Legislators highlight urgent need to preserve biodiversity and marine ecosystems in Mesoamerica

The World Future Council

The World Future Council brings the interests of future generations to the centre of policy-making. Its up to 50 eminent members from around the globe have already successfully promoted change. The Council addresses challenges to our common future and provides decision makers with effective policy solutions. In close cooperation with civil society actors, parliamentarians, governments, business and international organizations the World Future Council identifies “best policies” around the globe. The World Future Council is registered as a charitable foundation in Hamburg, Germany.

IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization it has been operating since 1948 at global level comprising 81 sovereign states, 120 government agencies, 800 plus NGOs, and approximately 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique international alliance. The IUCN seeks to influence, encourage and assist all peoples and societies of the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. In the Mesoamerican region (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama) IUCN has been working for more than 30 years through the Regional Office for Mesoamerica and the Caribbean Initiative (ORMA –CI). It has extensive experience in areas related to integrated management of water resources, integrated management of watersheds associated with protected areas, biodiversity, forests, gender mainstreaming, wetlands and coastal areas, and environmental law, environmental impact assessments, community involvement projects, initiatives on ecosystems and livelihoods, social equity activities, and transboundary ecosystem management approaches, especially locally. IUCN as a track record of working with partner organizations in Mesoamerica at different levels such as grassroots, community based, governments, local, regional and international NGO´s, regional representative institutions as well as knowledge and academic institutions, including universities and research centers.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a German federal enterprise that operates in more than 130 countries worldwide to support the German Government in achieving their objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for the benefit of the poor and for human well-being is one of the priority areas of German development policy. GIZ implements a large portfolio of bilateral and regional projects around Planet Ocean that enable partners to implement the CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity in the field of marine and coastal biodiversity. On the supra-regional level, the Blue Solutions project offers a global knowledge network and capacity development platform to support country efforts to achieve the marine and coastal related Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Blue Solutions is coordinated by GIZ and implemented in direct partnership with GRID-Arendal, IUCN and UNEP. Funding for the project is provided by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) through its International Climate Initiative (ICI).