How the Shuar of Ecuador are Responding to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
One of Ecuador’s largest Indigenous populations is combining traditional knowledge with modern technology.
| Reference to Women/Gender | |
|---|---|
| Submitted Language |
Spanish
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| Submitted Translation |
Yes
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| Type of Support |
Conditional
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| Monitoring and/or Implementation |
Monitoring
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| NDC Commitments |
Mitigation
Adaptation
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| Participatory Process for NDC Development Mentioned |
No
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Ecuador is a developing nation incorporating the values of sustainably developing, balancing nature and human development. Energy, water and forestry are the main sectors targeted in the NDC.
As precursors to the NDC, Ecuador had already created the National Plan of Good Living (Plan Nacional para el Buen Vivir) 2013-2017 that contextualizes climate change as a multi-sectorial problem at the national level that needs to be addressed through pr
Ecuador does not yet have an MRV system for adaptation related issues, but in 2013, the first manual with monitoring indicators was published, Climate Change Adaptation Capacity Building en Ecuador (to evaluate adaptation projects).
None. However, the National Plan of Good Living mentions: To manage water heritage sustainably and ensure the human right to water and to implement climate change mitigation and adaptation measures to reduce economic and environmental vulnerability with e
One of Ecuador’s largest Indigenous populations is combining traditional knowledge with modern technology.
Ecuador inició un proceso participativo con talleres para elaborar un Plan de Acción en Género y Cambio Climático.
"Sin territorio no hay buen vivir, sin territorio no hay selva viviente y, sin territorio, no hay vida."
Pueblo Siona en Puerto Asís, Putumayo, se ha convertido en territorio de disputa debido a la entrada de empresas extrativistas
Project in the Andean paramo ecosystem focuses on women-led sustainable agriculture and promotes women's decision-making
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