The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

This is a Regional Program Review (RPR) of the World Bank's support for the MBC. The review is framed around an assessment of five Global Environment Facility (GEF)-financed World Bank implemented projects in Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama that had the common objective of consolidating the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC). It also reports on the achievements of trust fund activities, financed by the Bank Netherlands Partnership Program (BNPP), that were implemented parallel to the GEF/World Bank projects. The MBC is a land-use planning system that spans Central America and Mexico. It is designed to promote the conservation and sustainable use of the region's natural resources. The overall objective of the Bank's MBC projects of consolidating the MBC was highly relevant. Although the Central American land bridge is very small, it is estimated to be home to 12 percent of the world's known species. It harbors approximately 24,000 species of vascular plants and over 500 species of mammals, many of which are endemic. The MBC derives its legitimacy from the endorsement it received at the Central American heads of state summit in 1997.

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Main Author: Independent Evaluation Group
Format: Publication biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2011-05-24
Subjects:ACCOUNTABILITY, ACTION PLAN, ACTUAL COSTS, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER, ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS, ANNUAL DEFORESTATION, AUTONOMOUS REGION, AUTONOMOUS REGIONS, AWARENESS RAISING, BANK MANAGEMENT, BARRIER REEF, BASELINE DATA, BENEFICIARY PARTICIPATION, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION, BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION, BIODIVERSITY MONITORING, BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL MONITORING, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, BROADLEAF FORESTS, BUFFER ZONE, BUFFER ZONES, BUSINESS PLAN, BUSINESS PLANS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CAPITALIZATION, CAPITALS, CARBON, CARIBBEAN REGION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC CHANGE, COMMERCIALIZATION, CONCENTRATION OF LAND, CONSERVANCY, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION AREAS, CONSERVATION BIOLOGISTS, CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION OF NATURE, CONSERVATION PLANNING, CONSERVATION PRACTICES, CONSERVATION PROGRAM, CONSERVATION PROJECTS, CONSERVATION STATUS, CONSOLIDATION, CORE AREA, CORE AREAS, CORRIDOR AREAS, CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM, CRITICAL HABITATS, CULTURAL RESOURCES, DEFORESTATION, DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS, DEVELOPMENT BANK, DONOR SUPPORT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECOSYSTEM, ENDANGERED SPECIES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EVALUATION CRITERIA, EXPENDITURE, FARMERS, FIELD TRIP, FINANCES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FOREST, FOREST CHANGE, FOREST COVER, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST RESOURCES, FORESTRY, FORESTS, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP, GUARANTEE AGENCY, HABITAT CONSERVATION, HABITAT DEGRADATION, HABITAT DESTRUCTION, HARPY EAGLE, ID, INDICATOR SPECIES, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INITIAL INVESTMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTACT FOREST, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, ISSUES, JAGUAR, LAND ADMINISTRATION, LAND TENURE, LAND USE, LAND USE PLANNING, LEGISLATION, MESOAMERICAN BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR, MIGRATION, MOUNTAIN LION, NATIONAL PARKS, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL HABITAT, NATURAL HABITATS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, OVERHEAD COSTS, PALM, PEER REVIEW, POLLUTION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRODUCERS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC GOOD, PUBLIC GOODS, QUALITY OF LIFE, REGIONAL ACTIVITIES, REGIONAL AGREEMENTS, REGIONAL APPROACH, REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, REGIONAL BODY, REGIONAL CAPACITY, REGIONAL CONSERVATION, REGIONAL COOPERATION, REGIONAL COORDINATION, REGIONAL CORRIDOR SYSTEM, REGIONAL DIMENSION, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, REGIONAL FUNDS, REGIONAL IMPACTS, REGIONAL IMPORTANCE, REGIONAL INITIATIVES, REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS, REGIONAL INTERESTS, REGIONAL INVESTMENT, REGIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL OFFICE, REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, REGIONAL PRIORITIES, REGIONAL PRIORITY, REGIONAL PROGRAM, REGIONAL PROGRAMS, REGIONAL PROJECT, REGIONAL PROJECTS, REGIONAL STRATEGY, REGIONAL WORKSHOPS, REGIONALISM, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REMOTE AREAS, RESERVES, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, ROADS, RURAL POVERTY, SOCIAL PARTICIPATION, SPATIAL ANALYSIS, SPATIAL DYNAMICS, SPECIES OF MAMMALS, SPECIES SURVIVAL, STEWARDSHIP, SUBREGIONS, SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY, SUSTAINABLE USES OF BIODIVERSITY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOURISM, TRANSPORT, TRUST FUNDS, UNION, VEGETATIVE COVER, VILLAGES, WATERSHED, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE AREAS, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE REFUGES,
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