Environmental policy and administrative management

The project is located in the Department of La Paz, Aroma Province, Municipality of Sica Sica, and covers nine communities. The area of transition n Central highlands and valleys, is considered an area of wide plant biodiversity in native grass species and species of thorn environments located between 3, 200 and 4, 500 masl (meters above sea level). This ecosystem is threatened by high strong presi n man to turn s n massive exploitation of soil and vegetation n exerted mainly of n agricultural production systems at odds with the ecological conditions of the region n Zone. In plain areas and sartain a, large areas of shrubs and Yareta thola (780 ha/year) is n being devastated to be incorporated into the production n agr cola and then be transformed into pastures intended for extensive grazing of sheep; consequently land cover and diversity of native grasses is in a process of decline and extinction of species n. Also, the low vegetation cover of native grasslands and progressive disminuci n of shrubs, bushes and thorn forests have decreased the chances of catching natural greenhouse gases, as well as the extraction of lena n and use of manure (dung) that constitute the source energy policy of the local people. Under this framework, the project aims to contribute to the conservation of plant species n inter s local and global in native prederas and thorn forests and CO2 capture in areas of transition n interandean.

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