Author: IKI Alliance

How can knowledge and learning best be organized in an organization and how can this knowledge be disseminated inside and outside the organization? The Support for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPA) project sought to answer these questions with the study Knowledge Management: From bottleneck to success factor. With the methodological framework of knowledge management (KM) proposed in this study, the SPA project, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI), provides an important input for knowledge management among IKI projects in the region.

On September 23rd, the IKI Interface projects in the Latin America and Caribbean region organized a webinar to present this important study to the IKI projects in the region. Opening the event, Nina Wettern from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) highlighted the importance of knowledge management in the IKI community for a more concise and informed project implementation.

It is more and more relevant for organizations and companies to find new innovation tools to improve their learning processes, their organizational management and their handling of increasing amounts of information. A fundamental issue that Gianluca Colombo, expert in knowledge management of the company OneOffTech, who conducted the study and presented its results in the event, took into account.

Knowledge management has to do with three main aspects: memorizing, coordinating and learning. These three cognitive processes allow better knowledge retention, deeper connections between people, encourage innovation and generate better conditions for decision making. The methodology proposed by Gianluca Colombo is based on six concrete principles:

  1. Push and pull: Knowledge always involves two dimensions. That of demand and that of supply. Knowledge management involves balancing both.
  2. Data vs. information vs. knowledge: Data and available information are two intrinsically different issues. Any knowledge management process must take this reality into account.
  3. Types of knowledge: The process of managing and apprehending any type of knowledge always requires assuming that we must classify it properly.
  4. The knowledge value chain: This process involves four phases: discussion, documentation, synthesis, search and adaptation.
  5. The data value chain: It consists of four main stages: data collection, publication, assimilation and evaluation of data impact.
  6. The four organizational legs: These are transversally crossed by social contexts and four central organizational dimensions: people, processes, technologies and governance.

The KM methodological framework is already being applied among IKI projects working on NDC implementation in Peru. Although there have been some setbacks in the implementation of the methodology, mainly due to the COVID pandemic, three important recommendations can be drawn:

  1. Promote the systematic collection, efficient exchange and effective search for information.
  2. Encourage dialogue among stakeholders on NDC financing in Latin American countries.
  3. Encourage the co-creation of knowledge.

A space for feedback between IKI projects in the region was opened to learn from good practices and challenges in KM strategies. This webinar was a first step to foster knowledge management in the IKI community in order to provide better support to partner countries in the implementation of their climate and biodiversity goals.

 

 

Did you know that encouraging socio-environmental ventures, apart from contributing to the community’s economy, is also a strategy for adaptation to climate change, conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity within Natural Protected Areas?

At the beginning of 2020 this project arose, seeking to build a portfolio of the socio-environmental enterprises who were working on activities related to biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change within Protected Natural Areas, as well as in their areas of influence. The GIZ projects Mexican-German Climate Change Alliance III and the project for the Conservation of Biodiversity in the Neo-Volcanic-Axis (COBEN), launched a call aimed at socio-environmental entrepreneurs. Over 300 ideas and initiatives responded.

It is important to highlight that the participation of women within the governance mechanisms of each enterprise was one of the relevant evaluation criteria within the selection process. After this complex selection, nine potential ventures resulted.

After a year and a half of hard work on behalf the nine selected socio-environmental ventures, GIZ together with the support of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), the National Commission for Protected Natural Areas (CONANP) and the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC), has completed this project with a business conference, held on September 9, 2021.

The aim of this business conference was to create a virtual space where the nine socio-environmental enterprises could meet with potential investors and institutions in order to establish commercial and investment alliances, as well as other alliances to strengthen their capacities and business models.

The results that stand out from this project are:

  1. The graduation of nine socio-environmental enterprises, capable of generating opportunities to increase their income, with potential to strengthen their capacities, their impact on the territory and their contributions in ecosystem conservation and climate change adaptation.
  2. Connections between the nine socio-environmental enterprises and other key actors. Business and/or public entities impact investment funds, legal or financial advisers, certifiers, and research centres selected from companies to strengthen their value chain and business model.

In this sense, Gemma Santana, creative director of México Sostenible, stated: “Excluding the community from the local economy does not help solve problems. For true economic change, we must encourage profitable ventures and business models with socio-environmental impact; promoting socio-environmental enterprises in Mexico is essential if we are to meet the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda and especially the adaptation goals of Mexico’s NDC.”

Location of socio-environmental enterprises.

In its second edition, the Climate Change Action Groups (GACC), brought together public, private and civil sectors to exchange experiences and discuss solutions to the challenges posed by climate change and the future after the COVID-19 pandemic.

To combat the effects of climate change, municipal and state governments, civil organisations and academic staff follow three axes: green recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of local actions, and the use of technological tools for environmental protection.

Green Recovery in Cities

 The COVID-19 health emergency has caused job losses and changes in the way cities work. We must detect risks and foresee the actions to be carried out, considering them as opportunities: for example, by generating jobs with a more sustainable approach, protecting the environment and taking advantage of existing legal frameworks, good political will and socialisation of ideas.

The programme to promote entrepreneurs and small business owners is one tool to achieve green recovery in cities, with two cases of local entrepreneurship, one in Hermosillo (Sonora) and the other in San Nicolás de los Garza (Nuevo León). Other examples are the national vision of building a sustainable mobility model in order to achieve shared streets as well as the storage of organic waste through energy recovery in Naucalpan de Juárez (State of Mexico).

Local Climate Action and Links with Civil Society and Academia

Local governments play an essential role in the public policy development and project implementation. In view of the above, it is necessary to create links with civil society organisations and academia to generate the technical capacities in the territory and ensure that the projects extend through the next administrations.

Currently, Mexican municipalities and states are acting to reduce greenhouse gases and increase resilience with projects such as the sustainable sanitation of wastewater in Guanajuato, detecting opportunities and co-benefits. Other examples of local actions are the Carbon Budgets and Decarbonisation Routes in Yucatán and Jalisco, as well as the Energy Transition Actions Against Change in Quintana Roo and Puebla.

Digital City and Environmental Protection

 Today, digital technologies are gaining relevance in environmental issues, such as the development of mobile applications and virtual courses that help to sensitise the community, reach a wider audience and promote environmental protection.

The cases of the mobile application for urban trees, Árbol MID, in Yucatán, the mobile application for mapping public transport routes MOVIDATA, and the RAECO application promoting sustainable consumption of electronic devices are examples of the use of digital resources for user awareness and capacity-building. Also, there are virtual courses on the national application of climate finance based on the SEMARNAT exercise.

German Experiences

The three thematic axes mentioned were part of the second edition of the Climate Change Action Groups (GACC), held virtually from September 1-3, 2021, in which German experiences of combating climate change from cities were also shared.

Gesa Homann, head of the Berlin Senate’s Environment and Climate Action policy, presented the Berlin 2030 Climate and Energy Protection Program (BEK 2030), which aims to make the city carbon neutral by 2050, meaning that the amount of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere is balanced with the number of emissions that are mitigated in different ways–also known as a zero-carbon footprint. This implies limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

Meanwhile, Agnes Schönfelder, spokesperson for the Local Office of the Green Deal in the city of Mannheim and head of the Climate Strategy Office, explained that the city is one of Germany’s pilot cities, working closely with citizens to bring the city to Zero Emissions by 2030: this means that no new emissions will be added to the atmosphere by human activities.

 

Screenshot of the keynote address of the Mannheim Local Pact, by Agnes Schönfelder.

Exchange of Experiences and Good Practices

The collaborative sessions were the basis of the GACC, in which municipalities and states shared their experiences and good practices to combat climate change in the rest of the country. In addition, it placed emphasis on the importance of alliances between institutions to support the projects and actions that municipalities and state governments develop and implement in their territories, as well as fostering spaces for exchange that can become a learning resource.

The projects presented at the event have been implemented through Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Mexico, the Climate Community of Mexico (Comunidad Climática de Mexico, CCM), the Mexican Association of Municipal Planning Institutes (AMIMP) and ICLEI- Local Governments for sustainability in the fight against climate change.

To consult the sessions in more detail, the report of this edition of the GACC is now available, with the collection of the main lessons learned from each good practice, so that they can be consulted by the new administrations of municipal and state governments, as well as academia and civil society organisations in Mexico.

 

Screenshot of the closing of the event. From left to right: Philipp Schukat (GIZ), Jorge Villareal (CCM), Yuriana Gonzalez (GIZ), Sofía Álvarez (consultant), Alvaro Luna (GIZ), Luis Carlos Lara (AMIMP), Claudia Hernandez (GIZ).

Presentations During the Event

  • Day 1 Presentations

 

 

 

 

The exchange of experiences on the SCE between companies in the electric power generation sector demonstrates the growing interest in contributing to the mitigation of climate change from their trenches.

On September 10, the fourth and final technical webinar was held as part of a series of virtual sessions aiming to strengthen capacities linked to the importance of the participation of the electric power sector in the Emissions Trading System (ETS). Participants exchanged experiences in theoretical and practical sessions.

One activity involved the identification of projects that could contribute to reducing emissions at their facilities. There were also presentations on the operation of the European Trading System (EU ETS), and other by the government body SEMARNAT on the monitoring plan, differences, and similarities between the ETS and the National Emissions Registry (RENE), and a final session addressing the monitoring system.

These events were organised by the Environmental Protection Management of the Federal Electricity Commission in coordination with the GIZ project SiCEM. Given the type of participants, these sessions set a precedent for collaboration between the public and private sectors of the national energy sector on the ETS. Their participation in these events shows the growing interest in contributing to the mitigation of climate change from their trenches.

These sessions took place between February and September 2021, with about 60 people present. FactorCO2 consultants, who presented various international experiences regarding the implementation of a European ETS, supported this learning network.

This learning network represents the first effort to apply the work methodology in the ETS context; it also shows how joint work between different sectors–including organisers, participants, and authorities–is of great importance for successful ETS implementation in Mexico.

 

 

 

In our everyday lives we do our food shopping taking into account one important factor: the price. But does this price really reflect what practices were used to produce that food, or how many tons of greenhouse gases were emitted? The value of food goes far beyond purely economic aspects; there are many social and environmental implications that depend directly on production practices. Unaware practices can have several negative effects on nature such as the emission of greenhouse gases or soil and aquifer contamination with agrochemicals. However, good agricultural practices can have significant positive impacts on natural, social and economic capital.

The event “The True Value of Food” was organised within the IUCN World Conservation Congress by the project Integration of Biodiversity in Agriculture in Mexico (IKI-IBA), together with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and UN Environment. This virtual panel discussed those intangible aspects of food production that have an important impact and value, and are not often taken into account. Through an interactive game about the case of a brewery, the audience was invited to evaluate the environmental and social consequences of various decisions in order to raise awareness about their value.

The event was complemented with a panel discussion with actors from both the private and public sectors of Mexico and Brazil on the integration of biodiversity in agriculture. The dialogue was quite enriching since two different perceptions regarding the management of agriculture and their positive and innovative projects or experiences were presented. The need to take advantage of these differences to cooperate between the public and private sectors was emphasised, with each individual participating from their area of ​​expertise. This event demonstrated the importance of support between different sectors to achieve a greater environmental, social and economic impact through the improvement of agricultural practices.

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The Climate Footprint Project has supported state and regional governments in Mexico to improve their efforts to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the state of Baja California, they are building an inventory of limited resources, and in the Yucatan Peninsula, they are identifying the challenges and opportunities in the development of subnational inventories of greenhouse gases.

Despite resource problems, the state of Baja California has managed to strengthen its monitoring and emission reduction capacities with the support of the Climate Footprint Project.

The state has successfully formed an intersectoral task force to begin integrated climate action planning and update its greenhouse gas inventory. In addition, it has identified the energy sector as the largest contributor to state emissions and created a partnership with the State Energy Commission, in order to obtain the necessary data to prepare for an inventory. The case study, which can be downloaded below, talks more about the challenges faced by Baja California and how building alliances within the same state has proved a positive strategy.

The Yucatan Peninsula, on the other hand, is especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. In recent years, it has experienced an increasing frequency of extreme weather events, such as tropical storms and cyclones. To face climate change, the Yucatán government has prioritised the development of climate policies that address both adaptation and mitigation actions.

Greenhouse gas inventories can be an important tool for subnational governments. However, its application depends on the political will of decision-makers to incorporate the inventory into state regulations and establish requirements for its continuous development.

With the support of the Climate Footprint Project, Yucatán has been working to identify the main sources of its emissions and update its GHG inventory. In the case study, which can be downloaded below, the state has demonstrated the importance of this work by outlining the policies it helps to support, and also offers recommendations for planning approaches and a methodology for monitoring state emissions.

 

Transportation represents one of the greatest challenges in terms of mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reducing the impact on the health of the urban population, as well as being a critical element for the population’s social well-being and quality of life.

However, Latin American countries are slow in moving towards the use of sustainable transport. That is why LAB México, an initiative proposed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with the support of the IKI Initiative, has proposed a working group to address this issue.

As a result of this working group, the presentation of the roadmap to promote sustainable transportation in Mexico was held on July 27. The document was promoted by LAB and the National Bank of Works and Services (BANOBRAS) and seeks to empower subnational governments in their mobility strategy.

This Roadmap summarises the main recommendations for a national initiative to accelerate the adoption of sustainable transportation. Three lines of action are proposed:

  1. Harmonise public policy and promoting actions to facilitate the design, development, adoption and/or identification of sustainable transportation financing alternatives.
  2. Promote technical assistance in transport that develops capacities in subnational governments to structure sustainable mobility projects, from their conceptualization, structuring and contracting to the operation and follow-up of the implemented project.
  3. Taking advantage of financial instruments that allow credit institutions to understand the opportunities and challenges of financing these projects, while being able to understand the revenue logic for debt service and mitigate the risks associated with this type of programme.

The graph shows the elements of each of the axes of this roadmap:

Hoja de ruta LACC GREEN FACILITY
Roadmap to Promote the Financing of Sustainable Transport.

Banobras will continue to lead this initiative, coordinating the activities to be developed in each proposed axis.

Do you know what a “U” Budgetary Program is? According to the classification of Budgetary Programs set out by the CONAC, the U “Other Subsidies” category are those public interventions for granting subsidies not subject to operating rules, when applicable, through agreements.

The Mexican-German Climate Change Alliance from GIZ in México, supports the SEMARNAT in designing and implementing a U Budgetary Program to funnel public resources from the Federal Expense Budget (PEF). It is identified as one of the main public instruments, substituting some of the functions developed by the Climate Change Fund (CCF) which is in the process of being phased out. The U Budgetary Program will function as a financial vehicle to transparently channel, enforce, manage, prioritize, measure, and report on the use of federal public resources annually. This is with the goal of fulfilling the mitigation and adaptation goals set out in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Said resources are federal subsidies that are assigned by the departments and entities for the population according to objectivity, equity, transparency, publicity, selectivity, and seasonality criteria (Article 74 of the Reform to the Federal Law on Budget and Treasury Responsibility, LFPRH).

To allocate subsidies to the population, the departments and entities must guarantee that the resources are channeled exclusively to the target population and ensure equitable access to all social groups. Likewise, there must be follow-up, oversight, and evaluation mechanisms for the economic and social benefits arising from the allocation and implementation.

The Alliance, committed to fostering transparent and strategic planning in setting national and sectoral targets, as well as to improving the mechanisms for public instrument use, promotes the development of the U Budgetary Program to address, efficiently and transparently, compliance with the national climate change goals and objectives.

With engagement in the states of Jalisco, Chiapas and Campeche, BioPaSOS is promoting climate action and the conservation of biodiversity. The project is implemented by CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) with support from other institutions and funding from the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

How does it work? Through Field Schools (ECAs) and workshops with specialists, BioPaSOS has established learning communities and strengthened the capacities of livestock producer families, undergraduate and postgraduate students and technical staff of local partners in each territory. Also, in each territory they are developing a research agenda on topics of interest, participating in exchange platforms on topics related to sustainable livestock production.

In the framework of climate action monitoring, BioPaSOS has organized experience exchanges between experts, sharing information that allows specific emission factors to be developed at regional and national levels. Additionally, in each of its territories of intervention, it has developed research on water and carbon footprints, GHG emissions in cattle ranches and monitoring of biodiversity in cattle landscapes.

Productores ganaderos de Chiapas estableciendo un banco forrajero en Escuela de Campo. © BioPaSOS
Chiapas livestock producers establishing a fodder bank in the Field School © BioPaSOS.

To contribute to biodiversity conservation, BioPaSOS is promoting the implementation of agrosilvopastoral and silvopastoral systems and good livestock practices. This contributes to the improvement and the diversification of livelihoods of cattle raising families. The project also aims to involve more young people and women, using citizen science as a mechanism to generate consciousness of the  importance of biodiversity conservation in these areas.

Capacitación a personal técnico de Chiapas relacionado con el sector ganadero © BioPaSOS
Training for technical personnel related to the livestock sector in Chiapas © BioPaSOS.

Other promoted actions include the development of methodologies and tools through applied research on ecological, economic and sociocultural issues in cattle ranches, as well as the implementation of actions to improve the coexistence between producers and their environment.

Paisaje ganadero de Jalisco, México ©BioPaSOS.
Jalisco livestock landscape, Mexico © BioPaSOS.

Finally, the BioPaSOS project has managed to strengthen associative capacities, providing an added value to products from family-run livestock organisations. This has allowed these families to access differentiated markets and therefore receive a higher income.

Within the framework of the Virtual Forum “Energy Transition Trends in the Face of Global Climate Change: Actions at the Subnational Level” organised by the state of Puebla’s Ministry of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Territorial Planning (SMADSOT) and the Deutsche Gesell­schaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit  (GIZ) GmbH, through the Mexican-German Energy Alliance (AE), the Webinar “Toolbox: Work Sessions with Public Policy Instruments” was developed. The event was held on August 19, 2021, with three simultaneous working tables looking at each of the three public policy tools applicable for the energy transition.

The “Socio-economic Co-benefits of Sustainable Energy” working table, developed by the project Enhancing the Coherence of Climate and Energy Policies in Mexico (CONECC), highlighted the importance of quantifying socio-economic co-benefits –such as employment– derived from the adoption of renewable energies and the impact at a subnational level. The conceptual and technical bases of the concept of co-benefits were shared, as well as the fundamentals of the International Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (I-JEDI) Model. The Ministry of Economic Development and Labour (SEFOET) also presented the results of the Yucatán government in the quantification of co-benefits. Decision-makers from different Mexican states participated in the workshop.

Relatoría gráfica sobre la mesa de diálogo “Co-beneficios socioeconómicos de la energía sustentable en el ámbito subnacional” © GIZ / Reilly Dow.
Graphic report on the dialogue table “Socio-economic Co-benefits of Sustainable Energy at a Subnational Level” © GIZ / Reilly Dow.
Relatoría gráfica sobre la mesa de diálogo “Co-beneficios socioeconómicos de la energía sustentable en el ámbito subnacional” © GIZ / Reilly Dow.
Graphic report on the dialogue table “Socio-economic Co-benefits of Sustainable Energy at a Subnational Level” © GIZ / Reilly Dow.

At the same time, a working table was held on “Distributed Generation – Community and Cooperative Energy”, led by the Support Program for the Implementation of the Energy Transition in Mexico (TrEM) and the Laboratory of Economic and Social Innovation (LAINES) from the Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla: its focus was on the development of cooperative models of sustainable energy. This working table presented the development and methodologies of dialogue and participatory construction in the training and accompaniment to sustainable energy cooperatives in five states of Mexico (Sonora, Jalisco, Mexico City, Puebla, and Quintana Roo) as mechanisms of social participation in energy issues.

Relatoría gráfica sobre la mesa de diálogo “Energía comunitaria y cooperativa” © GIZ / Carolina Mota
Relatoría gráfica sobre la mesa de diálogo “Energía comunitaria y cooperativa” © GIZ / Carolina Mota

Por último, también se llevó a cabo una mesa de trabajo sobre “Implementación de Sistemas de Gestión de la Energía a través de Redes de Aprendizaje”, también conducida por TrEM, se centró en las ventajas de establecer un sistema de gestión para propiciar el uso eficiente de la energía y la mejora del desempeño energético, que puede ser adoptado por una organización sin importar sus dimensiones. A lo largo de la sesión se conversó sobre las oportunidades y los retos en la implantación de este tipo de modelos para mejorar el desempeño energético de organizaciones y gobiernos locales.

Relatoría gráfica sobre la mesa de diálogo “Implementación de Sistemas de Gestión de la Energía a través de Redes de Aprendizaje” © GIZ / Andrea M. Medina
Graphic report on the dialogue table “Community and Cooperative Energy” © GIZ / Carolina Mota.

At the end of each session, the audience had the opportunity to talk and reflect on the content of the session, thus providing enriching feedback.

 

Since 2017, combating climate change in Mexican cities has been a priority issue for GIZ. Today, the outcome of this work is published in Lessons Learned from the Climate Protection in Mexican Urban Policy (CiClim) Project 2017-2020, which gathers experiences and shares creative solutions with other cities, the Mexican state and other actors.

The success stories presented in this document address climate change from the perspective of urban planning and sustainable mobility, as well as the integration and valuation of ecosystem services in urban planning. Below are some examples of the success stories promoted by GIZ through the CiClim project.

Foto: Intervención en zona peatonal, Hermosillo ©Colectivo Ciclista Bukis a la Calle
Photo: Intervention in the pedestrian zone, Hermosillo © Colectivo Ciclista Bukis a la Calle

In order to provide higher quality water and air as well as a decent quality of life for future generations, the economic and social value of ecosystem services has been integrated into city planning. This has allowed cities such as León and Morelia to promote and regulate the protection of natural areas and their biodiversity in the peripheries within their urban planning instruments.

In terms of prioritising actions for non-motorised mobility, in Hermosillo, the Vision Zero strategy was implemented working closely with cycling groups and the municipality. The project aims to increase road safety and promote pedestrian and cyclist mobility, thus contributing to the reduction of GHG emissions.

Elements of green infrastructure were incorporated into one of the branches of the CAFFENIO cafeteria in Hermosillo, including: a green wall, a rain garden, and an interior tree. Among the main benefits are savings of 57% in water and 40% in energy. This test project was successful thanks to the coordination between the private and public sectors and is expected to be replicated in other branches.

With this document, cities are invited to share success stories and lessons learned in order to stimulate existing potential and design resilient, inclusive and healthy cities.

As part of the Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Mexican Agricultural Sector Project (IKI-IBA), the Deutsche Gesell­schaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit  (GIZ) GmbH, together with the Ministry of Agricultural, Fishing, and Aquaculture Development (SEDAPA) and the Ministry of the Environment, Energy, and Sustainable Development (SEMAEDESO), developed a participative process with 124 stakeholders, who are involved in the state of Oaxaca’s agri-food system. Their goal was to create the Strategy for Strengthening Technical Skills for Sustainability in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors in the State of Oaxaca. The strategy was published on March 20, 2021 with the aim of providing the state’s government with a mechanism for technical skill development for sustainable biodiversity management, integrating sustainability criteria in the design and operation of agricultural projects.

As part of the strategy, the Seminar for Sustainable Use and Sustainable Biodiversity Skill Strengthening was held from August 2nd to the 19th, 2021. The seminar is made up of 6 modules that aim to strengthen the skills of academics, students, extensionists, producer organizations, and public servants in the following areas:

  1. Environmental Awareness
  2. Ecotourism Projects

III. Analysis of Local Experiences

  1. Sustainable Innovations
  2. The Productive Sector and Biodiversity
  3. Financing for Green Projects

The seminar has been enthusiastically received by the actors involved, as seen by the more than 600 participants registered in the six modules (32% academics, 31% high school and university students, 15% extensionists, 15% producers, 7% others), more than 976 views of the opening ceremony of Module 1. Environmental Awareness on the YouTube channel YouTube – Fortalecimiento Sustentable (Sustainable Strengthening), more than 960 visitors from Mexico and other countries to the website, and more than 200 direct interactions on the Mentimeter tool in the live session.

By undertaking these actions, the project helps to institutionalize these topics in more than 15 local and national institutions, integrating issues relating to the incorporation of sustainable use of biodiversity in production systems.