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🇨🇱Chile·Flood
Restoration of urban wetlands for flood prevention in Llanquihue, Chile
In Llanquihue (Los Lagos Region), the Legado Chile Foundation, created by young professionals, faces flooding due to extreme rains by restoring degraded urban wetlands with green infrastructure that restores the soil's ability to absorb water. It transformed micro-gardens into socio-ecological parks, removed more than 900 tons of garbage, planted more than 6,000 native trees and trained the community with the Naturalist School program.
Measure
Ecosystem restoration
Territory
Valdivian temperate forests
Youth participation
The foundation was created by a team of young professionals between 27 and 28 years old. Boys, girls and young people participate through the Naturalist School program, volunteer days of reforestation with native flora, wetland cleanups and educational contests.
Agroforestry restoration for the protection of water sources in El Merendón, San Pedro Sula
In the face of drought, the Wéndeti project, of the youth organization Cipotes Honduras, promotes reforestation and environmental education in El Merendón, San Pedro Sula, a key area for water in the region. In alliance with Aguas de San Pedro, the young people planted 380 trees with the MIAF model (Milpa Interplanted with Fruit Trees), which combines forest restoration and agricultural production to protect the soil and water sources.
Measure
Ecosystem restoration
Territory
Broadleaf forest and cloud forest
Youth participation
Cipotes Honduras is a youth organization founded in 2021 by a group of friends, which today brings together more than 1,000 young university students and professionals. In Wéndeti, it raises awareness and mobilizes young volunteers who participate in reforestation and environmental education sessions.
Restoration of high Andean peatlands through rewetting in the face of variability in water availability in the El Almorzadero páramo, Colombia
In the El Almorzadero páramo (Colombia), the peatlands that regulate water are degraded by drainage and the entry of sheep and horses. Peatlands for the Future, an initiative led by young people from The Ecosystem Carbon Conservation (TECC), restores them by blocking drains to re-wet them and isolating areas; other young people support the monitoring. They have already restored 4 hectares and managed to include the peatlands in the national technical standard for water security (NTC 6766).
Measure
Ecosystem restoration
Territory
Northern Andean páramo
Youth participation
It is the first youth-led initiative in Colombia dedicated to restoring, conserving and financing peatlands, according to TECC. Its founder, David Santiago Rocha Cárdenas, promotes restoration and research; Other youth participate in soil sampling and monitoring.
Conservation and community restoration of peatlands and wetlands in the face of water scarcity in Chiloé, Chile
In Chiloé, Isla Huillín, a group of young people under 35 years of age, faces drought and water scarcity by protecting and restoring peat bogs and pomponales, key ecosystems for retaining water and habitat of the huillín, a species in danger of extinction. Through participatory monitoring with phototrapping and workshops on the water cycle, it brought together more than 15 neighborhood organizations and rural drinking water committees (APR) and delimited critical sectors for water retention.
Measure
Ecosystem restoration
Territory
Valdivian temperate forests
Youth participation
The group is made up of young people under 35 years of age, who have leadership in the management of educational content, coordination of field campaigns, dissemination on social networks and facilitation of community awareness workshops.
Ecological restoration and afforestation of native species in the face of fires in Argentina
RestaurAcción, an Eco House program launched in 2021 with youth participation, restores degraded areas and forests with native species in eight Argentine provinces, creating biodiversity corridors together with communities, municipalities, schools and companies to strengthen the resilience of ecosystems in the face of climate change. It has already planted more than 13,000 native specimens in more than 60 community restoration events, with more than 8,000 people involved.
Young people participate in community planting and restoration events and receive socio-environmental training. The program is articulated with the Eco House Network of Schools for Sustainable Development to train environmental leaders, and seeks to generate youth leadership opportunities.
Strengthening coastal capacities and resilience through mangroves in Río Lagartos, Yucatán
In Río Lagartos (Yucatán), in the face of rising sea levels and coastal vulnerability, the Raíces project (WWF Mexico and UNDP Mexico) articulates the protection and restoration of mangroves with the strengthening of community capacities. In this framework, 150 primary, secondary and high school students participated in the Environmental Challenge, designing local mangrove conservation proposals for climate resilience and receiving the Resilience Badge.
Measure
Ecosystem restoration
Territory
Tropical dry forests
Youth participation
Youth act as key agents in the community protection of mangroves within the Raíces project, promoted by WWF Mexico and UNDP Mexico. Through the Environmental Challenge in three local schools, 150 students were trained as ecological stewards and designed local adaptation and resilience initiatives.
Community mangrove restoration with a gender perspective in Yucatán, Mexico
In Chelem, Progreso (Yucatán), in the face of rising sea levels and coastal erosion, the intergenerational community brigade "Las Chelemeras" implements ecological restoration of mangroves with leadership of young women. Through manual opening of hydrological channels, clearing and reforestation of black mangrove, they recovered more than 50 hectares of ecosystem that function as a natural coastal protection barrier for the fishing community.
Measure
Ecosystem restoration
Territory
Tropical dry forests
Youth participation
The intergenerational women's brigade has young leadership: Leslie Daniela Ruiz Hernández received the 2024 Youth Merit Award for this project. The youngest members take on the heavier manual tasks, such as opening channels and removing sediment.
