Mexico & OAS Launch Project to Help Caribbean Reefs and Coastal Management

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Mexico announced joint implementation of the project ReefFix, which aims to improve the capacity of Caribbean countries to value and measure ecosystem services of coral reefs and to strengthen coastal zone management systems. ReefFix also seeks to complement existing initiatives to protect the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) off the shores of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
Titled "ReefFix: An Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Ecosystem Services Valuation and Capacity Building Project for the Caribbean," the project builds on a prior project supported by the Government of Chile to enhance the technical capacity of Caribbean nations to collect and manage data on their Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

[Press Release] [Organization of American States]

Source: IISD