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Reducing Pesticide Runoff to the Caribbean Sea

GEF ID 1248
Project Website URL http://www.cep.unep.org/repcar
Region Americas
Sub-Region Central America, Southern America
Basin Carribean Sea (LME)
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  General Information:
Project Type Full Size Project
Project Status Under Implementation
Start Date 2005/10/28
 
GEF characteristic:
Operational Programme OP10 - Contaminant-Based Program
Focal Area International Waters
GEF Allocation to project 4.58M US$
Total Cost of the project: 10.33M US$
 
  Partners:
Countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Lead Implementing Agency United Nations Environment Programme
Executing Agencies UNEP; Caribbean Regional Co-ordinating Unit (CAR/RCU); Caribbean Environment Programme
Colombia; Ministerio del Medio Ambiente
Costa Rica; Ministerio del Ambiente y Energia (MINAE)
Nicaragua; Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales (MARENA)
Project Description:
The main objective of the project is to protect the Caribbean marine environment by reducing the use of, and reliance on, pesticides in agricultural activities. The project will assist Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama to implement management practices and measures to control the use of pesticides in the agricultural sector. Project elements include monitoring and assessment of impact; demonstration of technology alternatives to intensive pesticide use and management practices to reduce runoff and runoff impact; education and training; development of incentives/institutional strengthening; and information management and dissemination. The various elements will be co-ordianted through demonstration projects that will serve also as the basis for development and implementation of sustainable and widely applicable interventions in the region.