Chiapas, México: Low-emission rural development (LED-R) at a glance

• Majority rural population, over 25% indigenous
• High ecological vulnerability & natural disasters magnify impacts on rural, high-poverty areas
• 4 Investment Programs (PI) of national FCPF Carbon Fund Emissions Reduction Initiative (IRE) cover 58% of state forest area
• Target beneficiaries of programs include forest populations living in extreme poverty, indigenous peoples (IP), landowners
• Several multi-stakeholder councils advise the State Commission for Inter-Secretarial Coordination on Climate Change (CCICCCH)
• 1st Mexican state to develop its Technical Advisory Committee for REDD+ (CTC-REDD+)
• 57% of state emissions come from agricultural frontier expansion

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