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Colombia
1
1
1
0
0
1
Peru
1
0
1
0
0
1
Ecuador
1
1
1
0
0
1
Bolivia
1
1
0
0
0
0
Risk management policy matrix
Sector
Funding
Adaptation targets
Multisectoral articulation
Implementation tools
Mountain adaptation
Adaptation programmes
0: Absence; 1: Presence.
Andean forest policies analyses
Bolivia
’s Joint Mechanism of Mitigation and
Adaptation of Integral and Sustainable Management
of the Forest andMother Earth includes forests as one
of its goals (Pacheco Balanza, 2014). The document
does not, however, present specific strategies for
Andean forests. There is an opportunity to work
with the government, international organizations,
civil society and local populations to formulate
programmes for Andean forests in Bolivia.
Both
Ecuador
and
Peru
focus their strategies for
their Andean forest (and forests in general) on
climate change mitigation (e.g. reduced emissions
from reduced deforestation through the REDD+
initiative) rather than on adaptation.
Colombian
Andean forests are within the legal
framework that protects flora (laws 299, 464 and
599). International agreements for timber use,
including penalties for illegal use of non-timber
forest products, also apply. In 2010, resolution 383
listed the threatened wild species, including tress,
across the country (Garavito et al., 2012).
Andean forests are part of the Páramo Programme
for the restoration and sustainable management of
the Colombian high mountain ecosystems. One of
the programme’s objectives was to expand research
on climate change in mountain ecosystems in order
to understand the ecosystem goods and services
provided; the structure and function of forest
ecosystems; ecological restoration; and vulnerability
to climate change. In addition to research, the
programme also included goals and activities
for conservation, mitigation, and adaptation of
páramos to climate change (Ministerio de Medio
Ambiente, 2002).
Colombia
1
1
1
0
0
1
Peru
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ecuador
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bolivia
0
0
0
0
0
0
Andean forest policy matrix
Sector
Funding
Adaptation targets
Multisectoral articulation
Implementation tools
Mountain adaptation
Adaptation programmes
0: Absence; 1: Presence.
Cloudforest vegetation and stream, Ecuador