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Natural Values and Services and Poverty Alleviation in the Sierra Gorda

Natural Values and Services and Poverty Alleviation in the Sierra Gorda. December 2007. Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Qro, México. Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve. The most ecodiverse protected area in Mexico. Riparian forest. Cloud forest. Xerophyllous brush.

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Natural Values and Services and Poverty Alleviation in the Sierra Gorda

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  1. Natural Values and Services and PovertyAlleviation in the Sierra Gorda December 2007.

  2. Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Qro, México

  3. Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve

  4. Themostecodiverseprotectedarea in Mexico Riparian forest Cloud forest Xerophyllous brush Tropical deciduous forest Oak forest Conifer forest

  5. Strategic partnerships Forest Trends National and International Local Fundación William Wharton Trust. Municipalities: County governments: Jalpan de Serra, Qro. Pinal de Amoles, Qro. Landa de Matamoros, Qro. Arroyo Seco, Qro. Peñamiller, Qro. Xilitla, S.L.P. Aquismón, S.L.P. SEDESU

  6. Sustainable Investment

  7. Measuring Runoff and Sediment Content

  8. Soil Erosion Monitoring Station In anOakForest

  9. Runoff Coefficient for an area Without Vegetation and Pine Forest in Pinal de Amoles, Querétaro Without Vegetation Pine forest Runoff Coefficient is the percentage of rainfall that appears as runoff

  10. Relative Amount of Soil Loss for Areas without Vegetation compared to Pine and Oak Forests Without vegetation Pine Bars display weight of sediment (kilos) in every 100 m3 of runoff Without vegetación

  11. BiodiversityMonitoringJaguar Habitat Use

  12. CarbonSequestrationPlots and WeighingBiomass

  13. Results of Carbon Inventory

  14. Total Value (US Dollars) of Ecosystem Services per Vegetation Type

  15. Environmental Services and Lands Purchased for Conservation

  16. Bosque Sustentable as an Aggregator Landowners are unlikely to connect to market without the assistance Technical services Of Bosque Sustentable Land owners BosqueSustentable A.C. Ecosystem Products MARKET Barriers: • Small size of projects • Multiple projects • Land owners’ la ck of commercial ability • Creditability for 30 - year contracts

  17. Environmental Services Products

  18. Total # people receiving training, 2006 ~ 44,807 % of population people trained, 2006 ~ 49% of the population # people “taking desired actions,” 2006 ~ 31,460 Program success rate, 2006 (people taking desired actions/ people trained) ~ 70% # Job shifts (8 hr day) created, 2006 ~ 54,177 (equiv. to approximately 193 full time jobs) Results Environmental Education SROI relative to desired state

  19. Results Environmental Return on Investment • Recyclingprogram(glass, plastic and cardboard): • Reducedgreenhouse gas emissionsviarecyclingprocesses: • 1,215.3 tons of CO2 e (worth $18,229 @ $15 / ton) • 53.2 tonsof methane • 9.3 tonsof sulfur and nitrogen oxides • Savedtrees • 4828 treessparedbyrecyclingcardboard whichsequestertheequivalent of 89.5 tonsof CO2 e • Solar ovens: > 600 solar ovens, eachsavingfamilies 2.6 kg firewood / day  thusavoidingtheemission of 113.8 tonsCO2 e

  20. Sierra Gorda Social Return on Investment Analysis

  21. Sierra Gorda Social Return on Investment Analysis

  22. The Financial Strategy Investment Bank Organization Technical, Financial, Legal, Commercial TAKG / Agribusiness & Securities S.A. ORIGINATOR Bosque Sustentable A.C In the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve PORTFOLIO Ecosystem Services Trust Fund Local and International Stock Exchange Social and Environmental Direct Private Investment Stocks and Commodities Exchange Units of Planetary Health Public Private Local International Donors Internal Cooperation II. Public or Private Share Offering of Ecosystem Services through the Stock Market

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