[{"bbox": [85, 151, 1145, 379], "category": "Text", "text": "the existence of two conflicting visions: that of the Departmental Council for Urban and Rural Development (CODEDE), in which dominates the sector policies of the central State institutions, and that of the Municipal Development Councils (COMUDE), where a perspective of service provision for small territories prevails. The lack of institutional and programmatic articulation between these public levels, in addition to the absence of information systems to support informed decision making, results in plans and programs that do not respond to both the real problems and the future challenges of the entire region and its population. At the operational level, the chronic shortage of civil servants in public institutions and the lack of skills and competencies of their officials and the low levels of budget execution stand out."}, {"bbox": [85, 396, 1145, 482], "category": "Text", "text": "The representation of organized civil society, the private sector and indigenous peoples is assured in both CODEDE and COMUDES; however, there is considerable distrust towards the public administration, which limits their full participation and commitment for effective dialogue and lasting consensus."}, {"bbox": [85, 499, 707, 528], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Component 2: Foster sustainable management of forest systems"}, {"bbox": [85, 544, 1145, 687], "category": "Text", "text": "Petén loses an average of 274 km² of rainforest annually, especially in its protected areas, mainly due to deforestation for pastureland associated with cattle ranching, expansion of the agricultural frontier, and forest fires. As a result, land use change and timber overexploitation contribute with 51.8% to Guatemala's Greenhouse gas emissions, and GHG increases by an annual average of 8.6%. The current effects and future impacts of climate change threaten not only agricultural-forestry productivity but also the habitability of the entire region for human beings."}, {"bbox": [85, 704, 1145, 875], "category": "Text", "text": "The forestry sector has limitations that hinder sustainable forest management and, therefore, deforestation is not slowing down. These are insufficient access to innovation, technology and market knowledge, as well as lack of information on eco-systemic services, which forests could provide. In addition, there is little investment in the wood-value chain and added value of timber products. Importantly, non-timber products (xate, ramón, fat pepper, honey, gum, etc.) receive still little attention and do not count on sufficient mechanisms for their marketing and market linkage."}, {"bbox": [85, 893, 567, 921], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Component 3: Assist climate resilient agriculture"}, {"bbox": [85, 938, 1145, 1080], "category": "Text", "text": "Because of the expansion of the agricultural frontier, the sector contributes with 10.9% to Guatemala's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Trends in temperature and precipitation variability related to the impacts of climate change indicate a reduction in agricultural productivity, which endangers the country's food system. In particular, corn and bean production, basic ingredients in the national diet, could experience declines of between 11.3% (corn) and 8.7% (beans) in yields."}, {"bbox": [85, 1098, 1145, 1326], "category": "Text", "text": "It can be assumed that the agricultural sector in Petén will continue to grow, but there are many barriers for a sustainable growth in environmental and economic terms and the application of agro-ecological criteria⁹. These limitations consist in insufficient access to innovation, technology and climate information, weak technical and financial assistance, low investment in storage (silos, dryers, packers, and cold chain management) and insufficient support mechanisms for marketing and links to subnational, national and international markets. Although the national government has instruments and public entities in charge, there are shortcomings in terms of infrastructure, information, logistics and knowledge management. On the other hand, the municipalities have competencies within their territories, but their participation in sectoral plans is limited."}, {"bbox": [85, 1343, 536, 1371], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Component 4: Encourage sustainable tourism"}, {"bbox": [85, 1388, 1145, 1531], "category": "Text", "text": "Tourism is the third most important economic sector in Petén and presents great potential for environmental protection, especially of the rainforests of the Mayan Biosphere. The current tourism strategy focuses primarily on the temples of the Mayan culture at Tikal and does not yet promote the numerous environmental attractions of the Maya Biosphere and of other places with great potential in Petén (Rio de la Pasión). These distant areas do not offer sufficient jobs and direct income for the local population, situation that drives people to advancing the agricultural"}, {"bbox": [85, 1620, 680, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ https://www.fao.org/agroecology/overview/overview10elements/en/"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 30"}]