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OAS/DSD wins the 2008 Global Development Marketplace Grant
The Department of
Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States in
partnership with the Paraguayan Environmental Law and Economics
Institute (IDEA) received the crystal award in the 2008 Global
Development Marketplace: Sustainable Agriculture for Development.
‘The Development
Marketplace is a competitive grant program that identifies and funds
innovative, early stage development projects with high potential for
development impact and replication.’
The 100 finalists
participating in this year’s competition were chosen from 1,800
applications. A jury comprised of development professionals and
other experts selected 22 projects to receive the award. The project
submitted by OAS/DSD and IDEA, “Payment for Ecosystem Services and
Sustainable Agriculture,” was one of the 22 winners who will receive
grants of up to US$200,000.
The objective of
the project is to improve the socio-economic well being of 500
households and protect and improve the ecosystem service capacity by
implementing a menu of agro-forestry practices combined with a
scheme of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). The project will
target three pilot sites located in the Department of San Pedro,
which includes a portion of the Bosque Atlántico del Alto Parana (BAAP)
along with other sensitive ecosystems.
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Payment for Ecological Services
To respond
to trade-related capacity building development needs in the
area of environmental management, the DSD is working towards
improving market-based approaches to the conservation of
biological diversity, through the support of Payment for
Ecological Service Payments (PES).
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