Links

Links of interest

Organizations – Agencies

• Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
• Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales
• Conservation International (CI)
• Counterpart International (CPI)
• Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversite Marine (FoProBiM)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Fundación para la Gestión Ambiental Participativa (FUNGAP)
• International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME)
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• La Corporación Coordinadora Nacional para la Defensa del Ecosistema Manglar (C-CONDEM)
• Mangrove Action Project (MAP)
• Red Manglar Internacional
• Resilience Alliance
• Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)
• Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB)
• The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
• The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
• The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC)
• United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)
• United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
• US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Wetlands International
• World Rainforest Movement
• World Resources Institute (WRI)

Initiatives – Projects

• The Ramsar Convention -Regional Initiative for the Integral Management and Wise Use of Mangroves and Coral Reefs
• Blue Carbon Initiative-UNEP
• The Blue Carbon Initiative
• The Caribbean Biological Corridor [in Spanish]
• Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Project (CLME)
• Coastal Capital: Economic Valuation of Coastal Ecosystems in the Caribbean
• Mangroves for the Future (MFF)
• Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef System
• The World Wetland Network (WWN)
• Coastal reforestation, Habitat Creation, Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Management of Mangrove Forests in Guatemela, Honduras and Nicaragua
• Manejo integrado de las zonas costeras y gestión sostenible de los manglares de Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua (Proyecto Manglares)
• Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project

International Conventions

• The Convention on Wetlands (“Ramsar Convention”)
• The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climates Change (UNFCCC)

Climate Change

• Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)
• The CARIBSAVE Partnership (CARIBSAVE)
• Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
• CARE: Climate Change Information Centre
• The CCB Standards: The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance
• Verified Carbon Standards

Environmental Economics

• The Ecosystem Marketplace
• The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
• EarthEconomics
• Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES)

Forums, Databases & Networks

• Rainforest Alliance´s Eco-Index
• The Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Blue Carbon Portal
• CaMPAM Network and Forum
• Caribbean Hub
• Global Mangrove database and information center
• ReefBase: A Global Information System for Coral Reefs
• International Analog Forestry Network (IAFN)
• Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership (MESP)
• Ecosystem Commons
• Mangrove WWW sites