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Guatemala country actions for the project Accelerating the Global Transition to Sustainable Agriculture
Contributing IUCN constituents:International Union for Conservation of Nature
Project Details
| Name | Guatemala country actions for the project Accelerating the Global Transition to Sustainable Agriculture |
| Description | The analysis area was in Chimaltenango, Sololá, and Quiché, in the municipalities of Zaragoza, San Andrés Iztapa Chimaltenango and San Juan Comalapa. The territory comprises 47.45 square kilometers within three micro watersheds Balanyá, Pixcayá-Pampumay and Quiejel. A stratified random sample was employed to select farms for the study, specifically targeting those implementing Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) practices. The selection process utilized the R package rsamplac {sampler} (Lohr, 1991, equation 2.17). The methodology consists of species collection from the Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera orders conducted, especially if they were observed using the vegetation present in the plot as a habitat or food resource. Taxonomic information about insect specimens and their interactions with plants was analysed. An abundance matrix per species per farm was created, which was used to calculate diversity metrics (richness "S," estimated richness "Chao1," total abundance "N," Shannon diversity "H'," and Pielou evenness "J”). Brief results - 254 specimens from the orders Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera. Preliminary identification identified 79 morphospecies from 25 different taxonomic families. Additionally, 232 records of plant-insect interactions were obtained, involving at least 59 different plant species (review the draft). |
| Contributing IUCN Constituent | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| Start Date | 1/3/2023 |
| End Date | 1/5/2024 |
| Conservation Actions | 2.3 Habitat & Natural Process Restoration |
| Needed annual budget | $177,673.00 |
| Total annual budget | $177,673.00 |
| Staff | ♀ 1 | ♂ - |
| Beneficiaries | ♀ 7 | ♂ 20 |
Draft Study case- bases for monitoring biodiversity at the farm level .pdfSTAR Cuencas IKEA-0_PxPmy.pdfSTAR Cuencas IKEA-Quiejel.pdfSTAR Cuencas IKEA-Balanyá.pdf
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
Absolute value (STAR)
36.4
0.2% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of Guatemala is covered by this project.
16,426.6
3% of The Americas's biodiversity conservation potential is from Guatemala.
543,527.6
45.4% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from The Americas.
This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.
% Contribution of threats to species extinction
2.28%
6.1 Recreational activities
4.79%
8.1 Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
6.81%
7.1 Fire & fire suppression
7.11%
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.22%
1.1 Housing & urban areas
14.25%
2.3 Livestock farming & ranching
15.47%
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
37.44%
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
Threat type