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Detail of GEF Project #121
| GEF Project ID | 121 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 536 |
| IBRD PO ID | 44343 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Honduras Biodiversity Project |
| Country | Honduras |
| Region | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 3; 4 |
| PDF-B Approval Date | 1996-02-23 |
| Approval Date | 1997-01-01 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 1997-08-26 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 1997-10-07 |
| Project Completion Date | 2005-06-30 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| Executing Agency | Dept. of Protected Areas and Wildlife (DAPVS); Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat |
| Description | This UNDP/World Bank project is the Honduran link in the Meso-American Biological Corridor (MBC). The project will strengthen the protection and mgt. of 5 biologically rich protected areas in the MBC, representing a range of ecosystem types, as well as support ecologically compatible development demonstration projects in the surrounding buffer zones. Special attention will be given to indigenous peoples' development and gender issues. The project funds biological monitoring of protected areas and adjacent zones, institutional strengthening of the Forestry Administration Corp., DAPVS/local committees and environmental awareness activities. The assoc. IDA credit finances complementary activities in land administration/tenure, natural resources mgmt., institutional strengthening, protected area establishment and biological monitoring. |
| Implementation Status | April-June 2003: PDF B activities completed. The GEF implementing agency for the full size project will be World Bank. |
| PDF B Amount | 300,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 7,000,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 7,300,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 41,700,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 49,000,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 7,000,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 34,500,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 41,800,000 USD |
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