This solution was implemented in Ecuador with the main goal of reducing the vulnerability and food insecurity of communities and ecosystems related to the adverse effects of climate change in the most vulnerable communities within the Province of Pichincha and the Jubones river basin.
The FORECCSA project, as it was also known, emerged as a response by the Ministry of Environment and the World Food Program to the high levels of poverty, food insecurity and climate vulnerability affecting the intervention areas, which, coupled with a lack of awareness and inadequate infrastructure, posed numerous threats to local populations. The project consisted of two main components that supported its overall objective:
Component 1: Develop awareness and knowledge capacity at the community level on climate change and food insecurity related risks
Component 2: Increase adaptive capacity and reduce recurrent risks of climate variability at the community level
Numerous measures were proposed in the 240 communities involved, ranging from infrastructure construction, policy development, natural resource conservation activities, and more. These were considered in terms of three key transversal focuses: climate change, food security and gender equity, and implemented from community-based and ecosystem-based approaches.