Civil society’s contribution to biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean Islands biodiversity hotspot
Contribución de la sociedad civil a la conservación de la biodiversidad en el hotspot de biodiversidad de las Islas del Caribe
Brief Description:
The CEPF ecosystem reprofiling has resulted in the identification of 324 Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot, 167 of which are in CEPF-eligible countries. The reprofiling exercise concluded that biodiversity of the Caribbean Islands Hotspot continues to be at serious risk of species extinctions. Of the taxa reviewed for the preparation of the ecosystem profile, 992 species are assessed as globally threatened. Of the 992 globally threatened species in the Caribbean Islands Hotspot, 575 species occur in countries eligible to receive CEPF funding. Seventy-seven grants were awarded to 68 civil society organisations. Seventy-eight per cent of the funds committed went to local and regional Caribbean CSOs.
La remodelación del ecosistema del CEPF ha dado como resultado la identificación de 324 Áreas Clave de Biodiversidad en el Hotspot de Biodiversidad de las Islas del Caribe, 167 de las cuales se encuentran en países elegibles para el CEPF. El ejercicio de modificación del perfil concluyó que la biodiversidad del hotspot de las islas del Caribe sigue estando en grave riesgo de extinción de especies. De los taxones revisados para la preparación del perfil del ecosistema, 992 especies están evaluadas como globalmente amenazadas. De las 992 especies amenazadas a nivel mundial en el hotspot de las islas del Caribe, 575 especies se encuentran en países elegibles para recibir fondos del CEPF. Se otorgaron setenta y siete subvenciones a 68 organizaciones de la sociedad civil. El 78% de los fondos comprometidos se destinó a OSC locales y regionales del Caribe.
Lead Organization : CANARI
Donor: Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), IUCN, GEF, Japan, MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank
Project Profile Manager: Anna Cadiz-Hadeed
Contact Email: cepf-rit@canari.org Contact Phone:
Partners: Fauna and Flora International, Environmental Awareness Group, International Iguana Foundation, Windsor Research Centre Limited, National Parks, Rivers and Beaches Authority, PRONATURA, Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation, Fundación José Delio Guzmán Inc.
Grant (USD):
$6,900,000.00
Total co-financing (USD):
$0.00
(Co) financing not originating from GEF:
Participating Country(s):
Dominican RepublicHaitiJamaica
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
1.1. Establish and operationalise a formal agreement for coordinated action with Brazil
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
3.6. Develop and coordinate integrated and sectoral sustainable financing strategies for the cost-effective implementation of broader ocean governance in the region, with a short and medium term focus on sLMR governance
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
4.5. Develop and implement initiatives for sustainable livelihoods by building capacity for diversification, fostering and facilitating viable alternative sources of Decent Work and/or improved incomes, and creating addedvalue (e.g. through marketing and sales)
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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