GENERAL: MIBOSQUE contributes to the reduction of local causes of climate change and environmental vulnerability by promoting governance of natural resources and self-sufficiency among populations in order to improve their living conditions Objective 1 for 2009: That 110 communities and 11 municipalities manage and administer their renewable natural resources in a sustainable manner Objective 2 for 2009: Build capacity in 11 local governments to administer the natural resources in their jurisdictions Objective 3 for 2009: That 2200 families served by the project improve their incomes from activities related to forestry and agroforestry

1. INTEGRATED FOREST MANAGEMENT PROJECT MIBOSQUE CARE Central America in Guatemala

2. Project Context for MIBOSQUE

5. GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE FOR MIBOSQUE 11 Municipios 122 Comunidades 6,200 Participantes (89% índígenas)

11. Lessons There are at least four essential components in order to achieve impact in a carbon project: Define and map boundaries of forests with collective tenure in order to manage them sustainably

12. Mobilize and help the communities so that they take charge of the administration of their communal forests

13. Build capacity among local authorities in order to aid a community in its activities related to the administration of its natural resources Develop economic activities, such as agroforestry, that give the communities an alternative to deforestation Strengthen the area of environmental services together with the Ministry of Environment and other governmental entities

16. Voluntary market? Regulated market? Both? What steps in the cycle are required? Will we use standards, and if so, which ones? Will we distribute the income from carbon to each landowner or will we create a local development fund? If we do the latter, how will it work? And who will manage it? A few discussion points

17. THANK YOU! Marcos Neto [email_address]