The lines of work that guide the actions of the Mesoamerican Reef Conservation project are:
The Mesoamerican Reef Conservation project is focused on the reef shared by Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Since 2015, 38 projects have been approved that have strengthened local MPA communities in monitoring, coral restoration, good practices in tourism, solid and liquid waste management, climate change, and participatory MPA management, among others.
In the second half of 2023, within the MAR Fund Small Grants Program framework, the Akumal Ecological Center and the Cozumel Community Foundation joined in collaboration with Conanp and other local actors. Together, they carried out coral restoration initiatives in the Akumal Bay Refuge Area for the Protection of Aquatic Species (ARPEA) and the Flora and Fauna Protection Area (APFF) of the North of the Island of Cozumel, respectively. Simultaneously, Centinelas del Agua carried out an economic assessment of the ecosystem services of the Yalahau Lagoon in the APFF Yum Balam. The results of this assessment were shared with social and government actors to promote good management and generate public policies that allow the long-term conservation of this water body and its associated ecosystems.
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