The Gran Chaco Pathways Towards a Sustainable Future 2025

Annex Summary of laws, plans and projects governing climate action in Gran Chaco countries TABLE A1 National strategies for management of forest resources in Gran Chaco TABLE A2Instrument Argentina Bolivia Paraguay United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Law 24.295/1994 Law 1576/1995 Law 251/1993 Kyoto Protocol Law 24.438/2001 Law 1988/1999 Law 1447/1999 Paris Agreement Law 27.270/2016 Law 835/2016 Law 5681/2016 National laws Law 27.520/2019 on Minimum Standards for Adaptation and Mitigation to Global Climate Change Law 300/2012 - Framework Law of Mother Earth and Integral Development for Living Well Law 5875/2017 on National Climate Change National plans and strategiesNational Action Plan for Forests and Climate Change (National REDD+ Strategy), National Agro and Climate Action Plan, National Mitigation Plan, National Adaptation PlanNational Strategy on Forest and Climate ChangeNational Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change, National Adaptation and Mitigation Plans for Climate Change Green climate fund projectsResults-based payment project approved in 2020 for $82 millionResults-based payment project approved in 2020 for $50 million Source: Castro Arze et al., 2021.111 ThemeInternational initiativesNational initiatives Argentina Bolivia Paraguay Forest monitoring systems and deforestation alert systemsEarly warning system for deforestation (SAT) monitors native forest loss for rapid response to illegal deforestationIdentification and monitoring system (SIS-D) uses satellite images to track deforestation at high resolutionSatellite-based deforestation monitoring system involving the Ministry of Environment and National Forest Institute, essential for control and environmental licencing Restoration of degraded forestsEcosystem restoration initiative (UNEP-FAO)National Plan for Native Forest RestorationNGO and academic collaboration on forest restoration, including rehabilitation under the Forest LawRestoration pilot studies with the Natural Environment Directorate, focusing on degraded areas in the Chaco Silvo-pastoral managementNational Forest Management Plan with Integrated LivestockABT 002/2019 regulation establishes standards for silvo- pastoral management; promoted specifically in the Gran Chaco Law No. 1561 establishes environmental assessment norms, emphasizing silvo- pastoral management in the Gran Chaco Community forest useGEF (Global Environment Fund) project for sustainable transboundary forest management in the Gran Chaco; Euroclima project for sustainable forest managementNative forests and community project focuses on sustainable community engagement in Chaco regions Law 338 regulates sustainable family agriculture activities involving Indigenous and campesino communitiesNational Forest Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Development 2030 (ENBCS) aligns with the National Development Plan The Gran Chaco: Pathways Towards a Sustainable Future 50