MESOAMERICA

Steps forward in 2010

Last year was especial because: We were recognized as a region within CEESP We were supported to discussed the

governance views and advances in the Mesoamerican Parks Congress.

Where able to incidence on the Climate Change issues through incorporating gender as an important issue in the Regional Strategy of Climate change

We have been a real pain to the traditional way of doing marine conservation without people at the regional level.

March 2010: III Mesoamerican Congress on Protected Areas ( Merida-Yucatan) Session: Contributions by Indigenous

People nd Community Conservation Areas to food security, cultural identity, territoriality and biodiversity conservation.

Steps forward: Incidence in resolutions Discussions on the global advances on

governance of natural resources Presence of indigenous representatives and

local communities in the Congress.

Womens proposals to main stream the gender approach into regional climate change policies.

The regional climate change strategy did not consider that climate changes affect differently men and women and that this differences need to be discussed and consider in a clear and effective matter in policy making.

Steps forward:

Strenghthening local capacities to cope with climate change impacts

Policy incidence Cancún final agreement and gender

Marine conservation with the people

Work in Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua dealing with marine conservation and local communities.

Exchanges between fishermen and facilitation of workshops and discussions concerning the issue, responsible fishing and tourism.

Working towards new community governance models for the marine ecosystems.

Steps forward: Streghthening human rights approach, food security issues

and concern about addictions in relation to the coastal and marine areas.

Governance Training

With the University of International Cooperation in Costa Rica, we gave the first virtual course on Governance of protected areas…..to 40 guardparks from all over the country.

The CD would have been very useful The experience was indeed very relevant to

reinforce the importance of this type of initiatives.

Others:

Participation in the Newsletter Support on follow up on COMET project

( CEESP will be part of the coordination commitee)

Closer work with the Secretariat on CEESP work and concerns. We need to approach members still.

Follow up issues:

Who does Mesoamericas CEESP Vice-chair represents?.

How can we work better and together with Secretariat and members in the region?

How can we bring lessons learn from the region to the CEESP structure (themes and regional offices)?

Preparation of CEESP Mesoamaerican members concerning the next World Congress.

GRACIAS!!