Highlights from Latin America & Caribbean - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sierra Madre Occidental; Chihuahua, Mexico Ecosystem Protection in Southern Mexico Pronatura, A.C.; Mexico El Carricito del Huichol; Jalisco, Mexico Fundación Vida, Honduras The Pantanal, Bolivia Nicaraguan Protected Areas Pic Macaya National Park, Haiti

BSP's Latin America & Caribbean Program

BSP's Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) program worked to conserve the region's biodiversity, filling geographic and thematic gaps in conservation not covered by its consortium partners. Much of BSP's work centered on technical assistance, training, and capacity-building, but BSP also played an important role in facilitating participatory processes for identifying conservation priorites in the region. Advances were made in implementing integrated conservation and development projects and in developing the state of knowledge about the conditions under which such projects succeed. 

Highlights of BSP's Portfolio in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Freshwater and Marine Habitats
  Establishing geographic priorities for biodiversity conservation

  Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Conservation Assessment (pub. no. 49)

  Setting Geographic Priorities for Marine Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean (pub. no. 77)

• Terrestial

A Regional Analysis of Geographic Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean (pub. no. 33)
• Sierra Madre Occidental; Chihuahua, Mexico
  
Building a biosphere reserve through community planning

• Ecosystem Protection in Southern Mexico
  Working with the World Wildlife Fund on the Mexico Ecodevelopment Program

• Pronatura, A.C.; Mexico
  Strengthening the conservation capacity of a leading national conservation organization and its affiliates

• Ecoregion Funding Assessment
  Analyzing donor funding, the influence of priority-setting studies, and funding gaps for priority ecoregions

  Mapping Conservation Investments: An Assessment of Biodiversity Funding in Latin America and the Caribbean (¿Dónde se Invierte en Biodiversidad? Una Evaluación del Financiamiento para la Biodiversidad en America Latina y el Caribe) (pub. no. 98)

Proceedings of Donors Workshop on Funding for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecoregional Planning in the Latin American and Caribbean Region (pub. no. 96)

• El Carricito del Huichol; Jalisco, Mexico
  Supporting conservation of old-growth pine-oak forests

• Fundación Vida, Honduras
  Strengthening institutional capacity through technical assistance and training

The Pantanal, Bolivia
Strengthening NGOs and protected area management in Bolivia

• Nicaraguan Protected Areas
  Supporting Nicaraguan NGOs in protected area management

• Pic Macaya National Park, Haiti
  Protecting natural habitat and providing technical assistance on sustainable development

• 1996 Hemispheric Summit on Sustainable Development
  Coordinating a consultative process for recommendations on incorporating biodiversity into the summit agenda 

  Initiatives for the Consideration of the Heads of State at the America's Summit on Sustainable Development (pub. no. 161).

  "The Successful Use of Economic Instruments to Foster Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: Six Case Studies from Latin America and the Caribbean."  (pub. no. 162)

• Peoples, Forests, and Reefs (PeFoR) (pub. no. 32) - global
  Please visit the Peoples, Forests, and Reefs project page, housed within the Asia & the Pacific Program, to learn about the work that PeFoR is doing in Latin America.