Thanks to the generous support of the German Government through the KfW, recovering damaged and degraded reefs in the MAR region, is a tangible possibility through the Mesoamerican Reef Rescue Initiative.
Objective: The overall objective of the Reef Rescue Initiative is to contribute to the conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef by increasing the resilience and recovery ability of the MAR and thereby the environmental and cultural services it provides, through:
- Capacity building,
- Regulations,
- Economic incentives and
- Financial sustainability required for effective and timely restoration.
All required for the effective and timely restoration
The main Initiative´s main approaches are:
- Continuing restoration: Based on diverse coral restoration techniques in reef areas that have been degraded or damage.
- Emergency Response: Inmediate response actions to recover the reefs for damages caused by hurricanes or possible ship groundings.
This innovative project is implemented by the MAR Fund, and the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), with the participation of the four countries that share the reef system: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico
General Operating Plan 2016-2020
a. Technical Project Committee Meetings
b. Regional Meetings & Workshops
c. Country Meetings & Workshop
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Legal Analysis Reef Restoration MAR
Recommendations to Improve Legislation MAR
Legal Analysis Reef Restoration MAR-Presentation
Additional Questions and Answers
Systematization Legal Analysis MAR
CSI Analysis. MAR Procedures
CSI Analysis MAR Recommendations
SCTLD Recommendations Final 2020
Action for implementing Regional Protocols
Regional Opportunities to enable Restoration
Public Policy Analysis for the MAR-Technical Document
Public Policy Analysis for MAR Summary-Presentation
Climate Risk Assessment-Concept Note-Document
Climate Risk Assessment-Summary-Presentation
GIS Analysis for the MAR Region
Early Warning Emergency Response Protocol
Fact Sheet Emergency Response in the MAR
Mesoamerican Reef Insurance Programme
Fact Sheet Insurance Model for Reefs
Study 1 Correlation Damages and Parameters
Study 1. Correlation Damages and Parameters - Technical Document
Study 1. Damages and Parameters - Presentation
Study 1. Correlation Damages and Parameters - Executive Summary
Study 2 Cost Estimation
Study 2. Cost Estimation - Technical Document
Study 2. Cost Estimation - Summary and Presentation
Study 3 Insurance Concept
Study 3. Insurance Concept. Preliminary Analysis for the MAR
Study 3. Summary Preliminary Concept of Parametric Insurance for SAM - Summary and Presentation
1. Beneficiary Analysis for the MAR
Beneficiaries of Rapid Response Reef Risk Financing in the MAR Region
Cost-Benefit Summary and Sensitivity Analysis
Supplementary Report-InsuResilience Target Group
2. Financial Risk Anlysis for the MAR
Sustainability of Rapid Response Reef Risk Financing in the MAR Region
12.1 Reef Restoration Guideline
12.2 Videos of Reef Restoration Guide
1. Mesoamerican Reef System
2. Introduction to Coral Reef Restoration
3. Asexual Coral Breeding Technique
4. Assisted Coral Reproduction Technique
5. Advice from experts
12.3 Short videos: interviews with experts in restoration of the MAR
Adriel-Castañeda
Fisheries Department Belize
Belize
Ana Giro
Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative
Guatemala
Anastazia Banasak
Laboratorio de Investigación Integral para la
Conservación de Arrecifes CORALIUM
México
Christian Alva
Proyecto Resiliencia
GEF-PNUD-CONANP
México
Claudia Padilla
Instituto Nacional de Pesca - INAPESCA
México
Gabriela Nava
Oceanus A.C.
México
Héctor Lizárraga y Baruch Figueroa
Centro Ecológico Akumal
México
Ian Drysdale
Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative
Honduras
Lisa Carne
Fragments of Hope
Belize
Marcio Aronne
Fundación Cayos Cochinos
Honduras
Miguel García
Oceanus A.C.
México
Tripp Funderburk
Bay Islands Reef Restoration
Honduras
Reef Restoration Network
a. Learn more about the Network in Coralmar.org
b. Meeting Minutes
c. Strategic Plan
d. Regulatory Statutes