- EU support will enable WCS to work collaboratively with the Central American Commission for Environment and Development, Re:wild, Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
- Other partners include governments, civil society, research partners, and Indigenous Peoples who will collaborate to transform agriculture and food systems to adapt to and mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity, and improve livelihoods
- Mesoamerica’s people, culture, biodiversity, economic health, resilience to climate change—the very essence of Mesoamerica—all depend on the Five Great Forests
- Goal is to promote local economic stability, decrease human migration, and protect local and Indigenous Peoples’ rights while conserving biodiversity and forests with high ecological integrity