Hosts for Peace: Schools of Gastronomy, Tourism and Hospitality
The project contributes to the livelihoods improvement of disadvantaged, displaced and demobilized young people and small holder farmers ...
This project is placed in a vision towards the future of sustainable forests in the Choco region in which ecosystems are functioning and contributing to diverse type of environmental services including climate stability from reductions in deforestation. The vision includes local communities benefiting from their natural resources, strengthening their economic base through incomes from carbon finance mechanisms for avoided deforestation initiatives (REDD+ type of project), and options to access low carbon economies including energy efficiency alternatives.
ICCO has been supporting Climate and Forests initiatives in the Department of Choco in Colombia as part of a strategy to consolidate land rights and access and control of natural resources.
Fondo Patrimonio Natural is a current partner of ICCO and COCOMOPOCA was a partner in the previous MFSII cycle.