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<p>The Government supports a number of projects which combat climate change in South
America. These include support for a project to encourage the uptake of Silvopastoral
Systems (SPS) by Colombian farmers. By introducing SPS, the project is protecting
forests, improving the livelihood of farmers, increasing biodiversity and reducing
Greenhouse Gas emissions through improved land management. It does this through SPS
techniques which improve the grazing land by the planting of trees, shrubs and fodder
crops, installing living fences and conserving existing forest.</p><p> </p><p>Participating
small farmers, the majority of whom are living in conditions of rural poverty, are
also able to raise more, healthier cattle on their existing land, increasing their
income and reducing the need to clear forest. The resulting change in diet for the
cattle that live on the farms may affect emissions from the cattle but this is not
an objective of the project.</p>
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