Posted: Friday, July 19, 2024. 1:32 pm CST.
By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: On July 18, 2024, the British High Commission, in partnership with the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Climate Change, the Belize Forest Department and partner organisations, celebrated the in-country launch of the project “Resilient and Biodiverse Landscapes of Northern Mesoamerica” funded through the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund.
The event was followed by a site visit at Valley of Peace Community Centre in Cayo District where the project is already assisting the development of a Community Climate Resilience Plan and building capacity for regenerative agriculture, fire management and sustainable livelihoods through training, and microgrants and scholarships that can be accessed through Belize Maya Forest Trust’s Community Stewards Program.
The Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF) is financed with UK International Development funds from the UK Government.
BLF supports poverty reduction, biodiversity protection and conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation outcomes across six biologically diverse landscapes worldwide.
One of which is the Mesoamerica Landscape that covers areas in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
In Belize, the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund will invest approximately USD $3.2 million between September 2023 to October 2029.
Activities in country are being implemented through a consortium of organisations including the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Belize Maya Forest Trust (BMFT), Programme for Belize (PfB), Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD), and the Julian Cho Society. BLF will be supporting these organisations in the protection and conservation of Selva Maya Forest in Belize, one of the great forests of the Mesoamerica Landscape. The programme is based on four components:
- Prosperous and resilient communities: Activities to secure land and resource rights, develop forest-based income streams, and implement climate-adapted rural development with proper social safeguards.
- Protected areas and species protection: Ensuring well-governed conservation areas and targeted protection activities for endangered species.
- Enabling policy and financing mechanisms: Building consensus, multisector collaboration, and policy reforms to incentivize forest protection and strengthen IPLC rights.
- Learning and adaptive management: Implementing a monitoring and evaluation framework as a core component to evaluate impact and guide decision-making.
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