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Climate Change Adaptation Resilience Project in the Sierra San Pedro Martir By Aurora Torres and Mariana Espinosa About the Resilience Project
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he project “Strengthening the effectiveness of management and the resilience of natural protected areas to protect biodiversity threatened by climate change�, also known as the Resilience Project, was implemented in 17 Natural Protected Areas of Mexico, including the Sierra de San Pedro Martir National Park. The goal is to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change on biodiversity and human communities by strengthening the effective management of Natural Protected Areas. This project is implemented by the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
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During 2019 and 2020, Terra Peninsular implemented different adaptation measures to climate change within the Sierra de San Pedro Martir National Park and its area of influence to conserve and protect forest soils, maintain a healthy fire regime and ecosystem restoration, and contribute to the long-term carbon dioxide capture in forest biomass. These actions were combined with training to forest brigade members and park rangers on fire management, conservation and soil protection, reforestation, forest nursery management, and germplasm collection.
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