Environmental policy and administrative management

The SGP has funded over 30 projects across the country, in the component of Community Ecotourism, understood as a means for conservation of biodiversity resources and the generation of additional income to traditional community development activities. Through the project Strengthening these groups the ACT Ecotourism Network that is composed of all these initiatives is created. The aim was to bring these groups to a standard level of service offering, which has been achieved in the last year, for this reason, as part of the marketing of these projects to PPD is requested to provide support for editing the first guide for community tourism in Costa Rica and Latin America. This is oriented this project. The project objective is to contribute to global environmental benefits in the areas of biodiversity, tico climate and international waters, by the identification ny Community Initiatives Support Conservation and sustainable use of natural resources that generate local environmental benefits while CONDITION n improve their living. SPEC FICOS OBJECTIVES: 1.Selecci ny adoption of community projects that meet GEF criteria and according to the needs of grassroots 2.Establish lig functional schemes with other GEF projects and other agencies (CBM, CBTC, electrificati n rural, CI, Ecomercados, INBio-BID, n electrificati BUN-CA/FOCER) and national environmental funds 3.Fortalecimiento organizational capacity, administrative yt technique of partner organizations 4.Estrategia Comm Program Divulgaci ny n in operation n to show global environmental benefits of strat 5.Fortalecimiento Zone alliances with Government Institutions, NGOs, Private Enterprise (INA, ICT, Youth Challenge, Ralisgh International Minae, MAG, IDA, Private Enterprise Operators Tur appliances)

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