FOREIGN INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT FORESTRY AS A MEANS OF INCREASING RESILIENCY: A CASE STUDY APPROACH IN MEXICO
LAUREN COOPER, EMILY HUFF
Community resilience measures the sustained ability of a community to utilize available resources while responding to stress, as well as withstanding and recovering from adverse situations. It takes into account social vulnerability, environmental hazards, and economic conditions. As climate change inserts increased risk and unpredictability into management and planning, resilience considerations become more crucial. With a focus on the country of Mexico, this work explores international investments in the forestry sector as a tool to increase resilience. Mexico has 138 million hectares of forest and a history of deforestation and degradation. This research uses interviews, surveys, and existing data to explore the impact on increasing community resiliency through the World Bank’s Forest Investment Program, which aids both rural development and reduced deforestation and degradation in rural and indigenous Mexican communities.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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