Conservation and Sustainable Management of the Dry Forest Landscape Improve the conservation of the Tropical Dry Forest (TDF) ecosystem and its associated biodiversity by: (i) developing a scheme for targeting forestry incentives and strengthening the governance model for their implementation; (iii) facilitating access to incentives and providing technical assistance to beneficiaries in the planning and implementation of the farm plan; and (iii) evaluating the scheme to propose policy recommendations to channel forestry incentives towards the countryâ€™s conservation needs. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. The project will address the challenges of TDF conservation based on the existing socio-ecological dynamics and considering the productive system as a whole. That is to say, include household and crop needs, as well as those for the conservation of strategic ecosystems in all the actions developed, mainly by the second component. The foregoing, based on the premise that global environmental benefits are achieved and maintained, if the communities also obtain socioeconomic benefits. In this sense, the planning of the farm and its implementation consider actions to improve the productivity of the crop, access better markets (commercial sales agreements, short chain strategies, etc.) and meet the basic needs of the household (firewood, consumption, etc.) that will have direct impacts on the income and socioeconomic conditions of the household. In addition, the project will support producers to access the forestry incentives of the PINPEP and PROBOSQUE programs. These programs promote the management of natural forests to protect and provide environmental services, establish and maintain agroforestry systems, manage natural forests for productive purposes, and restore degraded forest lands, among other things. Eligible producers receive a payment to implement and maintain these activities for 6 to 10 years, depending on the modality they apply.Women participating in project activities will benefit from the application of good practices on gender equity, as foreseen in the Gender Action plan thatwill be developed at the beginning of the project. The expected benefits are the following:- Improvement of women's knowledge regarding the implementation of techniques in productive systems through training that takes into account women's practical needs, time and if possible (only in consensus with them), the creation of temporary day care centers so that women can concentrate better during training activities. Technical assistance provided by women will also be considered. Materials with inclusive language and gender focus will be generated to help improve understanding of the importance of women's role and participation in TDF conservation.- Improvement of women's economic autonomy through the payment of forestry incentives to those women who are in charge of the productive system (farm), regardless if they are the owners of the land.- Improvement of women's decision-making capacity (political autonomy) as they will be trained with tools to improve their participation and decision making in dialogues and governance spaces related to natural resources of the ODF-BC multi-stakeholder platform. Approximately30% improvement (See above in Gender Section, table: Guidelines for the Gender Action Plan).