Common Contracts

Conservation Agreements in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve Project

June 14th, 2016

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  June 14th, 2016

Project Reference 20-008 Project Name Conservation in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve Project Evaluation Leader InstitutionName Wildlife Conservation Society Beginning date 04/2013 Termination date 03/2016 Amount offunding £ 269,681 Brief Project Summary The Wild Life Conservation Society and its Guatemalan partners consider that the conservation and the sustainable management of natural and cultural heritage of the Mayan Biosphere Reserve of Petén, Guatemala its essential to generate long lasting social, political, economic and environmental benefits for the Guatemalan and local communities.To achieve this vision, the executed project was based on the long term commitment of WCS with Petén, strengthening and consolidating the capacity to create and manage representative, responsible, transparent and effective institutions on natural and cultural resources management in the intact areas of Petén. Through this project there were established commitments and responsibilities between four comm