Implementation and Financing of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) by the Food and Agriculture Sector to reduce climate risk and environmental impacts in Latin America

Climate change and COVID-19 are disrupting Latin American agricultural systems as value chains have been upended, driving producers into unsustainable production. Through an improved enabling environment for EbA, the project will transform three million hectars of agricultural land into regenerative landscapes that benefit climate, biodiversity, productivity and producers. The project will increase knowledge of EbA agriculture and green recovery, including analyses of their barriers and successes, while also strengthening regulatory frameworks which promote EbA and eliminating disincentives. The project will develop 13 business models with climate and agricultural data and will implement at least 5 financial instruments/financial risk transfer solutions to enable EbA finance and investment. More than 7000 producers will adopt these approaches and a multi-stakeholder platform will facilitate public-private-community coordination and promote rapid scaling of adoption.

Project data

Countries
Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru
IKI funding
19,570,227.00 €
Included preparation phase
429,773.00 €
Duration
06/2022 till 05/2028
Status
open
Implementing organisation
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - International
Political Partner
  • Ministry of Environment (MINAM) - Peru
  • Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADES) - Paraguay
  • Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) - Colombia
  • The Ministry of Environment of Ecuador (MAE)*
  • Undersecretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development - Argentina
Implementing Partner
  • FONDAGUA
  • Fund for the Protection of Water (FONAG)
  • Fundación Gran Chaco (FGCH)
  • Fundación ProYungas
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH (UFZ)
  • Nestlé S.A.
  • Research Center for Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems (CIPAV) - Colombia
  • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Paraguay
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State of implementation/results

  • Future Landscapes project has impacted 1.395 producers that have begun the “Regenerative Ranching and Agriculture” (R2A)/EbA transition so far through direct implementation and participatory processes.
  • By 2025, over 7,000 people had received training through virtual and in-person learning experiences, training-of-trainers programmes and networking opportunities that integrated scientific and local knowledge. A Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) Action Plan and Safeguards have been implemented to establish gender and human rights standards within the project. This effort includes inclusive data collection and analysis, promotion of gender-transformative actions, and meaningful inclusion of young people, indigenous and local communities in strategic spaces.
  • A conceptual framework for regenerative business models has been co-developed with producers and companies. Five business models for the beef value chain have been delivered (one in Argentina, two in Paraguay and two in Colombia).
  • Argentina: Consolidation of the PAT-Chaco network, that seeks to strengthen technical assistance on a large scale to producers starting the transition. Agreement will be signed with local government to promote regenerative practices in the Monte Quemado Forest Basin. The aim is to support future interventions across 1.3 million hectares and benefiting more than 1,000 families through PPR-REDD+ fund.
  • Colombia: Eight territorial scaling nodes were created to replicate public–private coordination schemes in priority regions. Besides, progress was made in the co-design of the “Special Purpose Vehicle” to mobilise private and blended capital tailored to producers’ needs. This model is expected to support 8,500 farms and 1.2 million hectares across the Caribbean and Orinoquia regions, integrating governance, technical planning and remuneration through profits and carbon credits.
  • Ecuador: Work carried out with water funds and local governments focuses on conserving watersheds and alleviating pressure from agriculture and livestock farming. The strategy aims to improve the management of 315,000 hectares of land within the Daule, Santa Elena and Pichincha watersheds.
  • Peru: A Framework Agreement with Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation was signed to advance R2A and contribute to the agricultural sector’s NDCs. The implementation of 16 Savings and Credit Units with the Development Finance Corporation has benefited 307 producers and mobilised €300,000.
  • Paraguay: Articulation with the municipalities of Filadelfia and Boquerón to develop Municipal Production and Risk Management Plans using the EbA R2A approach. Cooperativa Campo Aceval, Municipality of Campo Aceval and Banco Nacional de Fomento have joined forces to promote financial education, banking inclusion and digitalisation for 200 producers.

Latest Update:
06/2026

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