Biopama I Biodiversity And Protected Area Management Programme, Phase I
Programa de gestión de biodiversidad y áreas protegidas, Fase I
Brief Description:
BIOPAMA aims at reinforcing the management and governance of protected and conserved areas in all the 79 ACP countries. By providing unique and tailored support to protected area authorities at the local, national and regional level, it supports them in achieving their conservation objectives and to report more accurately their progress on relevant multilateral environmental agreements. Regional Observatories for protected areas coordinate information systems, data collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting and develop the capacities of staff and organisations to make optimal use of this information to address specific needs. Capacity building activities support protected area management and governance, and enable conservation practitioners, national agencies and protected areas managers to improve decision-making and prioritization of resource allocation. Site-based targeted actions support local and regional activities and their partners on biodiversity conservation to improve the knowledge base for decision making and address key priorities. The Caribbean Gateway acts as an open data for regional networking and sustainable development as it is linking data to better decision-making.
BIOPAMA tiene como objetivo reforzar la gestión y la gobernanza de las áreas protegidas en los 79 países ACP. Al brindar un apoyo único y personalizado a las autoridades de áreas protegidas a nivel local, nacional y regional, las apoya para lograr sus objetivos de conservación y provee infomación para el avance en acuerdos ambientales multilaterales relevantes. Los Observatorios Regionales de áreas protegidas coordinan los sistemas de información, la recopilación de datos, el análisis, el monitoreo y la presentación de informes y desarrollan las capacidades del personal y las organizaciones para hacer un uso óptimo de esta información para atender necesidades específicas. Las actividades de creación de capacidad apoyan la gestión y la gobernanza de las áreas protegidas y permiten a los profesionales de la conservación, las agencias nacionales y los administradores de áreas protegidas mejorar la toma de decisiones y la priorización de la asignación de recursos. Las acciones específicas basadas en el sitio apoyan las actividades locales y regionales y sus socios en la conservación de la biodiversidad para mejorar la base de conocimientos para la toma de decisiones y abordar las prioridades clave. Caribbean Gateway actúa como un dato abierto para la creación de redes regionales y el desarrollo sostenible, ya que vincula los datos para mejorar la toma de decisiones.
Antigua and BarbudaBahamasBarbadosBelizeCosta RicaCubaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesTrinidad and Tobago
Contributions to the 10-year CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (2015-2025)
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1. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for the protection of the marine environment
1.4. Enhance the compliance and enforcement capacity of the regional, sub-regional and national governance arrangements
1.6. Enhance the capacity within and among arrangements to undertake and mainstream lessons learned and findings from monitoring,science and research in regional, sub-regional and national decision-making
1.10. Establish and/or enhance the data and information quality and collection and management capacity of the regional, sub-regional and nationalgovernance arrangements for the protection of the marine environment, including through the establishment of public-private partnerships
2. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for sustainable fisheries
2.13. Establish and/or enhance the data and information quality and collection and management capacity of the regional, sub-regional and national fisheries governance arrangements, including through the establishment of public-private partnerships
3. Establish and operationalise a regional policy coordination mechanismfor ocean governance, with initial focus on shared Living Marine Resources
3.7. Facilitate the preparation of data and information products and the uptake of monitoring and research outputs by (sub)regional and national science-policy interfaces
4. Enhance the governance arrangements for ecosystem-based management for reefs and associated ecosystems
4.4. Coordinate and enhance (sub-)regional and national efforts for the conservation of the biodiversity of reef and associated habitats, including through the strengthening of networks of marine protected areas (MPAs), and initiatives for sustainable reef fisheries* such as programmes dealing with alien invasive species
4.8. Operationalise and strengthen interlinked Decision Support Systems (DSSs) for the protection of reefs and associated ecosystems and for the sustainable management of associated living marine resources
4A. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for spiny lobster fisheries
4B. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for queen conch fisheries
5. Enhance the governance arrangements for implementing an ecosystem approach for pelagic fisheries
5A. Enhance the governance arrangements for implementing the ecosystem approach for flyingfish fisheries
5B. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for large pelagics fisheries
6. Implement EBM/EAF of the Guianas-Brazil continental shelf with special reference to the shrimp and groundfish fishery
Contributions to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG’s)
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1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10 Reduce inequality within and among countries
11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.5 By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Other Regional and Global Commitments
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Antigua and Barbuda 
Bahamas 
Barbados 
Belize 
Costa Rica 
Cuba 
El Salvador 
Guatemala 
Haiti 
Honduras 
Jamaica 
Nicaragua 
Panama 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Saint Lucia 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
Trinidad and Tobago 
