After almost 6 years of implementation, the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine-Coastal Biodiversity in the Gulf of California – BioMar program completes its work and presents a video and a report that summarizes its main achievements.
The BioMar Program presents a video and a report summarizing the main results after almost 6 years of work in the Gulf of California region.
The main achievements of the BioMar Program include the preparation of 5 strategic plans for the entire region and the establishment of a scorecard baseline for 18 natural protected areas of the Gulf of California. The program also promoted the Replica of Best Practices, starting with the setting-up of a Best Practices Expo, where 69 projects from the entire region participated. Then, 15 successful models were selected, and since 2015 the program held 9 exchange and training workshops to promote the replication of good practices.
It is also worth mentioning the efforts to increase the conservation area through different Conservation and Use Mechanisms, such as the Destination Agreements, where a surface requested at the CONANP of 1 234 km of ZOFEMAT coast and 131 312 hectares of coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves and marshes, was achieved. Finally, the program also triggered the process for the construction of a Shared Vision in the region, first articulating a vision within the environmental sector, between CONANP and other partners and allies, but also building the first bridges to summon other sectors, especially fishing and tourism.
The program was implemented on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany, through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and had as counterpart the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP). The program aimed to improve the conservation and sustainable use of marine-coastal biodiversity in the Gulf of California, focused on 18 natural protected areas of the Gulf of California, which are part of 3 CONANP Regional Directions, and was structured through 4 components: the Management of Natural Protected Areas; the Replication of Best Practices; the Mechanisms of Conservation and Use; and the Creation of a Shared Vision for the Gulf of California.
More information:
www.biomar.org
daniel.delatorre@giz.de
