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General Description |
Title |
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Laguna del Tigre National Park Public Awareness Strategy |
Status |
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Ongoing |
From |
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15/12/2004 |
To |
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15/12/2005 |
Country(ies) |
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Guatemala |
Region(s) |
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Latin America and the Caribbean |
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Participating Organization(s) |
Lead Organization(s) |
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National Council of Protected Areas –CONAP- |
Type of Implementing Agency(ies) |
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Governments |
Main Target Groups or Audience |
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Contact Details |
Contact Person |
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Gabriela Avila |
Job Title |
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Social Comm and Publica Relations Section Chief |
Organization |
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CONAP |
Address |
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5a Av. 6-06 Zone 1, Edificio IPM, 5to Nivel |
City |
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Guatemala |
Country |
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Guatemala |
E-mail Address |
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gavila@conap.gob.gt |
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Funding |
Source of Funding |
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Other |
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Goals and Objectives |
Overall Goal |
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Raise public awareness in the Guatemalan people due natural and cultural patrimony of the Laguna del Tigre National Park is being lost. |
Specific Objectives |
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General Objetive:
Promote public awareness so that the population may know about the problem of the Laguna del Tigre National Park and illegal activities within said Park are punished by law.
Specific Objectives:
• Inform which activities are not permitted in the Laguna del Tigre National Park
•Promote respect and application of the Protected Areas Law.
•Discourage human migration and other illegal activities in the Laguna del Tigre National Park |
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Scope and Activities |
National Level Activities |
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Program: elaboration and execution of divulgation strategies in topics about biodiversity and protected areas. Divulgation of the institutions duties.
Activity: radio spots have begun, in order to discourage the migration of human settlements to the Laguna del Tigre National Park, and press ads. Public ads have been placed on the streets and other activities have been developed to discourage the people from buying wild animals as pets. |
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Outcomes and Lessons Learned |
Outcomes |
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Project in process, but now exist some posters, pocket calendars, brochure. This products are available in the annex of this guidelines. |
Lessons Learned |
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Implementing Strategy |
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