHOOLS
Capacity building and
technical assistance
5 PILOT PROJECTS
20,000 ha of land
managed sustainably
SUSTAINABLE
BUSINESS MODELS
Technological
innovation
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Climate change
monitoring &
evaluation system
Generating enabling conditions
FINANCIAL MECHANISMS
Capacity building and
technical assistance

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1. Regional & local strategies with an ILM approach
Departmental Water
Security Strategy
Departmental
Climate Change
Strategy
Watershed
Management
Programmes
Sub-national NDC
roadmap
32 Adaptation and
mitigation
measures
Water security
measures
Actions integrated
into
local territorial
planning
instruments
Department of Santa Cruz

5. 2. Local governance with an ILM approach
1) Recognition of local socio-economic, cultural and
political dynamics;
2) Recognition of local bio-physical dynamics (current and
ideal);
3) Delimitation of Landscape Units with water logic
(hydro-logical 🡪 watersheds)
▪ Stakeholder collaboration;
▪ Sustainable livelihoods (restauration, conservation
and strengthening environmental services)
▪ Health and well-being for ALL (human and natural
environment)
Committees
for
Resilient Landscapes

6. 3. Involvement of the private and financial sector
Climate Change and Water Security Strategy
NDC Roadmap
Sustainable
Business
Models
Crédito
Verde
Condiciones
habilitantes
FODEPACRUZ
Departmental
level
Watershed
level and
livelihood
systems
Roundtable on sustainable finance and green
business models (e.g. sustainable livestock,
agroforestry systems & non-timber forest products)
Green
Credit
Enabling
conditions
(reg. Funds)
Financial
mechanism
productive
water users
Incentive to
conservation
under
collaborative
schemes
BANK
(BDP)
Municipalities
Regional
Government
Producer
Associations

7. Key messages
3. National financial - and
private sector involvement
2. Determine governance
strategies and action, based
on local dynamics and
interactions
1. Articulate climate change
action with economic
and productive
development agendas

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Dr. Miriam Seemann
Project Coordinator
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Water as a connector for Resilient Landscapes in Bolivia
Co-financed by the European Union and the BMZ
Within the framework of the Project: Integrated Rural Development with a River Basin Approach – PROCUENCA.
GIZ Bolivia
Webpage:
www.paisajesresilientes.org
paisajesresilientes@giz.de

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Water, forest, land,
let's take care of our
watersheds