Water Funds: A Conservation/Climate Resilient Model for Stressed Watersheds in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The objective of this TC is to consolidate and expand the WF model throughout LAC . The four specific objectives of this TC are: (i) to improve and consolidate existing Funds; (ii) to expand the WF model to additional urban watersheds affected by water stress; (iii) to promote policy change and an enabling regulatory environment (national and/or local) to unlock public and private funding for land/water conservation activities; and (iv) to systematize the model's methodology through knowledge, capacity building and dissemination tools and platforms. With these resources, five WFs will be created/strengthened to protect upper watershed biodiversity and improve the water security of 14 million people in five major LAC cities by connecting water users in urban areas with upper watershed land stewards.