Sound Ecosystem Management in support of human-based adaptation

SCAPES in San Ignacio Province, Perú

To maintain the resilience of the ECR’s mountain and

lowland forest ecosystems and their biodiversity values to climate change.

The methodological approach combines activities on the ground as well as policy and institutional strengthening activities.

Project Goal:

Policywork at

district & provincial units

Natural processes cross-cut

administrative boundaries

SCAPES

Pressing needs in the eye of policy-makers

Socioeconomic Indicators

Population 131 000

Without Access to water

29%

Without Access to sanitation

32%

Without access to electricity

72%

Malnutrition 47%

28% of coffee national production

Cacao is turning important in the lowLand areas.

Impact on livelihoods requires conservation and adaptation strategies

Threats

Impacts

Strategies

Conservation +Adaptation

Working together: Different approaches

Ecosystem based approach

LANDSCAPES

Community based approach

PEOPLE

Working together: vulnerability assessment

Macro System (Colombia, Ecuador, Perú) Sensitivity criteria

Biodiversity Species Species ensemble

Ecosystems Life zones distribution

hydrology Hydro resources Run off

Adaptive Capacity

Soceioeconomic index+ infraestructure index+ environmental index

Downscaling: Landscape analysis – impact of increased temperatures on suitabilityof coffee and cacao

Large scale: The Eastern Cordillera Real

Working together: Livelihood analysis

Micro system (Perú, San Ignacio Province)

Sensitivity criteria

livelihoods Impacts in agriculture, coffee and cacao, income, costs

Local capacity Changes in local policies, local knowledge

Disaster rist Landslides, floods, droughts

Underlying causes of vulnerability

Gender, marginalization analysis

Community level (4 sites)

District level (2 districts)

Province level (San Ignacio )

Regional level (Cajamarca)

National level (Peru)

CVCA

Bottom Up & Top-Down

Underlying causes of vulnerability

Includes an assessment on:

• Gender differentiated impact• Traditional knowledge evidence• Marginalization

Ecosystems & People approach

Conservation: WWF in Peru Development: CARE in PeruWorking with people is

recognized as a vital means to a biodiversity-centered end.

Working with the environment is recognized as a vital means to a

people-centered end.

Climate change affects both, ecosystems and its services as well as livelihoods.

It is the coincidence point that could make people-centered and ecosystem-centered approaches work together complementarily, considering that people in the field

recognize the importance of ecosystems for their livelihoods, especially when they significantly depend on natural resources and services provided by them.