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Conservation of Biodiversity in Protected Areas of Shared Priority Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean Inter-Agency Technical Committee of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean Twelfth Forum of Ministers of the Environment Distribution: of Latin America and the Caribbean Limited UNEP/LAC-IGWG.XII/TD.3 Bridgetown, Barbados 27 February, 2000 2nd to 7th March 2000 Original: English - Spanish A. Preparatory Meeting of Experts 2nd to 3rd March 2000 The World Bank United Nations Development Programme Conservation of Biodiversity in United Nations Protected Areas of Shared Environment Programme (ITC Coordinator) Priority Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank Conservation and sustainable use of tropical rainforests of Latin America and the Caribbean This document was prepared by the Inter-Agency Technical Committee on the basis of the mandates of the Eleventh Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (Lima, Peru, March 1998). The work was carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as the lead agencies, in coordination with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The purpose of the document is to provide the Forum with support for discussing and approving courses of action in the sphere of the Regional Action Plan for the period 2000-2001. UNEP/LAC-IGWG.XII/TD.4 Page i Table of Contents Chapter I. Conservation of Biodiversity in Protected Areas of Shared Priority Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean................................................. 1 I. Introduction................................................................................................ 1 II. Development of priority theme lines ................................................................. 2 1. Conservation of biodiversity in marine protected areas of the Insular Caribbean Region..............2 2. Regional Strategy for the Conservation of Biodiversity in the Andean System of Protected Areas .................................................................................2 3. Proposal of the GEF Project (Block A) – Conservation of Biodiversity in the Gran Chaco Americano region ..................................................................................3 4. Establishment of a Program to Consolidate the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor .....................3 Chapter II. Global Environment Facility Proposal for a PDF-A Block “B” Grant ...................... 5 I. Summary, previous support and objectives of the project ........................................ 5 1. Background..........................................................................................................5 2. Previous Support ...................................................................................................8 3. Project Objectives .................................................................................................8 II. Expected outcomes ...................................................................................... 9 III. Planned activities to achieve outcomes ............................................................. 9 IV. Eligibility................................................................................................. 10 V. Support at the national level.......................................................................... 11 VI. Justification............................................................................................. 11 VII. Information on project proposer.................................................................... 12 VIII. Information on proposed executing agency ...................................................... 12 Chapter III. Study: A regional strategy or the conservation of biodiversity in the Andean systems of protected areas ................................................................ 13 Prologue...................................................................................................... 13 I. Introduction............................................................................................... 14 1.1. Importance of biological diversity in the Andean Region.................................................. 14 1.2. The need for specific policies and strategies for Andean protected areas ........................... 15 1.3. Background of the Study...................................................................................... 17 1.4. The focus and methodology of the study .................................................................. 18 II. Diagnosis of the protected areas of the Andean systems()....................................... 20 2.1. Situation of natural resources and the use of land in the Andean environment..................... 20 2.2. Components of Andean protected areas ................................................................... 22 2.3. Institutional and management elements................................................................... 23 III. Framework of policies for the conservation of biological diversity ........................... 31 UNEP/LAC-IGWG.XII/TD.4 Page ii 3.1. Improve institutional capacities and strengthen the national systems of protected areas ........ 31 3.2. Improve the management of the protected areas so as to safeguard biodiversity and eliminate threats to it............................................................. 32 IV. Regional strategy....................................................................................... 33 4.1. Bioregional planning and management strategy in protected areas and border biological corridors in the Andean environment....................................................... 34 4.2. Strategy for information on the Andean environment ................................................... 37 4.3. Strategy for horizontal co-operation in the Andean environment ..................................... 39 4.4. Institutional framework for the implementation of Regional Strategy................................ 40 V. Profile of a regional project for the GEF............................................................ 40 5.1. Link Between the Project and National Priorities, Action Plans, and Programmes ................. 41 5.2. Justification, Strategies, and Objectives of the Project ................................................ 43 5.3. General Results Expected from the Project ............................................................... 46 5.4. General activities planned to achieve the results of the Project ...................................... 47 Chapter III - Annex I Ecoregions included in the Regional Project() ............................... 57 Mountainous Andean Tropical and Subtropical Moist Forests................................................. 57 Sub-Antarctic Andean Forests ..................................................................................... 57 Chapter III - Annex II Statistical Charts of the responses to the survey........................... 58 Chart 1. Need for action (in decreasing order) in regard to coverage and representativity, institutionality and management in the Andean protected areas() .............. 58 Charter 2. Need for action (in decreasing order) in order to mitigate threat to Andean protected areas().......................................................................................... 59 Chart 3. Level of importance (in decreasing order) of regional actions of bio-regional planning in protected border areas and biological corridors in the Andean environment() .......................................................................... 59 Chart 4. Level of importance (in decreasing order) of regional actions relative to information and cooperation between the countries in terms of protected areas in the Andean environment ..................................................... 60 Chapter III - Annex III Statistics of Andean protected areas......................................... 61 1. Andean Protected Areas in Argentina......................................................................... 61 2. Andean Protected Areas in Bolivia ......................................................................... 63 3. Andean Protected Areas in Colombia ......................................................................... 64 4. Andean Protected Areas in Chile .............................................................................. 65 5. Andean Protected Areas in Ecuador........................................................................... 66 6. Andean Protected Areas in Peru ............................................................................... 67 7. Andean Protected Areas Protegidas in Venezuela .......................................................... 68 Chapter III – Annex IV Some national institutions involved with Andean Protected Areas...... 69 1. Bolivia.............................................................................................................. 69 2. Colombia .......................................................................................................... 69 3. Chile................................................................................................................ 69 UNEP/LAC-IGWG.XII/TD.4 Page iii Chapter IV. PDF A: Project Proposal for preparing the PDF B.......................................... 73 7. How the Project Relates to National Priorities, Action Plans and Programmes: ......................
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