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| Strategic Directions | Investment Priorities |
| 1. Transboundary coordination, collaboration, and catalytic action within the corridor | 1.1 A formalized coordination mechanism with one or more collaborating organizations staffed and operational by June 2001. Activities should focus on the following functions: - coordination and establishment of strategic alliances - act as interface between CEPF and partners - provide repository and clearinghouse for corridor information - conduct analysis and planning to inform conservation decisions - develop a monitoring framework - identify and undertake strategic actions to support a corridor conservation plan - provide neutral forum for meetings and workshops - manage a conservation action fund for the Corridor |
| 1.2 Processes established and in use to ensure stakeholder involvement and buy-in amongst the various mechanisms supported by CEPF | |
| 1.3 Core bi-national working group of NGOs and government agencies supported | |
| 1.4 Small-grants mechanism established to support grass-roots initiatives, community outreach, time-sensitive research and other similar small-scale projects (A total of $200,000 to be granted over 3 years with no individual grant over $10,000) | |
| 2. Strengthening binational coordination of protected area systems | 2.1 Support provided for the realization of protected area planning workshops with participation of government agencies, local & international NGO's, grassroots groups, and indigenous groups. |
| 2.2 National and bi-national exchanges of protected area managers funded as well as the eventual inclusion of local participants in the actual management of protected areas | |
| 3. Community-based biodiversity conservation and natural resource management | 3.1 Ethnographic analyses of traditional knowledge, attitudes and environmental practices among rural populations supported in year 1 |
| 3.2 Support provided for a series of participatory workshops in each country for communities and indigenous unions to define actions and alliances | |
| 3.3 Selected community-based projects funded for implementation beginning in year 2. Possible project types include: - Environmental awareness - Legal issues - Institutional strengthening - Business management |
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| 4. Public awareness and environmental education | 4.1 Support provided for the creation of joint communication and environmental education strategies during year 1 |
| 4.2 Development and implementation of environmental education strategies for urban areas and selected settlements supported | |
| 4.3 Support provided for the creation of environmental curricula and the teacher training programs to accompany this new curricula | |
| 4.4 Creation of informative documents to be distributed to selected politicians and decision-makers funded. | |
| 4.5 Focused communication strategy supported to include: - environmental radio shows - television spots - training of local media - video documentaries |
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| 5. Strengthening environmental and legal policy frameworks | 5.1 Support provided for the creation of bi-nationally coordinated proposals for sustainable exploitation of natural resources to be submitted to policy-makers. |
| 5.2 Policy and economic analyses on extractive industries, transportation and tourism funded | |
| 5.3 Workshops on extractive resource management, infrastructure mitigation and tourism mitigation supported | |
| 5.4 Development of a set of environmental policy and legal recommendations supported as well as events to engage decision-makers, donors, extractive business interests and others in constructive dialogue on how to implement these recommendations | |
| 6. Electronic information exchange and coordinated information and data-gathering mechanisms | 6.1 Regional biological assessments will be funded during year 2, based on the results of the general assessments, for the creation of comprehensive lists of: - vertebrate species - standardized vegetation types - associated plant species - the highest priority areas for biodiversity conservation |
| 6.2 Support provided for the management and periodic updating of the corridor monitoring system to include responsibilities such as: - conducting multi-temporal analyses of land use and coverage changes - coordinating field research for rapid change monitoring - establishing new field studies in areas of human activity on wildlife and fisheries |
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| 6.3 A unified database organized by Hotspot - Corridor - Project - Site will be funded and access will be provided at least to all CEPF participants | |
| 6.4 The establishment of an electronic information exchange mechanism will be supported for CEPF participants and others by end of year 1 and will be maintained throughout CEPF activity. |