{"id":39417,"date":"2025-12-15T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/?p=39417"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:28:02","slug":"belice-guatemala-y-honduras-impulsan-una-agenda-regional-para-fortalecer-la-resiliencia-climatica-y-la-restauracion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/2025\/12\/15\/belice-guatemala-y-honduras-impulsan-una-agenda-regional-para-fortalecer-la-resiliencia-climatica-y-la-restauracion\/","title":{"rendered":"Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras promote a regional agenda to strengthen climate resilience and restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Over three days of collaborative work, the delegations shared progress, aligned national roadmaps, and deepened their understanding of the key role of restoration for adaptation in strengthening risk management and sustainable development.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>The REFORES Project \u2013 Forest Restoration for Climate Resilience successfully held its 2025 Regional Meeting on December 2, 3, and 4, bringing together at the CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) headquarters in Turrialba, Costa Rica, focal points and representatives from government, local organizations, and partner communities, along with national technical teams from Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, as well as specialists from CATIE and the World Resources Institute (WRI).<\/p><p>Over three days of technical exchange and strategic dialogue, the delegations shared national progress and work pathways, while strengthening knowledge on the central role that restoration for adaptation plays in risk management and sustainable development.<\/p><p>The importance of validating advocacy briefs related to a set of policy priorities relevant to the participating countries was also highlighted, as well as the implementation of Community-Based Early Warning Systems (CB-EWS) and national platforms and local multi-stakeholder networks as key mechanisms to facilitate capacity-building processes and decision-making oriented toward restoration, climate risk management, and territorial resilience.<\/p><p>REFORES is a regional initiative implemented in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, aimed at strengthening the climate resilience of the territories of the Gulf of Honduras through the implementation of Nature-based Solutions. The project promotes forest landscape restoration, the strengthening of institutional and community capacities, and regional coordination to improve climate risk management, contributing to more sustainable livelihoods and adaptation to extreme climate events.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" data-id=\"39420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" data-id=\"39421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica3.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica3-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica3-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure><p><\/p><p><strong>Regional coordination<\/strong><\/p><p>The meeting enabled the identification and alignment of regional priorities, as well as areas of collaboration, and the agreement on a preliminary roadmap to guide joint efforts in the coming years. This roadmap focuses on strengthening institutional and community capacities, promoting restoration interventions with a resilience-based approach, and consolidating coordination mechanisms among countries to improve climate risk management.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39422\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499159478601152;width:551px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica7.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica7-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica7-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p><a>\u201c<em>\u201cAmong the most relevant outcomes is the integration of a Resilience Framework that will facilitate decision-making by incorporating adaptation, risk reduction, governance, and sustainability approaches. The meeting also enabled a valuable technical exchange among countries on restoration strategies and the strengthening of restoration networks,<\/em>\u201d said Andrea Zamora, Adaptation Specialist at CATIE. <\/a><\/p><p>Through the dialogue, critical capacities needed to strengthen institutions, local organizations, and community actors were identified, along with a set of regional enabling actions linked to inter-institutional coordination, knowledge management, climate finance, and inclusive participation with cultural relevance.<\/p><p><strong>Joint agenda<\/strong><\/p><p>As a central outcome of the meeting, progress was also made in the initial formulation of the 2026 Regional Capacity-Building Plan, which will mainstream gender, inclusion, and cultural relevance approaches.<\/p><p>The delegations from Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras emphasized that while the region faces shared challenges\u2014such as the increase in extreme climate events, loss of forest cover, and the vulnerability of rural communities\u2014there are also significant opportunities and platforms to promote joint actions that generate lasting impacts and consolidate more resilient territories in the Gulf of Honduras region.<\/p><p>The REFORES Project is implemented by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and executed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), with financing from the Adaptation Fund (AF).<\/p><p>This alliance reaffirms the commitment to support countries in the design and implementation of interventions based on Nature-based Solutions, as well as in strengthening capacities to move toward a more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive future in the region.<\/p><p><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" data-id=\"39425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica4.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica4-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica4-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" data-id=\"39424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica5.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica5-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica5-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" data-id=\"39423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica6.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica6-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/resiliencia-climatica6-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p><p><br><br><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><p><strong>Drafting and further information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Andrea Zamora<br>Climate Action Unit<br><a href=\"mailto:azamora@catie.ac.cr\">azamora@catie.ac.cr<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Estuardo Gir\u00f3n<br><a href=\"mailto:egiron@catie.ac.cr\">egiron@catie.ac.cr<\/a><br><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><p><strong>Editing:<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<p>Esteban Rodr\u00edguez Zamora<br>Communicator<br>Information Technology and Communication<br>CATIE<br><a href=\"mailto:esteban.rodriguez@catie.ac.cr\">esteban.rodriguez@catie.ac.cr<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El proyecto REFORES \u2013 Restauraci\u00f3n forestal para la resiliencia clim\u00e1tica realiz\u00f3 con \u00e9xito su Encuentro Regional 2025, el pasado 2,3 y 4 de diciembre, reuniendo en la sede del CATIE (Centro Agron\u00f3mico Tropical de Investigaci\u00f3n y Ense\u00f1anza), en Turrialba, Costa &hellip; 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