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Wetlands and Coastal Zones Bulletin
Volume 1, No. 1
Technical Communiqués
Projects in Central America
Sustainable Conservation of
Marine
Biodiversity Linking Marine-Coastal
Tourism and Marine Protected Areas

1. Summary: There is an
urgent need to assure the ecological and economic sustainability of marine biodiversity
conservation. The project will be directed at procuring and demonstrating the
sustainability of marine biodiversity conservation through the integration of coastal
tourism development with activities by the marine protected areas, using two specific case
studies.
Many marine protected areas (MPAs) are connected with tourism activities, even though both
are developed independently. Coastal communities are often marginalized by tourism and the
MPAs. This has led to increased environmental degradation, a reduction in resources and
conflicts.
2. Project Goal
Contribute to ecologically and economically sustainable marine and coastal biodiversity
conservation through the integrated development of coastal tourism and marine protected
zones.
3. Principal Objetives:
- Examine the relationship, including impacts, between
coastal ecosystems (terrestrial, wetlands, and marine) that are important for integrated
development of tourism and MPAs .
- Examine the role of local communities in coastal tourism
and the MPAs .
- Design
and execute strategies and appropriate
guidelines
for conservation of marine biodiversity, through demonstrative activities that link the
development of MPAs and marine-coastal tourism, with participation by local communities.
- Facilitate participation between the two regions (East
Africa and Central America) in experiences generated during project implementation, and
take adva.ntage of lessons that may have universal application
The project will evaluate the impact of marine-coastal
tourism
on marine biodiversity and on coastal communities in the two regions of Central America
and East Africa. Results of this evaluation will be taken into account in carrying out a comprehensive
and cooperative approach regarding tourism and
protected area development in one specific area in each
region. Defined on-site activities will be implemented by national
experts, and if necessary, with additional external experience. However, project
performance will be monitored closely by IUCN. Depending on experiences, strategies and
lines of work will be formulated for a comprehensive and cooperative approach to the
development of tourism and protected areas.
It is anticipated that the project will continue marine biodiversity
conservation, strengthening of regional and international
cooperation, and improvement of South-South collaboration.
This will demonstrate to the private sector its potential for
contributing to marine conservation. Experiences generated
throughout project implementation will have national, regional
and global application. Guidelines produced by the project will be
applicable in other regions.
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