Land-Based Mitigation Technologies for Venezuela
As part of the LANDMARC deliverable “D2.1: National Narratives” the Venezuela team has been refining the technology focus of the case study.
Venezuela is a large and low densely populated country with great biodiversity and endemic species, ranking among the highest in terms of species of plants and animals, and most of its surface is covered by forests. There are indigenous communities in Venezuela who still maintain their traditional land management techniques, which represents a very interesting field of study. Like most countries in the Amazonian, Venezuela struggles with deforestation, mainly because of selective wood harvesting, wood harvesting for fuel and fires.
Fire management: scientific evidence reveals that Indigenous land-use practices, such as fire management, have a fundamental role in controlling deforestation, reducing the occurrence of catastrophic wildfire events, decreasing CO2 emission, and enhancing biodiversity in forested areas.
Forest management: Implementation of new forest management techniques in the Imataca Forest Reserve.
Agroforestry: Applying agroforestry systems (such as Taungya) by the DANAC foundation. Also, agroforestry systems are going to be applied in semi-arid lands mixing traditional crops with innovative crops and native tree species.
Reforestation: The reforestation of deforested areas will potentially increase carbon sequestration and restore lost biodiversity.
