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Since mid 2000s, under the supervision of NGOs, donors, and government agencies, community-owned forest enterprises steward over 420,000 hectares in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve. Source: World Resources Institute (2011) A Compilation of Green Economy Policies, Programs, and Initiatives from Around the World. The Green Economy in Practice: Interactive Workshop 1, February 11th, 2011 Under the supervision of NGOs, donors, and government agencies, community-owned forest enterprises steward over 420,000 hectares in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve. Each enterprise is responsible for one ...[more]
El Sistema Guatemalteco de reas Protegidas (SIGAP), que es gobernado por el Consejo Nacional de reas Protegidas (CONAP), actualmente incluye un total de 336 reas que cubren 3.52 millones de hectreas (ha), que equivalen al 32.33% del territorio nacional. Sin embargo, solo hay seis APMs dentro del SIGAP, que cubren 194,148 ha (5.5% del SIGAP), y solo una APM situada en la regin del Caribe que contiene solo una porcin marina que representa menos del 0.5% del rea marina del pas. El proyecto contribuir en sobrepasar esta limitacin, al crear nuevas reas Protegidas Costero Marinas y ampliar dos APCM...[more]
The general objective of the Commission is to promote the effective conservation, management and development of the living marine resources of the area of competence of the Commission, in accordance with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, and address common problems of fisheries management and development faced by members of the Commission. 16 of WECAFC's 35 members are considered small island developing States.
The IHO capacity building programme seeks to assess and advise on how countries can best meet their international obligations and serve their own best interests by providing appropriate hydrographic and nautical charting services. Such services directly support safety of navigation, safety of life at sea, efficient sea transportation and the wider use of the seas and oceans in a sustainable way, including the protection of the marine environment, coastal zone management, fishing, marine resource exploration and exploitation, maritime boundary delimitation, maritime defence and security, and o...[more]
