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Mexico International Cooperation Roundtable

Based on the results of comprehensive ecological, capacity, and financial gaps analyses, the government of Mexico and CBD LifeWeb co-convened the first meeting of a roundtable to coordinate and strengthen financing for Mexico’s protected areas system. The government of Mexico has invited partners to engage in a next stage of this round table process to jointly define the set of strategies and mechanisms that will be employed to meet the financal gap for the protected area system.


Held:	7 October 2010
Hosts:	Mexico’s National Commission for Protected Areas, CBD LifeWeb
Participants:	Over 30 domestic and international donor partners, representing governments, intergovernmental organizations and private foundations.

Expression of Interest

	Estrategia para el Fortalecimiento de las Áreas Naturales Protegidas de México
Country	Mexico
Abstract	La Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP), encargada de la administración de las Áreas Protegidas de México, busca fortalecer y consolidar la conservación, aprovechamiento sustentable y restauración de las áreas protegidas mexicanas, reconociendo el papel estratégico que juegan para el desarrollo del país. Asimismo, explora alternativas para el manejo de los recursos naturales que permiten transitar hacia un desarrollo sustentable, a través de la implementación de una estrategia financiera diversificada y sostenible a largo plazo. El proyecto tiene como objetivo general implementar una estrategia financiera diversificada y sostenible, que contribuya a la conservación, aprovechamiento sustentable y restauración de los sistemas de áreas naturales protegidas mexicanas y que garantice la operatividad de las Áreas Protegidas en el largo plazo.
Funding Needed	$20,405,769 €15 115 384 USD EUR EUR USD
Time frame	8 años / years
Benefits
Area Impacted	The project aims at strengthening the management of 174 protected areas in Mexico, which are administered by the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas. These include: 41 Biosphere Reserves, 67 National Parks, 5 Natural Monuments, 8 Areas of Natural Resources Protection, 35 Areas of Flora and Fauna Protection, 18 Sanctuaries, which represent 25,384,818 hectares of land. The project also seeks to create 21 new protected areas, specifically: 5 Areas of Natural Resources Protection, 2 Natural Monuments, 6 Biosphere Reserves and 7 Sanctuaries.
Objective	The objectives of conservation projects are to mitigate threats such as climate change and to restore or maintain the viability of focal conservation targets. A project may lack the resources to do so, so having a financial strategy provides an overview of the monetary needs and strategies for managing long-term funding to ensure sufficient levels of funding and diversified financial national and international sources.
Scale	National
Scope	Creating new protected areas, Strengthening management of existing protected areas
Date Submitted	07-Oct-2010

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