Ecuadoran water fund transforms consumers into conservationists
by Dimitri Selibas on 4 May 2021
The Regional Water Fund of Southern Ecuador (FORAGUA) operates in 14 municipalities, serving 500,000 residents, and has restored 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of land and put an additional 337,000 hectares (833,000 acres) under conservation.
By 2030, the fund aims to work in 39 municipalities, serving 1 million people and conserving 600,000 hectares (1.48 million acres) of land.
A pilot project to incentivize landowners to rewild their properties and take up alternative livelihoods shows that where landowners could earn 50 times more per hectare cultivating guanabana, a local fruit, than raising cattle.
Municipal residents pay on average $1 per month to FORAGUA for their water consumption, with 90% of funds raised going to conservation projects.
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The Ministry of Agriculture takes measures to prevent crops in Ecuador from being contaminated with the Fusarium Raza 4 Tropical disease, which comes from Peru. To this end, the entity activated two new Barrier and Control Blocks (BBC) in Loja.
The controls to avoid the intrusion of the plague in Ecuador are carried out on the roads, seaports and airports.
These will serve for disinfection and inspection of products of plant origin. These barriers are located in the control of Saucillo and on the bridge over the river Puyango, in the province of Lojana.
As indicated by the Ministry, these BBCs are added to the biosecurity rings and epidemiological fences to keep the disease in a state of exclusion from Ecuadorian plantations.