Regional programs / Regional environmental program for Central America/Central American protected area system (PROARCA/CAPAS) Translated title provided by contractor
Project to facilitate the development and consolidation of a biological corridor in Central America and to promote a strengthened regulatory and enforcement framework for environmental management (PROARCA project). The project, to be implemented principally by the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), will have components in the areas of protected areas systems, coastal zone management, and environmental protection. Participating regional organizations will include Comision Centroamericana de Bosques (CCAB), Comision Centroamericana de Areas Protegidas (CCAP), the Comision Interparlamentaria Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CICAD), and Central American governments and NGOs. PROARCA is the result of the "Alliance for Sustainable Development", signed by the heads of State of all Central American countries at the 10/94 Environmental Summit for Central America, and of the Conjunta Centroamericana-USA (CONCAUSA), signed at the 12/94 Summit of the Americas. Under the protected areas and coastal zone management components, priority terrestrial and marine sites will be targeted for field testing solutions, for providing feedback on national and regi
Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABM-016 (1995). The source's own text.
Operated in: Central America, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Belize, Uganda.
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Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Project grant agreement between the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD) and the United States of America for the Central American regional environmental project [PROARCA] | 1995 | Linked evaluation |
| Evaluation : Central America regional environmental program (PROARCA) | 2000 | Linked evaluation |
| Evaluation : Central America regional environmental program (PROARCA) -- annex A | 2000 | Linked evaluation |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central American Commission on the Environment and Development | implementer | 1996 to 2000 | Stated in a document | 36 sources |
| International Resources Group (IRG) | implementer | 1997 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 12 sources |
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| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 596-0180-C-6062 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1997 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 33 sources |
4 PROARCA's predecessor project, RENARM (RegIOnal Environmental and Natural Resources Management) focused on reducmg envlfonmental degradatlOllthrough the WIdespreadadoptIOn ot best management practIces 111 protected areas management sustamable agnculture and forestry, mcreas1l1g complIance by non-traditional agrIculture exporters
| Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF International) |
| implementer |
| 1996 to 1999 |
| Stated in a document |
| 10 sources |
| Chemonics International Inc. | implementer | 1996 | Stated in a document | 5 sources |
| Energy, Environmental Measures and Development, Inc. | implementer | 1999 to 2000 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Ford Foundation | implementer | 1998 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| World Bank (IBRD) | implementer | 1998 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | implementer | 1998 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
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| 596-0180-C-6023 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1998 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| ANE-0178-Q-1047 (task order, fiscal year not recorded) | 1996 | Stated in a document | 5 sources |
| LAG-I-99-00013 (idiq, FY1999) | 2000 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central American Commission on the Environment and Development | 1996 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 8 sources |
| Fundacion para la Proteccion de Lancetilla, Punta Sal y Texiguat (PROLANSATE) | 2000 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central America Regional | 1998 to 2000 | Stated in a document | 19 sources |
| Reg Office Cent America & Panama (ROCAP) | 1995 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 13 sources |
| Honduras | 1997 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 8 sources |
| Costa Rica | 1998 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| Guatemala | 1996 to 2000 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| Panama | 1997 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 5 sources |
| El Salvador | 1996 to 2000 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| Nicaragua | 1999 to 2000 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Latin American Regional | 1996 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Natural resources and biodiversity (forests, wildlife, water resources) 40%; Environment, general policy and planning 17%; Good governance 7%
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Program key prj:5960180