![Contribution to forest conservation in Ecuador Contribution to forest conservation in Ecuador](/media/3618/caf-bosques-ecuador.gif)
Contribution to forest conservation in Ecuador
Present at the signing were Hermann Krützfeldt, CAF director-representative; Mauricio Velásquez, CAF environment executive; and Manuel Iván Morales, executive director of Ecolex.
Hermann Krützfeldt spoke of the need to work - in the framework of the CAF environmental agenda - on conserving the country’s forest area of approximately 6.5 million hectares. The area has extremely high biodiversity but also a high percentage of problems due to lack of land title documents. Solving these problems would be an important step toward reducing the rate of deforestation and environmental degradation.
Manuel Morales of Ecolex said the cooperation would help foster from civil society an institutional and citizen understanding of the importance of land ownership and forest conservation. The Project will develop a proposal with valuable inputs for defining public policies which create incentives for rural and marginal sectors to conserve the land and guarantee its sustainability.
This operation is part of the BioCAF program which supports efforts oriented to conservation of ecosystems which host a high level of biological diversity.
Corporation Ecolex is a non-profit organization, which in over ten years of existence, has generated proposals for legislation, ordinances and specific regulations for various problems including land ownership in areas of high biodiversity in Ecuador.
CAF's more recent content
![CAF, JICA and Sicredi join forces to support women and rural producer CAF, JICA and Sicredi join forces to support women and rural producer](/media/4669796/foto_sicredi_divulgação_310724.jpg)
CAF, JICA and Sicredi join forces to support women and rural producer
The amount represents the largest international facility ever undertaken by Sicredi, with the involvement of four internationally renowned entities: Banco Finantia, BNP Paribas, Eco.business Fund, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). The funds raised can also be used in regions with a Human Development Index below the national average.![CAF-FAO: Digitization project for agribusiness with repository launch CAF-FAO: Digitization project for agribusiness with repository launch](/media/4669830/caf-fao.png)
CAF-FAO: Digitization project for agribusiness with repository launch
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-, the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries and the Tobago House of Assembly celebrated the successful completion of the “Digitization and Innovation for the Competitiveness and Sustainability of the Agribusiness Sector in Trinidad and Tobago” project. The closing ceremony, that took place on the 29th of July, marked a significant milestone in the country's efforts to modernize and enhance the agricultural sector.![CAF recognizes Panama's water potential in the face of climate change CAF recognizes Panama's water potential in the face of climate change](/media/4669780/2_cuencas_hidro_caf_.jpg)