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About Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

Mesoamerica and the Caribbean are two of the world's biodiversity hotspots, including the world’s second largest reef and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. The region is home to a diversity of indigenous peoples that protect and coexist with natural resources. With less than 2% of the world's territory, Mesoamerica accounts for 12% of the world's biological wealth, 8% of the world's mangroves and 31% of its surface declared as Natural Protectead Areas, while the Caribbean islands are one of the largest endemic biodiversity centers in the world, including the uniqueness of 50 per cent of its plant life due to its geography and climate.

Catalyzing Nature-based Solutions

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) aim to protect, sustainably manage, and restore ecosystems to address societal challenges, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. As climate change impacts increasingly affect people and livelihoods, nature is a powerful ally in proving adaptation solutions through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) strategies. NbS also include strategies to prevent climate disasters and mitigate their impact.

Our Work in ORMACC

For 35 years, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC) implements and executes projects alongside Members and allies mostly from countries in the region, either in specific local communities and indigenous peoples or in work areas that include more than one country or even terrestrial, coastal or marine zones.

ORMACC demonstrates a consolidated trajectory in terms of biodiversity, forest governance, water governance, institutional strengthening, skills development and empowerment of peasant, indigenous and local organizations, political advocacy within the national and regional biodiversity framework, climate change, water resources, disaster risk reduction and protected areas, local environmental management and local development, coastal management, adaptation to climate change based on ecosystems, small donations management, and productive environment-friendly initiatives (for example, forest management, eco- and ethno-tourism, community restoration works,  water management,  agrosilvopastoral practices, etc.).

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