Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS)

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Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS)

Project Website URL	http://www.mbrs.org.bz/
Region	Americas
Sub-Region	Central America
Project Contacts	Noel Jacobs Project Director Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS)
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General Information:
Project Type	Full Size Project
Project Status	Under Implementation
Start Date	2001/11/30

GEF characteristic:
Focal Area	International Waters
GEF Project Stage	CEO Endorsed
GEF Allocation to project	10.62M US$
Total Cost of the project:	17.78M US$

Partners:
Countries:	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
Lead Implementing Agency	World Bank
Executing Agencies	Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD)

Project Description:

The global objective of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Project is to enhance protection of the ecologically unique and vulnerable marine ecosystems comprising the MBRS, by assisting the littoral states to strengthen and coordinate national policies, regulations and institutional arrangements for the conservation and sustainable use of this global public good. The GEF Project will, therefore, assist Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras to: (i) strengthen existing MPAs and establish new protected areas in transboundary locations; (ii) develop and implement a standardized regional monitoring and environmental information system for the MBRS; (iii) promote measures to reduce non-sustainable patterns of resource use in the MBRS, focusing initially on the fisheries and tourism sectors; (iv) increase local and national capacity for environmental management through education, information sharing and training; and (v) strengthen and coordinate national policies, regulations, and institutional arrangements for marine ecosystem conservation and sustainable use.

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