Brève description de la meilleure pratique

“Reforestation for the purpose of combating desertification, mitigating climate change and protecting biodiversity in Santiago del Estero, Argentina - Youth Environmental Groups” is a proposed A/R CDM project activity which, through an integrated approach to manage land, water and forest resources will prevent desertification , improve the supply, management, sustainability, and environmental conditions of the forest resources in Santiago del Estero, conserve its biodiversity and mitigate climate change.

Site

Argentine Republic

Si le lieu a des limites clairement définies, spécifier son extension en hectare:

2000.0

Estimation de la population vivant sur le site:

40000.0

Brève description de l’environnement naturel du site

The soil of the Province of Santiago del Estero is undergoing a calcification process, evidenced by the formation of calcium carbonate on the soil profile.  This feature determines the formation of a barren plain or desert vegetation, under semiarid climate conditions.  Within Salado and Dulce rivers fluvial systems a variety of soils can be observed, ranging from mineral soils to hydro morphine soils, with a high salt and alkali ratio|
The Province of Santiago del Estero looks like an expanded saltpetrous plain, only interrupted by rivers flowing diagonally from Northwest to Southeast (Salí-Dulce river and Salado river, different both in their flow and in their use possibilities) and by elevations located on the South, West and Northwest margins.|
Climate in Santiago del Estero is hot and equivalent to that in subtropical regions. The annual average temperature is 21.5 ºC, with an absolute maximum summer temperature of up to 47º C, and an absolute minimum winter temperature of -5 ºC.  Two seasons can be distinguished: the rainy season, from October to March, and the dry season, from April to September. During the year, precipitation range from 750 mm to 600 mm, with an annual average of 695 mm.|

Conditions socio-économiques dominantes des personnes vivant sur ou à proximité du site

High level of poverty rate.
The local farmers involved in project activity (inside and outside Colonia El Simbolar) are the owners of the land.
Agricultural activities.

Sur la base de quel critère/indicateur(s) (sans relation avec la stratégie) la pratique proposée et technologie correspondante ont-elles été considérées comme « meilleures »?

The project is considered a "best practice" as it resulted in positive impacts in terms of social and environmemtal criteria.
Environmnetal indicator: planted area, carbon sequestered.

Principaux problèmes abordés par la meilleure pratique

Land degradation.

Décrivez les principaux problèmes liés à la dégradation des terres abordés par la meilleure pratique

Abandonment of lands.

Précisez les objectifs de la meilleure pratique

The specific objectives include:

Brève description des principales activités, par objectif

Objective 3: Awareness raising and capacity building.
a)Capacity building and Workshops for farmers, youth and general community|
Objective 1: Reforestation of 2,000 hectares with native species (prosopis alba).
f) Monitoring
Objective 2: Preparation of CDM documentation.
d) Submission of the CDM documentation to the CDM Executive Board.

Brève description et caractéristiques techniques de la technologie

The main technology employed under this project is reforestation through direct planting with environmental-friendly techniques on degraded lands.  Good practice techniques and successful regional, national and international technologies and experiences achieved in past years in forest restoration management were adopted.
For tree planting activities, traditional techniques were used.  However, it is important to highlight that the scale of the Project was rather unusual. For example, in all the Province of Santiago del Estero the number of hectares forested per year is rather low (around 400 ha).  And the Project by itself forested 2,000 hectares in four years.|

Nom et adresse de l’institution développant la technologie

Grupo Ambiental para el Desarrollo (GADE)|Unzaga Sur N° 21
|Fundación del Sur|Cochabamba 449

La technologie a-t-elle été développée en partenariat ?

Oui

Dressez la liste des partenaires :

Grupo Ambiental para el Desarrollo (GADE)

Précisez le cadre de promotion de la technologie

• Initiative nationale – non gouvernementale
• Initiative internationale

La participation des parties prenantes locales, y compris des OSC, a-t-elle été recherchée au cours du développement de la technologie ?

Oui

Dressez la liste des parties prenantes locales:

Government of Santiago del Estero

La population vivant sur ou à proximité du site a-t-elle été impliquée dans le développement de la technologie?

Oui

Par quels moyens?

• Consultation
• Approches participatives

Décrivez les impacts sur site (les deux principaux impacts par catégorie)

Socio economic improvements
Environmental improvements
Biodiversity promotion
Land degradation prevention and land restoration
Generation of labour opportunities
Capitalziation of farmers

Décrivez les deux principaux impacts hors site (dans les environs)

At golbal level: carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
At provintial level:  the Project demonstrated that it is possible to implement a forestation initiative at large scale.
At provintial level:  the Project demonstrated that it is possible to implement a forestation initiative at large scale.
At golbal level: carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change

Impact sur la biodiversité et le changement climatique

Décrivez:

2,000 ha were reforested with native species.|
The project will remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Une analyse coût-avantage a-t-elle été réalisée?

Une analyse coût-avantage a-t-elle été réalisée? :

Oui

Précisez:

The result of the Project is very much positive in terms of capitalization of the farmers as, in the long term (20/30 years), they will own a relevant stock of woody and non-woody forestal resources.

La technologie a-t-elle été diffusée/introduite sur d’autres sites?

La technologie a-t-elle été diffusée/introduite sur d’autres sites? :

Non

Pouvez-vous identifier les trois principales conditions ayant favorisé la réussite de la meilleure pratique/technologie présentée?

Political commitment at local, provintial, national and international level.|
Involvement of the comunity.
Skilful and committed staff.

Réplication

Selon vous, la meilleure pratique/technologie proposée peut-elle reproduite, y compris avec un certain degré d’adaptation?

Oui

Si oui, à quel niveau?

• Local
• National
• Régional
• International

Liées aux ressources humaines

It is essential to clearly explain the expected impacts of the Project to the farmers and comunity

Liées aux aspects financiers

It is essential to have enough funding to garantee the implementation of the complete Project circle.

Liées aux aspects techniques

It is essential to use (or adapt) traditional existing technologies.