World Bank2014-01-162014-01-162013-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16574To ensure sustainable and optimal use of its common property natural resources, Mexico will need to strengthen its focus on enhancing stewardship in three key sectors-forests, water, and energy resources. The key objectives include the following: 1) identifying options that would contribute to Mexico's climate agenda and build social resilience through forest management; 2) ensuring economically efficient and environmentally and socially sustainable water management to promote 'green' growth in the context of water scarcity and climate uncertainty; and 3) assessing the impacts of declining oil and gas reserves and the role of renewable energy as an alternative and cleaner source. Forests can play an important role in mitigating and adapting to climate change. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and other forest-related activities could account for almost 20 percent of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that Mexico could achieve by 2030. Although much remains to be done, Mexico has become a global leader in forest management. Allocation of resources among the various programs is not optimal. Reforestation efforts have obtained modest results despite receiving 38 percent of Mexico's forest investments in 2011 (US$486 million). The capacity to monitor investments is lagging compared with the scale of the programs.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAFFORDABLE WATERAGRICULTUREALLOCATION OF RESOURCESAPPROACHARID REGIONSAVAILABILITYBALANCEBIODIVERSITYCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY FACTORCAPACITY FACTORSCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON STOCKCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATIONCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE DATACLIMATE VARIABILITYCOALCOMMON PROPERTYCOMMUNITY EFFORTSCOMMUNITY FORESTCOMMUNITY MANAGEMENTCOMPENSATIONCONSERVATION AREASCONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTDEGRADED LANDSDEMAND FOR ENERGYDEMAND MANAGEMENTDOMESTIC SUPPLYEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTSEFFICIENT USE OF WATERELECTRICITYELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY TARIFFELECTRICITY TARIFFSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONEMPLOYMENTENERGY GENERATIONENERGY POLICYENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SOURCEENERGY SOURCESENERGY STRATEGYENERGY STRUCTUREENFORCEMENT MECHANISMSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEXTERNALITIESFLOODSFORESTFOREST AREASFOREST CARBONFOREST COVERFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST LANDSFOREST LAWFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST PRODUCTIONFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST REGROWTHFOREST SECTORFORESTRYFORESTRY ACTIVITIESFORESTSFOSSILFOSSIL FUELFUELSGASGAS DEVELOPMENTGAS EXPLORATIONGEOTHERMAL ENERGYGEOTHERMAL PLANTSGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROUNDWATER RESOURCESHOUSEHOLDSHYDRO CAPACITYHYDRO RENEWABLE SOURCESHYDROCARBONSINDIGENOUS PEOPLESIRRIGATIONLAND OWNERSHIPLAND TENURELAND TENURE ISSUESLAND USELAND USE CHANGELAND USESLARGER UTILITIESLIVESTOCK ACTIVITIESLOCAL COMMUNITIESMICRO HYDROMUNICIPALITIESNATURAL FORESTSNATURAL GASNATURAL GAS DEMANDNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNET OILNUCLEAR ENERGYOIL PRICEOIL PRODUCTIONPARTNERSHIPPASTURESPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMSPOLLUTIONPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION CAPACITYPOWER PRODUCERPOWER PRODUCTIONPOWER SECTORPPPRECIPITATIONPRICE OF GASPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONQUALITY OF SERVICEREGULATORY REQUIREMENTSRENEWABLE BIOMASSRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATIONRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCESRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESRENEWABLESRESOURCE ALLOCATIONREVENUE GENERATIONRIVERRURAL COMMUNITIESSANITATION SERVICESANITATION SERVICE PROVISIONSANITATION UTILITIESSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE QUALITYSOLAR ENERGYSOLAR POWERSURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE WATERSUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENTURBAN AREASURBAN WATERURBAN WATER MANAGEMENTUSAGE OF WATERUTILITIESWATER ALLOCATIONWATER AVAILABILITYWATER LAWWATER PRICINGWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER RIGHTSWATER SCARCITYWATER SECTORWATER SERVICEWATER SERVICESWATER SOURCESWATER SUPPLYWATER USAGEWATER USEWATER USERSWATER USESWATER UTILITIESWATER WITHDRAWALSWATERSHEDSWINDWIND ENERGYWIND GENERATING CAPACITYWIND GENERATIONWIND POWERWorld Bank10.1596/16574