Environmental conservation work in Honduras


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Two little leatherback turtles are heading to the sea. Rising sea levels will threaten their beach habitat

10 Sep 2007
Sea turtles threatened by rising seas
Sea turtles lay their eggs into the beach sand. Many return to the exact beaches that they were hatched to lay the eggs for the next generation of turtles. But sea level rise due to climate change threatens beach habitat. A new study predicts that turtle reproduction will be hard hit. » Read more

 
The fruit of the oil palm yields palm oil, which is used in the manufacture of many food and non-food products.

19 Jun 2007
WWF signs MoU with palm oil producers in Honduras to protect biggest reef in the Americas
After several years of working with palm oil producers in Central America, an agreement signed this week seeks better agricultural practices that will benefit one of the world's largest coral reefs and the people who depend on its resources.
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The Mesoamerican Reef – a priority ecoregion for WWF’s work worldwide – covers a large territory from the Bay Islands in the north of Honduras to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, including the Guatemalan and Belizean coasts. However, natural resources in some of the area’s crucial protected areas are often poorly managed.

04 Jul 2006
WWF and TNC assess climate change impacts on the Mesoamerican Reef
WWF and The Nature Conservancy are undertaking a major regional assessment of Central America’s Mesoamerican Reef to determine the impacts of climate change on coral reefs. » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: May 2008 - Started: Jul 1998

Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef

The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) project aims to improve protected areas management and influence regional development in support of conservation of the MA... » Read more
 

Latin America and Caribbean Marine Initiatives

 
Modified: Feb 2007 - Started: Nov 1995

Coastal Zone Management in Central America

PROARC/Costas aims to support stewardship of coastal/marine resources in specific areas of Central America by strengthening the management of protecte... » Read more

Contact

Sylvia Marin - Von Köller
(Regional Representative)
WWF Central America Regional Programme Office,
San Jose

T: +506 2 234 8434

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Offices

WWF Central America Regional Programme Office,
San Jose
De la POPS de Curridabat 300 metros sur y 100 metros oeste Curridabat San Jose COSTA RICA
Costa Rica

T: +506 2 253 4960
F: +506 2 253 4927

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