The Connecting Watershed Health with Sustainable Livestock and Agroforestry Production (CONECTA, Spanish acronym) project aims to improve integrated landscape management and promote climate-smart productive practices in selected watersheds in the states of Chiapas, Chihuahua, Jalisco and Veracruz. In 2022, in coordination with regional funds in the field and with the technical leadership of National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC, Spanish acronym), CONECTA published a call for proposals for subprojects in support of the transition to regenerative livestock and sustainable agroforestry systems, as well as proposals to strengthen sustainable value chains. In the year, 27 subprojects were selected and made progress in the creation of community brigades, the adoption of methodologies and the purchase of materials to monitor biodiversity, soils and water in the territories. Ten local technical assistance providers were selected to accompany 16 businesses of producer groups linked to sustainable production. Grant recipients attended induction workshops on environmental and social standards and gender perspective. In turn, within the framework of the project, INECC followed up on the development of the Integrated Watershed Action Plan (IWAP) of the La Antigua River, in Veracruz, and adjusted the methodology to develop the IWAPs in the other regions. The participatory local ecological management program of the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, in Jalisco, was also initiated.
