Biodiversity

The International Climate Initiative (IKI) focuses on the conservation, expansion and connection of protected areas, sustainable use and the reduction of degradation and fragmentation of ecosystems, this through investments, advice to governments, technology transfer and awareness. Learn more about the efforts being made to conserve biological diversity in the region.

Enhancing adaptive capacities of coral gardeners in reef-dependent communities

Country: Costa Rica

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Organization: Asociación Raising Coral Costa Rica

Enabling and Scaling up Market Adoption of Nature-related Financial Disclosures

Country: Costa Rica

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Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Tree corridors as a voluntary conservation initiative in Guatemala (IKI Small Grants)

Country: Guatemala

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Organization: Asociación de Reservas Naturales Privadas de Guatemala

CoralCarib: Pioneering a new strategic approach for conserving and restoring Caribbean coral reef ecosystems that targets Climate Resilient Refuges

Country: Belize, Cuba, Haití, Jamaica, Dominican Republic

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Organization: The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - International

BioFinCas: Large-scale transformation towards biodiversity-friendly, climate resilient agriculture through risk finance solutions and enabling policy and trade frameworks

Country: Guatemala, Dominican Republic

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Organization: OroVerde - Die Tropenwaldstiftung

PolliLAC: Regional action for enhanced protection of pollinating insects and pollination services in Latin America

Country: Costa Rica

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Organization: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Save the Blue 5 – Regional approach to protect migratory marine megafauna in the Southeast Pacific Region

Country: Costa Rica, Panama

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Organization: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Wise use of Caribbean wetlands for climate change mitigation and conservation of their ecosystem services

Country: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Suriname

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Organization: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat

BES-Net phase II: Thematic Trust Fund - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network

Country: Grenada, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago

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Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

BioFrame - Supporting the design and first implementation steps of the new global framework for biological diversity

Country: Costa Rica

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Organization: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

From Farm to Fork: Mainstreaming biodiversity into food value chains

Country: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic

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Organization: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Biodiver_CITY - Establishment of interurban biocorridors

Country: Costa Rica

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Organization: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Supporting ecosystem assessments

Country: Grenada

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Organization: UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)

BIOFIN II: Biodiversity Finance Initiative

Country: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala

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Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

GOBI: Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative

Country: Costa Rica, Honduras

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Organization: Seascape Consultants Ltd; MarViva

ICCAs: Support to indigenous peoples’ and community conserved areas and territories

Country: Belize, Guatemala, Panama

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Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)