IDB-GEF Grant to Help Haiti Fight Environmental Decay / Don de BID-FEM pour aider Haïti à lutter contre la dégradation de l’environnement
Thursday, September 24th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Haiti to combat environmental decay with IDB funds A $3.44 million grant will support sustainable land and forest management practices, improve preservation of Macaya Park The Inter-American Development Bank on Sept. 23 approved a $3.44 million grant to help Haiti combat rapid environmental degradation through the integration of sustainable […]
$10 Mn. to Protect Three Critical Peruvian Watersheds / US$10 miliones para proteger tres cuencas peruanas
Friday, July 24th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Peru will protect three critical watersheds with IDB financing $10 million loan will finance integrated strategies for reducing water waste and conserving ecosystems in the Chira-Piura, Santa and Tacna watersheds Peru will implement an integrated approach to protecting water resources and related ecosystems in three critical watersheds with a […]
$14 mil. to Sustainably Manage the Caroni River Watershed / US$14 millones para un el manejo sostenible de la cuenca del río Caroní
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Venezuela and the IDB have signed a $14 million loan for a program to sustainably manage the Caroní River watershed. Venezuela’s environment ministry will carry out the project, which will focus on strengthening institutions charged with managing the Caroní River watershed, protecting land rights and improving living conditions for local communities, including indigenous ones in […]
Aid for Biodiversity in Espírito Santo / Doação para Biodiversidade no Espírito Santo
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008From the World Bank: Brazil: Global Environment Facility Approves US$ 4 Million Grant for Biodiversity in Espírito Santo The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a US$ 4 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the Government of the State of Espírito Santo for the Biodiversity and Watershed Conservation and Restoration […]
Does Payment for Watershed Services Work in LAC?
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008An innovative and increasingly popular policy option in the deforestation and water resources management fields in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the so-called payment for environment services (PES) approach. But as these IIED reports show, as it has been applied so far to watershed management does not always bring the hoped-for environmental benefits. […]
IDB Help for Sanitation & Waste Management in Manaus / Apoio do BID para Saneamento e Gestão dos Resíduos em Manaus
Friday, August 8th, 2008Temas Observations: Two small points about this loan: (1) this loan comes close on the heels of Fiocruz’s announcement of a major program to assess the environment and health challenges facing Manaus; (2) the loan was made to Amazonas state, not the municipality or the federal government. _______________________ From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Brazil’s […]
OECS Needs to Get Serious About Environmental Management
Friday, September 28th, 2007Temas Foreword: The OECS is a collection of nine small island states (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat) in the Eastern Caribbean that cooperate in a variety of areas, including the environment (wastes, watershed management, environmental planning, etc.). […]
An Innovative Watershed Management Model in Guatemala / Modelo innovador para la gestión de cuencas en Guatemala
Saturday, September 15th, 2007From WWF-Central America: CARE and WWF launch an innovative business model for conserving water and promoting poverty reduction in Guatemala Communities and the municipality unite to execute a pilot project for the equitable compensation of hydrological services in the Sierra de las Minas zone of Guatemala Five communities of the municipality of Teculután with more […]
Combatting Deforestation II: Agriculture and Forests
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007When I launched my series on deforestation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) many months ago, I said I’d try to address different facets of the question in separate posts. My first tackled the question of just how serious is deforestation across LAC. Today, a look at the interface between agriculture, poverty and deforestation. […]
Protecting the Mesoamerican Reef
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Another one from the backlog queue! A few hurried notes to myself from the beginning of December, then lost in the holiday shuffle. But the recent posts on the WWF-Coca-Cola freshwater partnership and WWF’s agreements with agricultural producers in Honduras reminded me of this one still lurking in the queue. Hopefully better late than never. […]
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