With the support of the NSP, low carbon agroforestry practices will allow an increase in carbon stocks through biomass growth in trees and, crops, as well as in the soil. Added benefits include diversity of livelihoods and building exemplary low carbon and resilient value chains and communities. Even when the proposed low carbon agroforestry practices are worldwide recognized and proved successful in other countries, they are unknown to many smallholder farmers that do not have access to the current government support system to transform their lives and their nature-based livelihoods into sustainable, low-carbon and profitable practices.

1. The country thorough NDC, commits with its own resources to a reduction of 11.2% and with the technical and financial support of the international community up to 22.6% of its total GHG emissions projected for the year 2030 with respect to the base year 2005.
2. The Law of Climate Change (Decree 7-2013)
3. The National Policy of Climate Change (Government Agreement 329-2009), “The State of Guatemala, through the Central Government, municipalities, organized civil society and the general public, adopt risk prevention practices, reduce vulnerability and improve adaptation to climate change, and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in their territory”
4. National Action Plan, principal instruments for action implement in country
5. Law to Promote the Establishment, Recovery, Restoration, Management, Production and Protection of Forests in Guatemala – PROBOSQUE (Decree 2-2015). The law seeks to expand incentives for projects such as natural forests, industrial and energy plantations, agroforestry, forest restoration and others.
6. Law on Forest Incentives for Small Owners of Small Extensions of Land Forest or Agroforestry Vocation – PINPEP (by its initials in Spanish) (Decree 51-2010).