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90°W Conservation Outcomes * 1 Selva Zoque * 2 Complejo Sierra de las Minas, Motagua, Biotopo ucatán la de Y 50 0 50 100 150 ínsu * 3 Sierra Madre de Chiapas la Pen osta Norte de kilometers * 4 Cuchumatanes C * 5 Lacandona Cancún scale: 1/1,500,000 * 6 Laguna del Tigre projection: Albers Equal Area Conic Northern Mesoamerica central meridian: 90° west longitude * 7 El Gran Petén standard parallels: 15° & 20° north latitude * 8 Chiquibul/Montañas Mayas Mérida gu 9 Bosques Mesófilos del Norte de Chiapas a La na 1 / 1,500,000 nt 10 Sian Ka'an Pu ta ar CEPF focal area Biodiversity hotspots are regions 11 Corredor Sian Ka'an Calakmul all r V that harbor especially high 12 Volcanes Occidentales do 29 July 2005 rre numbers of endemic species and, 13 Izabal Caribe Co Valladolid at the same time, have been 14 Pantanos de Centla / Laguna de Terminos CEPF investment corridor significantly impacted by human 15 Cozumel 16 Costa Norte de la Península de Yucatán activities. Each hotspot faces Cozumel extreme threats and has already 17 Sierra de Ticul - Punto PUT Lacandona Key Biodiversity Area, CEPF Priority lost at least 70 percent of its 18 Humedales Costeros de Chiapas original natural vegetation. Over 19 Río Hondo Cozumel 50 percent of the world’s plant 20 Corredor Vallarta Punta Laguna 21 Selvas de Tabasco Cozumel species and 42 percent of all Key Biodiversity Area, Other terrestrial vertebrate species are 22 Zona Huave 23 Alta Verapaz

a endemic to the biodiversity hotspots, making them urgent 24 Montebello † protected area priorities for biodiversity

c G U L F O F conservation at a global scale. 20°N 20°N i Huehuetenango town (national capitals underlined) S i e r r a d e T i c u l - P u n t o P U T Campeche r country border e river Felipe Carrillo Puerto M E X I C O Si a n K a ' a n lake scale: 1/244,000,000 m projection: Albers Equal Area Conic 38° east longitude 7° south latitude † IUCN Categories Ia, Ib, II-VI a C o r r e d o r S i a n

92°W K a ' a n C a l a k m u l o data: o d 2000 National Forest Inventory of n Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, México o s H 2001 Central American Ecosystem Map Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo o U Laguna de í and World Bank s u Escarcega R Bahía BirdLife International m De e Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, México a Terminos c Xpujil Chetumal Chetumal Comisión Nacional de Áreas Protegidas, i 94°W n Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad ta Consejo Internacional para la Preservación de las Aves México P a n t a n o s d e C e n t l a / L a g u n a d e T e r m i n o s Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at o a d Conservation International, Washington, DC USA v l n a M Conservation International, Selva Maya j o i Digital Chart of the World (DCW) r H G Global Shoreline Database, January 2001, Veridian (GDAIS)

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92°W 86°W o C San Salvador i E t A E L S A L V A D O R N 90°W N I C A R A G U A a The CEPF Niche for Investment v The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) These targets are defined at three levels, species, their potential to conserve habitat of wide-ranging, ecosystem profile and five-year investment sites and landscapes, representing discrete units higher trophic level species. Because CEPF is a r strategy for the Northern Mesoamerica region was along an ecological continuum, using a data-driven global initiative, the team gave more weight in the

developed based on stakeholder consultation and process and standardized criteria. While species analysis to considerations related to ranking in 88°W review of background reports coordinated by CI. outcomes have been defined all of Northern Critically Endangered species. Therefore, the final prioritization reflected more the species- e Seventy-four experts representing 42 scientific, Mesoamerica, including Honduras and El Salvador, governmental and nongovernmental organizations site and corridor outcomes have been identified only based ranking that emphasizes globally threatened from Belize, Guatemala and Mexico participated for the Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala portion of the species. In the end, CEPF decided to focus on eight s in the preparation of the profile. region. Species outcomes aim to avoid extinctions, of the 24 Key Biodiversity Areas, based on the Topography and the primary set of targets for species outcomes prioritization and an analysis of current investment. Overview Forest Cover Data on biodiversity, socioeconomic factors, are those species that are globally threatened Mesoamerican Hotspot , 2001 Elevation (in meters) institutional context and conservation efforts were (Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable) For some species, protecting sites alone will not be Mexico, 2000 6000 n compiled and synthesized from more than 330 according to the IUCN Red List. In Northern sufficient to ensure their conservation in the long- 3000 organizations, representing international donors, Mesoamerica, a total of 470 species representing six term. Corridor outcomes, which are the larger NGOs, public agencies, universities, community- taxonomic groups (mammals, birds, amphibians, landscapes that need to be conserved to allow the 2000 1500 o based groups and the private sector. A three-week reptiles, invertebrates and plants) were defined as persistence of biodiversity over time, were defined tour of the region in January 2003 permitted field targets for achieving species outcomes. Of these based on the needs of wide-ranging and migratory 1000 species. These corridors are anchored on Key observation and discussion with local communities 470, the 106 Critically Endangered species of the G U L F O F 500 and park staff, followed in February 2003 with a region (including El Salvador and Honduras) were Biodiversity Areas (site outcomes) embedded in a 100 C stakeholder workshop in Guatemala that enabled prioritized for funding by CEPF. matrix of other natural habitat and anthropogenic M E X I C O broad input from the conservation community to land uses. Two conservation corridors were formulate the niche and investment strategies Recognizing that most species are best conserved identified for the Northern Mesoamerica region as data: GTOPO30 proposed for CEPF. Experts in the region then through the protection of sites in which they occur, important for biodiversity conservation. The full set validated the niche and investment strategy in "Key Biodiversity Areas" were defined as targets for of outcomes is designed to help guide actions by August 2003. achieving site outcomes. Key Biodiversity Areas are the wider conservation and donor communities. C A R I globally important sites for the conservation of B B E A N The Northern Mesoamerica ecosystem profile threatened and endemic species, as well as species The CEPF niche for investment was formulated SE A includes a new commitment and emphasis on that congregate in very large numbers at a particular based on five major parameters: evaluation of using conservation outcomes - targets against site during their life cycle. Investments to create threatened and endemic biodiversity, determination NORTHERN which the success of investments can be protected areas or special conservation regimes, of priority geographical areas, potential impact of MESOAMERICA measured - as the scientific underpinning for expand existing protected areas and improve thematic directions, assessment of available determining CEPF's geographic and thematic focus protected area management should be targeted institutional capacity and analysis of current funding for investment. Species and site outcomes for the towards these sites in order to prevent species gaps and opportunities. With this imperative in region were defined in cooperation with scientists extinctions and biodiversity loss. The experts in the mind, the CEPF niche is designed to promote win- at CI's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science Northern Mesoamerica region identified 24 Key win solutions to achieve the critical regional goals (CABS). Conservation outcomes are the full set Biodiversity Areas, targets for achieving site outcomes. of poverty alleviation and conservation by P A C I F I C of quantitative and justifiable conservation targets influencing select development investments and in a region that need to be achieved in order to To ensure that CEPF invests in those areas of the policies in the Selva Maya and the Selva Zoque prevent biodiversity loss. Having these targets in highest priority for global conservation, the team and Chiapas/Guatemala Highlands corridors. place ensures that conservation action focuses on prioritized the 24 Key Biodiversity Areas further. The O C E A N the species at the greatest risk of extinction and the areas were ranked based on two considerations: For more information, visit www.cepf.net. scale: 1/7,000,000 sites and landscapes that are most important for their importance for the protection of endemic and 100 0 100 200 300 400 projection: Albers Equal Area Conic their protection. globally and nationally threatened species and on central meridian: 90° west longitude scale: 1/30,000,000 kilome ters standard parallels: 15° & 20° north latitude