Hot off the Press! UNDP and ILCN launch a new report on Privately Protected Areas, analysing status in 30 countries
Forum Post By Heena Ahmed / 4 September, 2019 - 03:40
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Guatemala Country Profile: International Outlook for Privately Protected Areas
By Heena Ahmed / 4 September, 2019 - 01:44 
This country profile is part of a study entitled, "Myron, E., Fabiano, C., and Ahmed, H. International Outlook for Privately Protected Areas: Argentina Country Profile. International Land Conservation Network (a project of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy) - United Nations Development Programme, 2019.". The summary report provides an overview of the status of Privately Protected Areas in 30 countries throughout Latin America, Asia, the Pacific, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mapas preliminares de estado de biodiversidad para su 6IN - Guatemala
By Annie Virnig / 6 March, 2019 - 00:11
Al comienzo del proceso de 6IN, se planteó el reto a las Partes del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica a duplicar la cantidad de mapas utilizados desde su 5IN a su 6IN. ¿Está en camino de enfrentar este desafío? ¡Tenemos buenas noticias para usted! Al utilizar el UN Biodiversity Lab y los conjuntos de datos globales disponibles, creamos 18 mapas preliminares de estado de biodiversidad para su país. Los datos dentro de estos mapas pueden ayudarlo a informar sobre indicadores clave relacionados con las Metas de Aichi 5, 11, 12, 14 y 15.
PA Business Plan Catalogue - Plan de negocios, Área Protegida "Punta de Manabique", Izabal, Guatemala
By Marion Marigo / 26 February, 2019 - 06:59 
The Government of Seychelles-UNDP-GEF Protected Area Finance and Outer Islands projects hosted a Business Planning workshop for Protected Areas in Seychelles in September 2017. In preparation for this training, a database containing examples of terrestrial and marine business plans from around the world and guidelines for their development was produced. We are sharing in this post the report "Plan de negocios, Área Protegida "Punta de Manabique", Izabal, Guatemala".
[EN-FR-ES] Survey on small nature-based enterprises: What do you want to learn?
Forum Post By Martin Sommerschuh / 18 October, 2018 - 01:50
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Eye on Earth Webinar: Effective Communication for Sustainable Development - Distracting People with Reality
Forum Post By Heena Ahmed / 1 May, 2017 - 17:01
Date: May 03, 2017 at 1:30 PM GMT Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3724766445296304642 ABSTRACT: Over the last 4 years, World Resource Institute, a global research organization, and Vizzuality, a missio
Biodiversity Mainstreaming
Guatemala's Ministry of Agriculture approves first-ever Policy on Gender Equality
By Christina Supples / 24 December, 2015 - 02:49
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Conservation And Sustainable Use Models, At Guatemalan Protected Areas
By Vinamra Mathur / 3 November, 2014 - 08:47
Previously the establishment of the Mayan Biosphere Reserve, resources at the area were depredated principally for timber and hunting. Populations with no land certainty used resources with no sustainability guidelines. After the establishment of the MBR not many things changed and government was pushed to create a functional mechanism that reduced the depredation of resources.The concession mechanisms established gave the opportunity to organized communities and private enterprises to participate in the management and sustainable use of resources.
Sustainable Conservation Through Protected Area Based Enterprises In Bolivia And Guatemala
By Sarah Valenti / 23 October, 2014 - 10:56
WCS will highlight experiences with PA-based enterprises working with local communities in Bolivia and Guatemala to help promote sustainable livelihoods and improve governance conditions. In Bolivia, WCS works in a suite of Protected Areas and indigenous territories to develop community-based natural resource management enterprises, ranging from chocolate cultivation to caiman harvesting and processing of skins. In Guatemala, WCS works with a community to sustainably harvest an understory palm frond known as xate.
Equator Initiative Case Study – Ixpiyakok Women’s Association (ADEMI)
By Annie Virnig / 15 February, 2014 - 06:39 
Ixpiyakok Women’s Association (Associación de Mujeres Ixpiyakok - ADEMI) brings together 30 groups of Maya women in Chimaltenango to improve local food security and nutrition through organic family farms and seed banks. Originally launched as a credit and savings program for local women, the association has expanded into health and education service provision, as well as advocacy for women’s rights.
