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Día de la Mujer Indígena

Indigenous women of the Gran Chaco: driving development from the monte

In Argentina, Wichí, Qom, Qomle’ec and Pilagá women are leading initiatives that combine ancestral knowledge, forest conservation and innovation. Handicrafts, livestock farming, carob, rural tourism and agroforestry systems form part of economies linked to the land, food sovereignty and community development. At the same time, their leadership extends beyond the borders of their territories to

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Paisajes Futuros - Plan de Formación

Community-Based Training for Transformation

The Future Landscapes Project promotes an innovative training methodology in which producers, technical teams, and local leaders co-design the content, which they then replicate in their communities, strengthening local capacities based on the productive and cultural realities of the Gran Chaco. As part of the Future Landscapes Project, the Gran Chaco Foundation and The Nature

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Paisajes Futuros - Apicultura

Future Landscapes: Producing and Regenerating from the Gran Chaco

With 10 demonstration sites currently in operation, training programmes and an innovative monitoring system, the Gran Chaco Foundation is driving a pioneering initiative that combines regenerative production, community empowerment and the generation of evidence for climate adaptation. The Argentine Gran Chaco is one of the largest and most biodiverse regions in South America, but also

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London Climate Action Week

Women as a driving force in carbon markets

Fabiana Menna took part in the international panel discussion ‘There is no integrity without inclusion: gender and the future of carbon markets’, where she highlighted the role of women as key social infrastructure for the sustainability of climate projects. As part of London Climate Action Week 2026, Fabiana Menna, Executive Director of the Gran Chaco

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Bonn: From the local level to global climate policy

At the United Nations’ main technical meeting on climate change, the Gran Chaco Foundation presented an adaptation initiative developed in the Chaco region, thereby consolidating the region’s contribution to the development of international tools to tackle climate change. Solutions to climate change require the integration of evidence generated at the local level. With this approach

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RITA - Región del Gran Chaco

RITA: the Gran Chaco, a strategic investment region

Fabiana Menna presented the region’s potential at the Regional Impact Trade Alliance international summit, as part of the Impacto Verde initiative and in her capacity as a member organisation of Redes Chaco. Within the framework of RITA – Regional Impact Trade Alliance, the Gran Chaco was identified as one of the regions with the greatest

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PATChaco: Transforming regional livestock farming

More than 160 technicians, researchers and representatives from organisations in the Gran Chaco region gathered on 21 and 22 May at INTA Sáenz Peña (Chaco) to collectively lay the foundations for an inter-institutional platform aimed at transforming the region’s livestock farming model. Sáenz Peña, Chaco, 22 May 2025 — On 21 and 22 May, the

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El BID fortaleciendo COMAR

COMAR and IDB Lab: a partnership with a regional impact

Together with the Gran Chaco Foundation, the partnership promotes innovation, digital inclusion and sustainable development for indigenous women artisans in the Argentine Gran Chaco. The Gran Chaco Women Artisans’ Cooperative (COMAR), Fundación Gran Chaco and IDB Lab continue to strengthen a strategic partnership focused on the economic, technological and environmental development of indigenous artisan communities

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Eurodiputados en el Gran Chaco

Salta: MEPs and local stakeholders make progress on an agenda to boost the Gran Chaco

The Gran Chaco Foundation, as part of the Impacto Verde consortium, presented the impact of innovation hubs on strategic production chains and initiatives such as Matriarca, highlighting the potential of indigenous and Creole communities. The event focused on traceability, sustainability and the challenge of ensuring that the benefits of the EU–Mercosur agreement effectively reach the

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