| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |