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Tourism projects in Central América
Value chain Workshop.CI
Miriam Castillo Northern Mesoamerica office
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Where are we?
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Why C.A is important?• Biological reasons:
- C.A. land bridge between 2 continents. - High endemism, biodiversity, restricted
distribution for several species - Examples: The mesoamerican hotspot (south
Mexico-Panamá): first in reptiles diversity; 2 amphibians;
3 mammals; 4 birds; 5 plants; 6 freshwater fishes.
More species of pine, oak than other region of similar size
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but…….
- Biodiversity is in danger (one of the highest rates of deforestation in the word), poverty,high population growth
rates.
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- Cultural reasons: specially south México, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panamá
• Tourism reasons: millions of tourist visit the region each year.
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Northern C.A.
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What are we doing?
CEPF PROJECTS (ONGOING)
SUBJECT No.PROJECT COUNTRIES
Endengered species 6 Belize, Honduras, region
Control Forest Fires 2 Guatemala
Management of protected areas 4 Guatemala
Consolidation& coodination CEPF 2 Region
Public politics 2 Guatemala
Protected areas 1 Belize
Assistance to enterprises 1
Conservation outcomes 1 Region
Debt for nature 1 Guatemala
TOURISM 2 Guatemala, Belize
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CEPF Tourism projects:
• “Developing recommendations and an action plan to integrate biodiversity conservation into tourism policy in Belize and Guatemala”.
• Partner grantee: Counterpart International Status: ongoing
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• “Building sustainable and competitive tourism enterprises in Northern Mesoamerica”.
Places to work: Guatemala (Huehuetenango and Sierra del Lacandon National Park in Petén)
Partner grantee: Rainforest Alliance
Status: proposal approval phase
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Legacy project:• “Partnering to the protection of pine oak mesoamerican
forest.”• Donator: Legacy foundation• TNC-CI project (2007-2009)• To work in: Chiapas, Guatemalan Highlands, Honduras• 3 general components:
1.strengthen the protected areas.
2. Training local communities and small grants to pilote projects.
3)Stregthen the Pine Oak Regional Alliance
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Some activities in Guatemala:• A workshop to desing, construction and
maintenance of trails in protected areas will be in Guatemala (may 08). (second year of project will be give a environmental interpretation to tourism and cultural guides.
• Workshops about: importance and management and protected areas; better practices in coffee (may 08) and agrosilvopastoril systems (june 08).
• Small grant to determinate the need of communitary enterprises (related to tourism and handicrafts) in Sierra de los Cuchumatanes. (in proposal phase)
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Tourism projects in Southern Central America
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What they done?
CEPF PROJECTS DONE
SUBJECT No.PROJECT COUNTRIES
Conservation Coffee 1 Costa Rica
Establishment of corridors 2 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Management of protected areas and corridors 7 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Indigenous traditional practices 2 region
TOURISM 3 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Endangered species 10 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Environmental Education 3 Costa Rica, Panama
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CEPF Tourism projects
• “Promoting sustainable development in the Buffer Zone of La Amistad Biosphere Reserve through Ecotourism in the Naso Indigenous community territory”.
• Partner grantee: Organización para el desarrollo del Pueblo Naso
• Status: done, but the project continue
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• Ecotourism development in the intermunicipal park of the Mahogany wetlands in Rama-Bluefields Nicaragua.
• Partner Grantee: Bluefields Indian &Caribbean University
• Status: Done: 2004-2005
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Prospective tourism work
To Northern CA (Guatemala) • Potential partners identified to work in tourism
projects:
CONAP (National Protected Areas Council);
Helvetas (swiss international cooperation) they are working closely with municipal parks in the highlands of Guatemala.
Counterpart International (projects of communitary tourism, marketing)
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Prospective tourism work
• We want to obtain Conservation Agreements (CSP) to work in 5 places in Guatemala (2008). The local comunities are interesting in ecoturism projects!
• Apply the “value chain” in the future projects of CI.
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Challenges• Conserve the biodiversity and improve
the quality of the local people that live in or near the protected/key areas.
• Demonstrate to local people that is better “sale the communities” using the conservation of the nature and the culture.
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Lesson learned
• The participation of all the actors is important to ensure the success of the projects.
• The genuine respect of the differents cultures and customs is important
• The tourism projects cant “sale” like the magic and unique solution of the economic problems in a community (they need integrate solutions)
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Lesson learned…• The projects shouldn´t assume “foreign
prescriptions” have to work in other place…is better to build an “own prescription” in a participative way.
• In the begining of a project the community have to know the success of a project require: time, training, dedication and to persevere.
• The experiences exchange is a good way to motivate the communities and persons, to know “we are not alone in the conservation fight”
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and to the end……..