Central America

Este documento de lineamientos para la gestión compartarget_ida de áreas protegidas en Centroamérica es un esfuerzo apoyado por la UICN junto a representantes de los pueblos indígenas, comunidades locales y autoridades ambientales, para fortalecer políticas e instrumentos que permitan mejorar la gobernanza y la eficacia de los sistemas nacionales de áreas protegidas en Centroamérica.

Our oceans and coasts are the origin of life on earth, an important food source, and crucial for the global ecological equilibrium,  yet despite their global significance, marine and coastal ecosystems face a wide array of threats. It was in the spirit of making enhanced concerted efforts at the global, regional, national and local levels that the Blue Solutions Initiative was created.

The Central American Dome is a distinct and highly productive biological habitat in the northeastern tropical Pacific, created through an interaction between wind and currents. This document is a contribution to the process leading to international recognition, management and protection of the Central American Dome. 

Wood product trade in the Central American-Dominican Republic region currently poses great challenges for the systems employed to report and verify statistical information. Through the work of a regional group of consultants and local contributors, a regional statistical analysis was performed regarding wood trade between Central American countries and the Dominican Republic (CA-DR region), and between the region and main external markets.