Sustainable Land Management Project

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The objective of the Sustainable Land Management Project for Chile is to develop a national framework for sustainable land management to combat land degradation, mainstream biodiversity into national policies, and protect forest carbon assets. The project has 5 components. (1) National sustainable land management (SLM) framework component will: (a) carry out of an assessment of the potential of the member country's existing agriculture, forestry, ranching and conservation programs to be part of the SLM framework; and (b) develop recommendations to update said programs in order to become part of the SLM framework and the identify the gaps between said existing programs and the requirements of the National SLM Framework and development of proposals to cover those gaps. (2) SLM pilot projects component will develop a strategic plan for each strategic pilot area, carry out the demonstration and capacity building activities, and technical assistance. (3) SLM monitoring and evaluation system component will: (i) carry out of studies to identify the users' needs and technology requirements; (ii) provide the required hardware and software; (iii) provide the technical assistance for SLM data management; and (iv) develop the operational manuals. (4) Institutional capacity building component includes: development of inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms to support the SLM Framework; carrying out of capacity building activities to improve SLM; design and implementation of outreach activities and strategies to disseminate SLM informationp; development and implementation of a university-level course on SLM; and development and carrying out of an international seminar on SLM. (5) Project management component will provide the support for project management through provisioning training, workshops, and audits.