International 
Transforming Evidence into Change: a Holistic Approach to Governance for EbA - GO4EbA
As of: October 2021
The project promotes the greater use and establishment of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) measures in the Mesoamerican region with the aim to integrate the EbA-approach in the social, economic, and environmental policies of the countries involved, as well as in their decision-making processes and governance structures. Drawing on existing EbA initiatives and new EbA pilot projects in the region, the project collects and presents information on the advantages associated with EbA in terms. To these efforts it develops instruments such as databases and monitoring and evaluation systems, including the appropriate criteria and indicators. A regional ‘EbA hub’ supports the dissemination and application of the existing knowledge.
Predecessor project(s)
State of implementation/results
- Inventory of Climate Change projects in Mesomarica was completed in 2015
- The database gathering over 100 EbA-related cases has been moved to an IUCN online platform with public access. First presentation of results during the Climate Change Congress in Tuxtla, Mexico in October 2016
- The Food Security Methodology was developed and is being applied in six pilot sites
- EbA-measures are implemented at six demonstration sites (Sixaola (Costa Rica-Panama), Paz River (El Salvador), Goascorán (Honduras-El Salvador), Coatán (Guatemala), Cahoacán (Chiapas, Mexiko), Sumpul (Honduras - El Salvador).
- Around 400 people were involved in EbA capacity building activities
- Project partners participated presenting the project results and sharing experiences during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii
Further Links
- Webinar: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation and Human Well-Being in Mesoamerica
- Promotion of agrobiodiversity and restoration of riverbanks in the binational basin of the Sixaola river
- Strengthening Community Leadership for Mangrove Restoration and Food Security of the Paz River, El Salvador
- Governance for adaptation in Chiapas - Mexico
- Improving water security and water governance of indigenous communities in Guatemala
- Strengthen governance for ecosystem-based adaptation in the shared sub-basin of the Sumpul River (El Salvador-Honduras)
Project data
- Country:
- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama
- Implementing organisation:
- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) - Germany
- Political partner(s):
- Central American Integration System (SICA) - Tri-National Commission of the Trinifio Plan
- Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) - Costa Rica
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) - El Salvador
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) - Guatemala
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) - Mexico
- Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment - Honduras
- National Environmental Authority (Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente) - Panama
- Sixaola River Basin Bi-national Commission
- Implementing partner(s):
- Central American Integration System (SICA) - Tri-National Commission of the Trinifio Plan
- Fundación Vida - Honduras
- Salvadorian Ecological Unit (UNES)
- BMU grant:
- 5.685.799,94 €
- Duration:
- 11/2014 till 10/2019
- Website(s):
