Mediante el presente instrumento estratégico el Estado de Honduras da cumplimiento a uno de los compromisos adquiridos con la ratificación del Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica, que incluye precisamente el desarrollo de una Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad y su respectivo Plan de Acción.
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Library ResourcePolíticas NacionalesHonduras, Américas, América central
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Library ResourceLegislaciónPanamá, Américas, América central
La presente Ley aprueba el Plan Regional para el Desarrollo de la Región Interoceánica y el Plan General de Uso, Conservación y Desarrollo del Área del Canal, como instrumentos de ordenamiento territorial de la región interoceánica, para que sirvan como marco normativo a la incorporación de los bienes revertidos al desarrollo nacional, para las zonificaciones y usos del suelo en la región interoceánica que realicen los entes gubernamentales y los particulares.
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Library ResourceMateriales institucionales y promocionalesMarzo, 2004Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, México, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuela
Documento presentado en la 50ª. Reunión del Comité Permanente de la C.I.T.E.S. Ginebra. Preparado por: Unidad de Vida Silvestre y Ecosistemas Frágiles.Ministerio del Ambiente. República del Ecuador.
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Library ResourceJunio, 2012Costa Rica
This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropolitan area of San José, the nation's capital and largest city. Water management issues include severe water pollution resulting from sewage, industrial waste discharges, agricultural runoff, and deforestation.
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Library ResourceAbril, 2014Guatemala
This paper uses data from Guatemala to
map areas that are important for the provision of indirect
ecosystem services, services whose benefits are enjoyed at
some distance from the ecosystem that provides them, such as
watershed services (enjoyed downstream) or biodiversity
conservation (enjoyed globally). These services are usually
externalities from the perspective of land users, and so
tend to be under-provided. Mapping the areas that supply -
Library ResourceAgosto, 2012Panamá
Tourism is one of Latin America's
fastest growing industries, outranking remittances and even
drugs in many countries as a source of foreign exchange. But
the impact of tourism on the poor and on the environment
remains under debate. Certainly many suspect that tourism
does more harm than good, damaging the environment and
leaving the poor worse off while shipping profits overseas.
But few have actually analyzed the impact of tourism on the -
Library ResourceMarzo, 2013Nicaragua
Globally, an estimated 24 percent of the
disease burden (healthy life years lost) and an estimated 23
percent of all deaths (premature mortality) are attributable
to environmental risks (World Health Organization, or WHO
2006). The burden of disease is unequally shared, with the
children and the poor being particularly affected. Among
children between the ages 0 and 14, the proportion of deaths
attributable to environmental risks, such as poor water and -
Library ResourceEnero, 2014Nicaragua
This study, policy and investment
priorities to reduce environmental degradation of the Lake
Nicaragua watershed, has assessed the sources and the
magnitude of the pressures that threaten Lake Cocibolca. It
was accomplished by applying a hydrological and land use
model to the lake's watershed and by conducting
additional estimates of nutrients generated from wastewater
sources and tilapia farming. The study has confirmed that -
Library ResourcePanamá
The Land Administration Project aims to a) ensure equitable access to land and improve land tenure security by providing land administration services in selected rural, peri-urban, and urban areas; and b) enhance natural resources conservation through the consolidation of the National System of Projected Areas and indigenous peoples territories.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2014Honduras
If you cannot view, click here.Guest commentary by Christopher Seeley, Chief of Party of the USAID Honduras ProParque project.
One of the most vexing challenges in biodiversity conservation in developing countries is reconciling land tenure and land use issues that emerge when previously unprotected or unregulated ecosystems are placed under state control as part of a national protected areas system.
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