Climate Smarting Marine Protected Areas and Coastal Management in the Mesoamerican Reef Region
Áreas protegidas marinas climáticamente inteligentes y gestión costera en la región del arrecife mesoamericano
Brief Description:
The project aims to mainstream climate-smart principles into Marine Protected Area management and coastal development policies in countries bordering the Mesoamerican Reef with a view to improve the adaptive capacities of coastal communities in the region. Specific, e.g. ecosystem-based, adaptation options will be determined in a cross-sector and stakeholder-driven decision-making process applying science-based tools including ecological risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses that integrate climate change and social development scenarios, ecosystem services modelling and green vs. grey infrastructure. While informing relevant policy and management frameworks, adaptation measures will be implemented in selected coastal areas in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. The project will enhance knowledge and capacities at local and national levels, contribute to national adaptation policies and action plans and make best practices available at relevant national and international fora.
El proyecto tiene como objetivo incorporar principios climáticamente inteligentes en la gestión de áreas marinas protegidas y en las políticas de desarrollo costero en los países ribereños del Arrecife Mesoamericano con miras a mejorar las capacidades de adaptación de las comunidades costeras de la región. Específico, p. Ej. Las opciones de adaptación basadas en los ecosistemas se determinarán en un proceso de toma de decisiones intersectorial e impulsado por las partes interesadas aplicando herramientas científicas que incluyen evaluaciones de riesgo ecológico y análisis de costo-beneficio que integran escenarios de cambio climático y desarrollo social, modelado de servicios ecosistémicos y ecología. vs infraestructura gris. Al mismo tiempo que se informan los marcos de gestión y políticas pertinentes, se implementarán medidas de adaptación en áreas costeras seleccionadas en México, Belice, Guatemala y Honduras. El proyecto mejorará los conocimientos y las capacidades a nivel local y nacional, contribuirá a las políticas y planes de acción nacionales de adaptación y hará que las mejores prácticas estén disponibles en los foros nacionales e internacionales pertinentes.
Project Profile Manager: Andreas Lehnhoff
Contact Email: info@wwf.de Contact Phone:
Partners: Belize Fisheries Department, Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority,Belize National Protected Areas Secretariat, Honduras National Institute of Forest Conservation and Development, Honduras Protected Areas and Wildlife, Ministry of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines, Guatemala Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico National Commission of Protected Areas, US Leland Stanford Jr. University
Grant (USD):
$5,245,829.00
Total co-financing (USD):
$0.00
(Co) financing not originating from GEF:
Participating Country(s):
BelizeGuatemalaHondurasMexico
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
1.6. 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
2. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for sustainable fisheries
3. Establish and operationalise a regional policy coordination mechanismfor ocean governance, with initial focus on shared Living Marine Resources
4. Enhance the governance arrangements for ecosystem-based management for reefs and associated ecosystems
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
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.3 Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
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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