Research for Inclusive Green Development

  • The operational adaptations that CATIE had to carry out in its activities in the region, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are likely to become permanent changes in the way it works from now on. In 2020, ...

  • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are a diverse group of practices, knowledge, and tools related to the consumption and transmission of information. They were developed from the disrupt...

  • In 2020, the Climate Action Unit used unmanned aircraft and cloud processing to generate 3D images and submeter digital elevation models for the development of ecological assessments, the detection an...

  • Through the blue carbon work package, CATIE worked together with the Costa Rican Climate Change Directorate to include goals for the restoration, conservation, and sustainable management of mangroves ...

  • CATIE’s Inclusive Green Development approach promotes the actions necessary to ensure intergenerational equity, the real participation of various groups in society, as well as the maintenance of the c...

  • The Climate Action Unit successfully developed several projects in numerous Latin American and Caribbean countries, with funding from various sources. In urban and peri-urban areas, the Digital Atlas ...

  • In each territory where actions were carried out, the BioPaSOS sustainable livestock project managed to establish and consolidate a learning platform, a research agenda, and joint work with the Minist...

  • Under a strategic research approach, the PROCAGICA project (IICA-CATIE-EU) continued with important contributions to the agroforestry coffee growing in the region. It contributed to the strengthening ...

  • In 2020, CATIE carried out various actions to support, from the perspective of environmental economics, initiatives focused on low-emission development, addressing the challenges derived from climate ...

  • The processes of the hydrological cycle represented the main research topic, particularly regarding the relationship of silvopastoral practices, or sustainable livestock farming, with the infiltration...

  • CATIE collaborated with the CGIAR international agricultural research consultative group within the framework of its Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry (FTA) research program. In the priority on the res...

  • The Environment for Development Unit (EfD), with international and national partners, completed several research and development initiatives that generated evidence for decision-making. Through these,...

  • The AGRO-INNOVA (IICA-CATIE) project is part of the DeSira Program of the European Union, whose general objective is to contribute to improving climate resilience and food security in highly vulnerabl...