Honduras Eco Audit 2016 Mar 16 - Healthy Reefs · Protegidas y Vida Silvestre de la Administración...

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Status: FinalName:Description:

Theme:

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Observations:

DateJan-09

May-02

Apr-04

2011-33.7%ofHonduras'territorialseaisinsideMPAs.

Source:

DepartamentodeÁreasProtegidasyVidaSilvestredelaAdministraciónForestaldelEstado

HN1a.3-PlandeManejoParqueNacionalPuntaIzopo

InstitutoHondureñodeTurismo

HCRFInstitution

2011-Itwasdeterminedthat34%ofHonduras'territorialseaisinsideMPAs(summarytableinevidenceHN1a.10andHN1a.11).Hondurashas23,987km2ofterritorialsea(spatialinformationinHN1a.9andsummaryinHN1a.10andHN1a.12),and8,082km2insideMPAs(spatialinformationinHN1a.9;summaryinHN1a.10andHN1a.12;legalorientationanddetailedinformation[mapsand/orsummarystatistics]forindividualMPAsinHN1a.1[pages14&49],HN1a.2[pages12&33],HN1a.3[pages3&33],HN1a.4[pages11&17],HN1a.5[pages8and30],HN1a.6[pages7&10],HN1a.7,HN1a.8).ManagementplansandspatialinformationwerecompiledbyHRIusingnationalgovernmentdataonMPAs.GISlayers(HN1a.9)containallthespatialinformationusedinthisanalysis.PleasenotethatsomenumbersmayslightlydifferfromthosereportedinindividualmanagementplansduetothefactthatHRIonlycalculatedthemarineportionofeachreserve.SeveralmanagementplansandcountryreportsincludethetotalareaofanMPA,whichmayincludetheareaofmarinewaters,inlandwatersandlandinitssummarytables.SlightdifferencesmaybetheresultofdifferentGISlayers(maps).ThelegalorientationanddescriptionforeachprotectedareacanbefoundinHN1a.1/p14&49,HN1a.2/2.4.3p.33&1.2.4.4p.12,HN1a.3/1.1p.3&1.4.3p.33,HN1a.4/p.11&p.17,HN1a.5/II1.1p.8&II2.2p.30,HN1a.6/IIp.7IIIp.10,HN1b.7p.1Article1,andHN1b.8p.2Article1.

Document/FilenameHN1a.1-PlandeManejo2008-12:MonumentoNaturalMarinoArchipelagoCayosCochinos,Honduras

5–Atleast20%ofterritorialseaisinsideMPAs4–Atleast15%ofterritorialseaisinsideMPAs3–Atleast10%ofterritorialseaisinsideMPAs2–Atleast5%ofterritorialseaisinsideMPAs1–Lessthan5%ofterritorialseaisinsideMPAs

Grade:

2016-AlthoughtheareaunderMPAmanagementhasincreasedfrom9806km2to9819km2,thepercentageofterritorialseaunderprotectionremainsat40.9%(HN1a.31-33).SomeofthesechangesarerelatedtoarevisionofMPAborderscarriedputbyIlianaChollett,andhersupportingdocumentscanbefoundunderHN1a.21&22.Othersupportingdocumentshavebeenacquired,relatedtoMPAsinHonduras,suchasshapefiles(HN1a.12,24,26,28,29&30);newMPAsdecreedorundermunicipalordinance(HN1a.15,16,17,18,19,20,25&34);updatedornewmanagementplans(HN1a27&35);aswellasnormsthatapplytobufferzones(HN1a.36).

2014-Itwasdeterminedthat40.9%ofHonduras'territorialseaisinsideMPAs(summarytableinevidenceHN1a.13).Hondurashas23,987km2ofterritorialsea(spatialinformationinHN1a.14andsummaryinHN1a.13),and9,806.1km2insideMPAs(spatialinformationinHN1a.4;summaryinHN1a.13).

HN1a.2-ProyectoManejoAmbientaldeIslasdelaBahia

Indicator:

HealthyReefInitiative

HealthyReefsInitiative

Inordertobeeffective,networksofMPAsmustcoveranadequatepercentageofthesea.Globally,scientistshaveestimatedthatbetween20-30%oftheseashouldbeprotected.

Theme1–MarineProtectedAreas

LocationHCRF

2016:5-VeryGood 2011:5-VeryGood

LorenzoAlvarezFilip(GISCoordinator)lorenzo@healthyreefs.org

2014:5-VeryGood

RankingCriteria:

Responsible:

Percentofacountry’sterritorialseaincludedingazettedMPAs

CollectionSheetEco-Audit2016-Honduras

Observations:

Apr-04

Jun-Dec2011

Jul-00

Oct-91

Dec-11Dec-11Dec-11

Dec-11Aug-13Aug-13Feb-12Mar-15Mar-12Feb-14Jul-10

Nov-11Apr-15Apr-15

Apr-15

Nov-12

Jan-02

Nov-13Apr-14Jan-15

Aug-15

Aug-14

Dec-15Dec-15Dec-15Jun-14Jul-12

HN1a.22-AnexoRevisiondeLimitesAPMsdeHonduras

HN1a.15-OrdenanzaMunicipalSACTHN1a.16-Acuerdo007-2015BahiadeTela

HN1a.21-RevisionLimitesAPMsdeHonduras CentrodeEstudiosMarinosCentrodeEstudiosMarinos

CentrodeEstudiosMarinos

SecretariadeAgriculturayGanaderia

HN1a.20-NuevosLimitesRVSCS

Approval:

HN1a.26-ShapesdeCayosCochinos

MunicipalidaddeGuanajaHN1a.35PlandeManejoCuyamelOmoa

HN1a.27-PlandeManejoMNMCC2014-20252016

HRIHN1a.13EcoAudit2013MPAsGIS

HN1a.36NormativadeZonasdeAmortiguamiento

HN1a.33MARMPAs_NTZs2015

HN1a.34OrdenanzaAreasNoPescaGuanaja

HN1a.19-DecretoLegislativo75-2010PNMIBHN1.18-DecretoMinisterialSACTHN1a.17-CertificacionOrdenanzaSACT

HN1a.11-JPEGMapofMARProtectedArea&Reef

bkushner81@gmail.com

BenjaminKushner

IndependentConsultant

HN1a.28-AreasdePastoMarinodeHonduras

HRIHRI

InstitutoNacionaldeConservacionyDesarolloForestalyVidaSilvestre

HRIHRIHRI

MunicipalidaddeGuanaja

HRIHN1a.12-MARMPAList

PROLANSATEHN1a.5-ProgramadeUsoPublicoParqueNacionalJeannetteKawas

HN1a.4-PlandeManejoPesqueroRefugiodeVidaSilvestreBarrasCueroySalado2010-2014

HRIHRIHRI

HN1a.10-EcoAuditSummaryStatisticsHRIHRI

HN1a.9-EcoAuditHN-GISShapefiles

HN1a.32GIS_MAR_MPAs_attributes

HN1a.23-ShapesRevisionLimitesAPMsdeHonduras

SecretrariadeRecursosNaturalesyAmbiente

HN1a.29-FronterasMarítimasHonduras

PROLANSATE

HN1a.6PlandeManejoBiosferadelRioPlatano

HN1a.24-ShapesdeZonadeAmortiguamientoCC

HN1a.25-Acuerdo005-2002ProhibiciónPescaconTanqueCC

HealthyReefsInitiativeMarisolRuedaFlores

rueda@healthyreefs.org

HN1a.8-MPABoundary&RegsParqueNacionalCuyamelOmoa

HN1a.31EA_table_2015_v1

HN1a.30-LimitesMarinosdeHondurasenelCaribe

HN1a.7-AcuerdoPresedencial3056-91-IslasdelCisne

HRIHN1a.14-MPANTZsMARReefs

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

DateJan-09

May-02

Apr-04

Percentofacountry’sterritorialseaincludedinfullyprotectedzones

Grade:

5–Atleast5%ofterritorialseaisfullyprotected(fisheriesreplenishmentzones)4–Atleast4%ofterritorialseaisfullyprotected(fisheriesreplenishmentzones)3–Atleast3%ofterritorialseaisfullyprotected(fisheriesreplenishmentzones)2–Atleast2%ofterritorialseaisfullyprotected(fisheriesreplenishmentzones)1–Lessthan2%ofterritorialseaisfullyprotected(fisheriesreplenishmentzones)

lorenzo@healthyreefs.org

LorenzoAlvarezFilip(GISCoordinator)

Observations:

2016,2014&2011-Hondurashas2.2%ofitsterritorialseainsidefully-protected(nofishing)zones.

RankingCriteria:

Indicator:CollectionSheetEco-Audit2016-Honduras

HN1b.3-PlandeManejoParqueNacionalPuntaIzopo

Institution

2014&2011-UsingGISoverlaysitwasdeterminedthat2.2%ofHonduras'territorialseaisinsidefullyprotectedzonesofMPAs(HN1b.9,HN1b.10,HN1b.11).Specifically,Hondurashas23,987km2ofterritorialseaand522km2insideMPAs(spatialinformationinHN1a.4;summaryinHN1a.13).DatawascompiledbyHRIusingnationalgovernmentdataonMPAs(HN1b.9,HN1b.10,HN1b.11).AfulllistofMPAscanbefoundinHN1b.12.PleasenotethatsomenumbersmaydifferslightlyfromthosereportedinindividualmanagementplansduetothefactthatHRIonlycalculatedthemarineportionofeachreserve.SeveralmanagementplansandcountryreportsincludethetotalareaofanMPA,whichmayincludetheareaofmarinewaters,inlandwatersandlandinitssummarytables.SlightdifferencesmayalsobetheresultofusingdifferentGISlayers(maps).ThelegalorientationanddescriptionforeachprotectedareacanbefoundinHN1a.1/p14&49,HN1a.2/2.4.3p.33&1.2.4.4p.12,HN1a.3/1.1p.3&1.4.3p.33,HN1a.4/p.11&p.17,HN1a.5/II1.1p.8&II2.2p.30,HN1a.6/IIp.7IIIp.10,HN1b.7p.1Article1,andHN1b.8p.2Article1.

Document/Filename

2016-Althoughtheareaunderfullprotectionincreasedfrom523km2to524km2,thepercentageremainsat2.2%fortheentirecountry(HN1b.23-25).TherearedocumentsincludedthatsupporttheNTZzonesandhowtheyarebeingmanaged(HN1b.15-22),aswellasshapefilesforsomeoftheseareas(HN1b.16).

HN1b.1-PlandeManejo2008-12:MonumentoNaturalMarinoArchipelagoCayosCochinos,Honduras

Location

HN1b.2-ProyectoManejoAmbientaldeIslasdelaBahia

2014:2-Poor

Responsible:

Source:

2016:2-Poor

2011:2-Poor

WhileMPAsingeneralofferavarietyofconservationmeasures,thefully-protected(non-extractive)zonesorreservesprovidethemaximumbenefits,allowingthereplenishmentoffisheriesandrestorationofecosystembalance.Globallyscientistshavecalledforbetween10-40%oftheoceantobeunderfullprotection.

Apr-04

June-Dec2011

Jul-00

Oct-91

Dec-11Dec-11Dec-11

Dec-11Aug-13Aug-13Sep-13

Apr-13

Jul-10

Jun-14

Jan-14

May-11

Jul-12Dec-12Dec-12Dec-12

HRIInstitutoNacionaldeConservacionyDesarolloForestalyVidaSilvestre

HN1b.15-AcuerdoPlandeManejoBancoCordelia InstitutoNacionaldeConservacionyDesarolloForestalyVidaSilvestre

HN1b.4-PlandeManejoPesqueroRefugiodeVidaSilvestreBarrasCueroySalado2010-2014

HN1b.18-DecretoLegislativo75-2010PNMIB

HN1b.17-PlandeManejoBancoCordelia

PROLANSATE

HN1b.22PlandeManejoCuyamelOmoa

HN1b.21-ProyectoManejoZonasdeRestauraciónPesqueraCayosCochinos

HN1b.19-OrdenanzaAreasdeNoPescaGuanaja

HN1b.7-AcuerdoPresedencial3056-91-IslasdelCisne

HRIHN1a.13-EcoAudit2013MPAsGISHN1a.14-MPAsNTZsMARReefs

HN1b.16-BancoCordeliaShapeFiles

HN1b.25MARMPAs_NTZs2015

HN1b.11-JPEGMapofMARProtectedArea&Reef

BenjaminKushner

HN1b.9-EcoAuditHN-GISShapefiles

HN1b.23EA_table_2015_v1

Approval:

HN1b.24GIS_MAR_MPAs_attributes

HN1b.6PlandeManejoBiosferadelRioPlatano

HN1b.5-ProgramadeUsoPublicoParqueNacionalJeannetteKawas

HN1b.12-MARMPAList

HN1b.20-AreasdeRestauracionPesqueraPAMUCH

HN1b.10-EcoAuditSummaryStatistics HRI

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2011:5-VeryGood

2014-Hondurashas159.9km2ofcoralreefswith12.8km2infullyprotectedareasorzones,resultingin8.0%ofreefsunderfullprotection.

2014-UsingGISoverlaysitwasdeterminedthat8.0%ofHonduras'coralreefhabitatisinsidefullyprotectedzonesofMPAs(HN1c.13,HN1c.14).Specifically,Hondurashas159.9km2ofcoralreefsand12.8km2infullyprotectedareasorzones(HN1c.13,HN1c.14).ThereisanincreaseintheamountofcoralreefsthatHondurashasduetothe"discovery"(addition)ofthereefsintheBayofTela.Thisincreaseincoralreefs,butnotanincreaseinareasunder"fullprotection",allowedforareductioninthepercentageofreefsunderfullprotection,whichiswhythescorewentdownfroma"5"in2011toa"4"in2013.

2014:4-Good

lorenzo@healthyreefs.orgLorenzoAlvarezFilip(GISCoordinator)

RankingCriteria:

Grade:

5–Atleast10%ofcoralreefsareinsidefullprotection/fisheriesreplenishmentzones4–Atleast8%ofcoralreefsareinsidefullprotection/fisheriesreplenishmentzones3–Atleast6%ofcoralreefsareinsidefullprotection/fisheriesreplenishmentzones2–Atleast4%ofcoralreefsareinsidefullprotection/fisheriesreplenishmentzones1–Lessthan4%ofcoralreefsareinsidefullprotection/fisheriesreplenishmentzones

2016:5-VeryGood

Indicator:

Percentageofmappedcoralreefareasincludedinfullyprotectedzones

Responsible:

Ideally,theamountofseaunderfullprotectionwillberepresentativeofeachhabitatorecosystemtype,includingseagrassbeds,mangroves,sandflats,etc.Giventhehistoricalconservationfocusandhighvalueofcoralreefs,thisindicatorspecificallymeasuresprogressinfullyprotectingaportionofthiscriticalecosystem.

2016-UsingGISoverlays(HN1c.15&18)andthenewlimitsandattributesforMPAs(HN1c.17liststhemeta-dataforeachareaineachcountry),itwasdeterminedthatHondurashas16.3km2ofcoralreefswithinfullyprotectedareas,resultingina10.2%ofreefsunderfullprotection.Also,basedoncommentsincludedinHN1c.16byLorenzoA.Filipwhocarriedoutthecalculations,hestates:“IncreaseduetoareassessmentofMPAsnetwork(byIlianaCholette)ratherthantheestablishmentofnewMPAs”and“AftertherevisionofIlianaCholetteoneNTZwasremoved(CayosCochinos).AndtwonewNTZwereincludedinGuanaja(insideBayIslands).ThesechangesresultedinaconsiderableincreaseintheamountofreefsinsideNTZs(duetotheGuanajaNTZs)despitetheapparentsmallincreaseinthetotalNTZarea(duetotheexclusionofCayosCochinosNTZ).”

Observations:

DateJan-09

May-02

Apr-04

June-Dec2011

Jul-00

Oct-91

Dec-11Dec-11Dec-11

Dec-11Aug-13Aug-13Aug-15Dec-15Dec-15Dec-15

HRIDIGEPESCAHRI

HRIHRIHRIDIGEPESCAHN1c.15ShapesArrecifesdeHonduras

HN1c.18MARMPAs_NTZs2015

HN1c.6PlandeManejoBiosferadelRioPlatano

HN1c.4-PlandeManejoPesqueroRefugiodeVidaSilvestreBarrasCueroySalado2010-2014

HN1c.3-PlandeManejoParqueNacionalPuntaIzopo

HN1c.7-AcuerdoPresedencial3056-91-IslasdelCisne

HRIHN1a.12-MARMPAList

HN1c.17GIS_MAR_MPAs_attributes

HN1c.2-ProyectoManejoAmbientaldeIslasdelaBahia

PROLANSATEHN1c.5-ProgramadeUsoPublicoParqueNacionalJeannetteKawas

HN1c.1-PlandeManejo2008-12:MonumentoNaturalMarinoArchipelagoCayosCochinos,Honduras

2011-UsingGISoverlaysitwasdeterminedthat9.6%ofHonduras'coralreefhabitatisinsidefullyprotectedzonesofMPAs(HN1c.9,HN1c.10,HN1c.11).Specifically,Hondurashas145km2ofcoralreefsand14km2infullyprotectedareasorzones(HN1c.9,HN1c.10,HN1c.11).DatawascompiledbyHRIusingnationalgovernmentdataonMPAsfullyprotectedzonesandusingtheReefsatRiskcoralreeflayer.PleasenotethatsomenumbersmayslightlydifferfromthosereportedinindividualmanagementplansduetothefactthatHRIonlycalculatedthemarineportionofeachreserve.SeveralmanagementplansandcountryreportsincludethetotalareaofanMPA,whichmayincludetheareaofmarinewaters,inlandwatersandlandinitssummarytables.SlightdifferencesmaybetheresultofdifferentGISlayers(maps).ThelegalorientationanddescriptionforeachprotectedareacanbefoundinHN1a.1/p14&49,HN1a.2/2.4.3p.33&1.2.4.4p.12,HN1a.3/1.1p.3&1.4.3p.33,HN1a.4/p.11&p.17,HN1a.5/II1.1p.8&II2.2p.30,HN1a.6/IIp.7IIIp.10,HN1b.7p.1Article1,andHN1b.8p.2Article1.

Document/Filename

HN1c.16EA_table_2015_v1

Institution

Approval:

HN1c.11-JPEGMapofMARProtectedArea&Reef

BenjaminKushner

HRIHN1c.10-EcoAuditSummaryStatistics

Location

Source:

HRIHn1b.14-MPAsNTZsMARReefsHRI

HN1b.13-EcoAudit2013MPAsGIS

PROLANSATE

HRI2014

HN1c.9-EcoAuditHN-GISShapefiles

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

DateOct-11

drysdale@healthyreefs.org

2014-EachMPAwasdiscussedandestimatedduringthe2ndHRIRegionalPartnersMeetingheldinBelizeinAugustof2013.Throughemailsandfollow-upconversations,othernewandupdatedmanagementplanswereacquired.TheMPADataCollectionsheetwasupdated,wheresomechangescanbeobservedwithupdatedmanagementplansandimprovedprivatesectorassistancetoMPAs.Thisiswhythisindicatorimprovedingrading.HN1d.16showshowCueroySaldadoMPAarecarryingonpatrolling,thesearealltheirpatrollingreportsfrom2010to2012.Theycouldnotshareanyfrom2013duetoon-goinglegalprocesses.HN1d.17,onPg.2,secondtolastparagraph,showsthattheHonduranGovtapprovestheManagementPlanforCordeliaBanksSiteofWildlifeImportance,whichisHN1d.18.Pg.58showsthePatrollingProgramforthisMPA.HN1.20,Pg.149,showsthePatrollingProgramforJeanetteKawasNationalPark.HN1d.21,Pg.51,showsthePatrollingProgramforBayIslandsNationalMarinePark.HN1d.22.Pg.47,showsthePatrollingProgramforPortRoyalNationalPark.HN1d.23,Pg.48,showsthePatrollingProgramforTurtleHarbourWildlifeRefuge.

Indicator:CollectionSheetEco-Audit2016-HondurasHealthyReefInitiative

Grade:

5–Atleast75%ofMPAsmusthaveacurrentmanagementplanandadequatestaffandequipment;andtheremaining25%shouldnotbeclassifiedashaving'nocurrentmanagementplan'and'nostaffandequipment'or'inadequatestaffanequipment'4–Atleast60%ofMPAshaveacurrentmanagementplanandadequatestaffandequipment;andfromtheremainingMPAsnomorethan10%areclassifiedashaving‘nocurrentmanagementplan’and‘nostaffandequipment’or‘inadequatestaffandequipment’3–Atleast50%ofMPAshaveacurrentmanagementplanandatleast50%havenearlyadequatestaffandequipment2–Atleast25%ofMPAshaveacurrentmanagementplanandatleast25%havenearlyadequatestaffandequipment1–Doesnotmeetanyoftheabovetargets

HN1d.35MPA2015DataCollection

IanDrysdale(HondurasHRICoordinator)

2011-Twentypercent(20%)ofHonduras'MPAshaveup-to-datemanagementplans,whilethemajority(60%)haveonlypartialplans.Theremaining20%havenomanagementplans.NoneoftheseMPAshaveadequatestaffandequipmentandmost(90%)haveinadequatestaffandequipment.

Source:

2016-Sixtysevenpercent(67%)ofMPAsinHondurashaveup-to-datemanagementplans,while17%havepartialornomanagementplan(HN1d.35).MPAswithcurrentmanagementplansareCayosCochinos,TheBayIslands,Cuyamel-Omoa,CueroySalado,PuntaSalandBancoCordelia.NoMPAhastheadequatestaffandequipment,while50%havenearlyadequatestaffandequipment,andtheremaining50%haveinadequatestaffandequipment.MPAswithnearlyadequatestafforequipmentareCayosCochinos,Roatan,Utila,Cuyamel-Omoa,CordeliaBanksandTelaCoralSystem.ThemanagersofMPAsareactivelyworking,creatingyearlyoperatingplans(HN1d.26,27&28);aresigningcollaborationandco-managementagreements(HN1d.29,30,31,32&34);andareapplyingtoolssuchasactingprotocols(HN1d.33).

Observations:

2011-EachMPAwasrankedindividuallybyitsmanagingagencyduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.1&HN1d.10).Twentypercent(20%)ofHonduras'MPAshaveup-to-datemanagementplans(HN1d.2(Pg.1);HN1d.5(Pg.1)),whilethemajority(60%)haveonlypartialplans(HN1d.3(Pg.1);HN1d.4(Pg.1);HN1d.6(Pg.2);HN1d.8(Pg.1)).Theremaining20%havenomanagementplans(IslasdelCisneandCuyamelOmoa).TheGovernmentcurrentlydoesnotfinanciallysupportanyprotectedareainHondurasandasaresult,reliesonco-managementschemestoestablishlegallybindingpartnershipswithlocalentities.Thisco-managementallowslocalNGOstolegallymanageprotectedareas,developinguserfeesandotherself-financingprojectsinordertosupportallofitsactivities.Duetothelackofgovernmentalfinancialsupport,mostMPAshaveoutdatedornomanagementplansaswellaslimitedstaffandequipment.Asaresult,manyrelyheavilyonvolunteersandlocalsupport.TheProtectedAreasDepartment(withintheForestryMinistry)iscurrentlypromotinganewefforttoorganizelocalconsultinggroupsforallprotectedareas.Theseconsultinggroupswillactasofficialliaisonsbetweencommunitiesandgovernmentofficialstodraftandapprovenewmanagementplans(Article21/Pg.366/HN1d.9).Thefollowingdocumentswereprovidedasevidenceofmanagementplansandstaff&equipment:HN1d.2(Pg.107),HN1d.3(Pg.1);HN1d.4(Pg.1);HN1d.5(Pg.1);HN1d.6(Pg.1);HN1d.7(Pg.1);&HN1d.8(Pg.1)).

2014-Fiftyfivepercent(55%)ofHonduras'MPAshaveup-to-datemanagementplans(HN1d.5;HN1d.18;HN1d.20;HN1d.21;HN1d.22;HN1d.23),whileaminority(20%)haveonlypartialplans(HN1d.2HN1d.4;HN1d.8).Theremaining20%havenomanagementplans.NoneoftheseMPAshaveadequatestaffandequipment,aquarter(27%)havenearlyadequatestaffandequipment,whilethemajority(73%)haveinadequatestaffandequipment(summarytableinHN1d.24).HN1d.11showstheparticipationofBICAinEnvironmentalImpactAssessments.HN1d.12,14,15and16howthepatrollingactivitiescarriedoutbyHCRF,RMPandRVSCS,respectivelly.HN1d.13areallthenewslettersprintedbyRMPbetween2010and2013.HN1d.17istheagreementbytheHONGovtacceptingtheCordeliaBanksManagementPlan(HN1d.18),whileHN1d.19isthereceipttoprintCordeliaBanks'MgmtPlanintheOfficialGazzette.HN1d.20,

2014:2-Poor

ThelegalestablishmentofMPAsisanimportantmilestone,yettheattainmentofconservationandmanagementgoalswillonlybeachievedthroughsoundmanagementoftheseareas.Thisindicatorprovidesasnapshotofmanagementcapacity(existingmanagementplans,staffandequipment)forMPAsineachcountry.

Responsible:

PercentofMPAswithgoodmanagement

2016:2-Poor2016-Sixtysevenpercent(67%)ofMPAsinHondurashaveup-to-datemanagementplans,while17%havepartialornomanagementplan.NoMPAhastheadequatestaffandequipment,while50%havenearlyadequatestaffandequipment,andtheremaining50%haveinadequatestaffandequipment.

Institution

RankingCriteria:

2011:1-VeryPoor

LocationDocument/FilenameHealthyReefsInitiativeHN1d.1MPAOriginalDataCollection

Jan-09

May-02

Apr-04

Jun-Dec2011

Dec-11Jul-00

Sep-07

Oct-11

Sep-13Sep-13Sep-13Sep-13

Sep-13Sep-13Sep-13

Aug-13

Sep-13

Jun-12Aug-12

Aug-12

Sep-13Jan-15Jan-15May-13

Dec-14

Aug-15Mar-15

Oct-13

HN1d.14-HojaparaReportedeIncidentesRMP

PROLANSATE

HN1d.19-PagoPublicacionGacetaPlanManejoBancoCordelia

HN1d.24-MPA2013DataCollection

RoatanMarinePark

HRIRoatanMarinePark

RoatanMarinePark

HN1d.21-PlandeManejoIslasdelaBahia

HN1d.5-PlandeManejoPesqueroRefugiodeVidaSilvestreBarrasCueroySalado2010-2014

HN1d.20-PlandeManejoPNJK

HN1d.23-PlandeManejoTurtleHarbour

HN1d.32ActaCompromisoProtocoloRoatanActuacion

HN1d.31AyudaMemoriaMarzo2015ComitePNMIB

HN1d.22-PlandeManejoPortRoyal

HN1d.29ConvenioComanejoPNMIB2014-2019

FundacionCayosCochinosHN1d.12-GraficasPatrullajeCC20082012

BICARoatan

HN1d.28PlandeConservacionPNMIslasdelaBahia

FundacionCueroySalado

RoatanMarineParkHN1d.15-PatrollingReportRMP20102012

HN1d.30ACTAComiteTecnicoPNMIB

RoatanMarinePark RoatanMarineParkHN1d.13-RMPNewsletters20102013FundacionCayosCochinos

HN1d.10-ParticipantList-HondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop

HN1d.3-ProyectoManejoAmbientaldeIslasdelaBahia

HN1d.18-PlandeManejoBancoCordelia

HCRFHN1d.2-PlandeManejo2008-12:MonumentoNaturalMarinoArchipelagoCayosCochinos,Honduras

HN1d.16-PatrullajesRVSCS20102012

HN1d.4-PlandeManejoParqueNacionalPuntaIzopo

RoatanMarinePark

PROLANSATEPROLANSATEHN1d.6-ProgramadeUsoPublicoParqueNacionalJeannetteKawasHN1d.7-PresupuestoGuanajaFinal7

PROLANSATE

HN1d.8PlandeManejoBiosferadelRioPlatano DepartamentodeÁreasProtegidasyVidaSilvestredelaAdministraciónForestaldelEstado

HN1d.27POBSBWEBICAyRMP

HN1d.26PlanOperativoAnualRMPCordelia

HRIHRI

RoatanMarinePark

HN1d.17-AcuerdoPlandeManejoCordelia

RoatanMarinePark

BenjaminKushner

HN1d.9-Decreto98-1007

HN1d.33PropuestadeProtocolodeActuacionesVersionfinal

Approval:

HN1d.35MPA2015DataCollection HRI

ZOLITUR

ZOLITURHN1d.34ConvenioZOLITURIHTDemarcacionPNMIBFirmado

BICARoatan

HN1d.11-EIAsBICARoatan20112013

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

Indicator:

5–Atleast75%ofMPAshavegoodenforcementandtheremaining25%havemoderateenforcement4–Atleast60%ofMPAshavegoodenforcementandtheremaining40%havemoderateenforcement3–Atleast50%ofMPAshaveatleastmoderateenforcement2–Atleast25%ofMPAshaveatleastmoderateenforcement1–Fewerthan25%ofMPAshaveatleastmoderateenforcement

RankingCriteria:

SoundmanagementofMPAsrequiresboththecapacityandpoliticalwilltoenforceregulations.ThisindicatormeasuresthedegreeofenforcementineachMPA.

2011:1-VeryPoor

Responsible:

PercentofMPAswithgoodenforcement

2016-58%ofMPAsinHondurashavemoderateenforcement,while33%haveinadequateenforcementandonly8%hasnoenforcement(HN1e.20).

HN1e.20MPA2015DataCollection

Grade:

2014-EachMPAwasrankedduringthe2ndHRIRegionalPartnersMeetingheldinBelizeinAugustof2013(summarytableinHN1e.13).Throughemailsandfollow-upconversations,anincreaseinmoderateapplicationwasseen,improvingthegradingofthiscriteriafrom"1"in2011to"2"in2013.Asaresult,27%oftheMPAsinHondurashavemoderateenforcement.HN1e.7showstheparticipationofBICAinEnvironmentalImpactAssessments.HN1e.8,9,10and12showthepatrollingactivitiescarriedoutbyHCRF,RMPandRVSCS.HN1e.11areallthenewslettersprintedbyRMPbetween2010and2013.

2016:3-Regular 2014:2-Poor

2011-ThemajorityofHonduras’MPAsreceiveinadequate enforcement(80%),whiletheremainingMPAsreceive10%moderate ,10%none ,and0%good levelofenforcement.Asaresult,Honduras’MPAshavelessthan25%withatleastalowlevelofenforcement(includes10%moderate+0%good).

2016-58%ofMPAsinHondurashaveatleastmoderateenforcement,while33%haveinadequateenforcementandonly8%hasnoenforcement(HN1e.20).7MPAshave“moderate”enforcement:CayosCochinos,Roatan,Guanaja,Utila,Cuyamel-Omoa,CordeliaBanksandTelaBay,while4MPAshave“inadequate”enforcement:CueroySalado,PuntaIzopo,RioPlátanoandPuntaSal.OnlySwanIslandshas“Noenforcement”.HN1e.14isthemanagementplanfortheSiteofFisheriesRestorationintheCuyamel-OmoaMPA;HN1e.15,16&17aretheOperativeAnnualPlansforRMP,BICAandBICAUtila;HN1e.18&19refertothepatrolscarriedoutintheBayofTelaMPA.

Observations:

2014-ThemajorityofHonduras’MPAsreceiveinadequateenforcement(64%),whiletheremainingMPAsreceive27%moderate,9%none,and0%goodlevelofenforcement.Asaresult,Honduras’MPAshave27%withatleastamoderatelevelofenforcement.

DateOct-112007-2011

Oct-11

Sep-11Sep-13

Sep-13

Sep-13Sep-13

Jan-13Jan-13Sep-13Jan-14

Jan-15Jan-15

May-15

Sep-15

Dec-15

RoatanMarineParkHN1e.11-PatrollingReportsRMP20102012

HN1e.14-PlanAccionConservacionManejoAreaRestauracionPesqueraPAMUCH

FundacionCueroySaladoHN1e.12-PatrullajesRVSCS20102012

TheCoralReefAlliance(CORAL)

HN1e.10-HojaparaReportedeIncidentesRMP

HN1e.16POBSBWEBICAyRMP

RoatanMarinePark

HN1e.18BasedeDatosPatrullajesTela

HN1e.15PlanOperativoAnualRMPRoatanMarinePark

HN1e.7-EIAsBICARoatan20112013

HN1e.9-RMPNewsletters20102013

HondurasCoralReefFund

BayIslandsConservationAssociationRoatan

HN1e.5-ReporteparaICFOct2011

HN1e.3-VigilanciaEneFebMarzo2011CayosCochinos

2014RoatanMarinePark

AmigosdelParqueMarinodeRoatan

HN1e.19ReportesPatrullajesLagunadeLosMicos

HN1e.13-MPA2013DataCollection

RoatanMarineParkRoatanMarinePark

CCO,MARFund,Digepesca,ICF,FENAPESCAH

RoatanMarinePark

HN1e.4-VigilanciaAbrMayJun2011CayosCohinos

Institution

2011-EachMPAwasrankedindividuallybyitsmanagingagencyduringtheHondurasEco-Auditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1e.1&HN1d.10).ThemajorityofHonduras’MPAsreceiveinadequateenforcement(80%)(HN1e.1,BayIslands/HN1e.2,HN1e.5,HN1e.6,ParqueNacionalCuyamelOmoa,CueroySalado,PuntaIzopo,RioPlatano,JanethKawas),whiletheremainingMPAsreceive10%moderate(CayosCochinos/HN1e.3andHN1e.4),10%none(IslasdelCisne).TheGovernmentcurrentlydoesnotfinanciallysupportanyprotectedareainHondurasandasaresultreliesonco-managementschemestoestablishlegallybindingpartnershipswithlocalentities.Thisco-managementallowsforlocalNGOstolegallymanageprotectedareas,developinguserfeesandotherself-financingprojectsinordertosupportallitsactivities.Thus,mostMPAsdonohaveadequatestaffing,boatsandfuelbudgetstoperformroutineandcomprehensivepatrols.Thefollowingdocumentswereprovidedasevidenceofenforcementefforts:HN1e.2,HN1e.3,HN1e.4,HN1e.5&HN1e.6.

Document/Filename

CayosCochinos

RoatanMarineParkRoatanMarinePark

HN1e.8-GraficasPatrullajesCayosCochinos20082012

Source:

CayosCochinos

Location

BICAUtila

HN1e.2-EnforcementReportsRoatanHRIHN1e.1-MPAOriginalDataCollection

BICAUtila

HN1e.20MPA2015DataCollection

HondurasCoralReefFund2011

BenjaminKushner

HN1e.6-ActividadesBICA2010-2011

HN1e.17POGBICAUtila

Approval:

Theme:

Grade:Result:

RankingCriteria:

2014:2-Poor 2011:NA

5–Anational-levelstrategytoprovidefisherswithlong-termeconomicalternativesgeneratedbytherecoveryofecosystemsthroughproductiveactivitiesand/orpaymentofecosystemservicesexistsandisbeingimplementedinbetween85-100%ofMPAs4–Anational-levelstrategytoprovidefisherswithlong-termeconomicalternativesgeneratedbytherecoveryofecosystemsthroughproductiveactivitiesand/orpaymentofecosystemservicesexistswithimplementationinbetween50-84%ofMPAs3–Anational-levelstrategytoprovidefisherswithlong-termeconomicalternativesgeneratedbytherecoveryofecosystemsthroughproductiveactivitiesand/orpaymentofecosystemservicesisbeingdeveloped,withsomealternativeorsustainablelivelihoodsprogramsbeingimplementedinbetween20-49%ofMPAs2–Atleastoneprogramexists(inoneMPA)thatprovidesfishersinatleastonelocalitywitheconomicalternativesthroughproductiveactivitiesand/orpaymentofecosystemservices1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

2011-Thisindicatorhadnotbeencreatedwhenthe2011EcoAuditwascarriedout.

2016-AlternativesarebeingimplementedontheislandsofUtilaandRoatan.OnUtila,agroupsofartisanalwomenhasbeenlegallycreated,whileonRoatanthereistheProtectOurPrideprogramthatbenefitspeopleofRoatanandCordeliaBanks.Thisaddsupto3areasofthe12MPAslistedunderHN1f.10,whichequals25%ofallMPAs,butthereisnosupportingdocumentthatallowsraisingthescoreto“3”,asthereisnoevidenceofeconomicalternativesgeneratedand/orpaymentofecosystemservices.Thereisknowledgeofotherprogramsandactivitiesbutinformationwasnotreceived(HN1f.9).

Observations:

Grade:

2014-ThereisaprogrambeingimplementedbytheRoatanMarineParkNGO.

Justification-Fisheriesmanagementstrategiesshouldprovidealternativelivelihoodsforfishersandothercommunitieswhoseincomemaybeaffectedbytheestablishmentof“FullyProtected(Replenishment)Zones”whichprohibitfishing.Alternativeincomeprogramscanassistfishersinfishingfewerdaysperyear,whilemaintainingorincreasingtheirtotalincomefromotherdiversifiedsources.

GenerationofalternativesforfisherswithinthenetworkofMPAs

Indicator:

2016:2-Poor

Responsible:

Observations:

Date01-Mar-13 RoatanMarineParkSep-13 RoatanMarinePark RoatanMarinePark02-Sep-13Oct-13Oct-15

Oct-15Jan-15

Aug-13Dec-15Dec-15

Document/Filename

RoatanMarinePark

Location

2014-TheRMPiscarryingoutaprogramcalled"ProtectOurPride"(HN1f.1)wherefishersaretaughttodive,inordertoprovidethemwithanalternativethanfishingfortheirincome.Partoftheprogramalsopromotesthehuntingoflionfish,wherethelionfishhuntedbycertifieddivers/snorkelersisbeingsold/marketedbytheRMPtolocalsandrestaurants,aswellasnationalgrocerystoresinSanPedroSulaandTegucigalpa(HN1f.2).ThereisaprogramforeconomicalternativesforfishermeninCueroySalado(noreplywasreceivedfromtherequest,HN1f.3).CEMhasaprogramforeconomicalternativesforfishermeninPuntaGorda(noreplywasreceivedfromtherequest,HN1f.4).

HN1f.7PersoneriaJuridicaAlternativasEconomicasCorozal

RoatanMarinePark

BICAUtila

HN1f.6LicenciasPescaPezLeonRMP

HN1f.5ImagenesGrupoMujeresArtesanalesUtila

HN1f.2-RMPLionfishSalesEmailHN1f.3-EmailRequestingInfoCueroySalado

Source:

Approval:

Institution

HRIBICAUtila

HN1f.4-EmailRequestingInfoCEMHRI

RoatanMarinePark

HN1f.1-ProtectOurPrideProgramFlyer

RoatanMarinePark

HN1f.9SolicitudDocumentosRoatanMarineParkHN1f.8ProtectOurPrideProgram.pdf

2016-AlternativesarebeingimplementedontheislandsofUtilaandRoatan.OnUtila,agroupofartisanalwomenhasbeenlegallycreated(HN1f.5),whichlookstoimprovelivelihoodsforthesefamilies,reducingtheirdependenonfisheries;whileonRoatanthereistheProtectOurPrideprogramthatbenefitspeopleofRoatanandCordeliaBanks(HN1f.8).ProtectOurPrideisaimedatyoung,localislanderstoteachthemtodiveandslowlytakethemupthecertificationtoDiveMasterorevenInstructor,thiscreatesaworkforceoflocalislandersthatcanthenworkinthetourismsectorandnotnecessarilyhavetodependonfisheriesorotherextractivejobs.Thisaddsupto3areasofthe12MPAslistedunderHN1f.10,whichequals25%ofallMPAs.HN1f.6showsthelistofpeopletrainedtospearlionfishandeachoneofthosehasreceivedaspecialfishinglicense.HN1f.7isthelegalpaperworktocreateagroupofbeekeepersinthecommunityofCorozalonRoatan,whichwascreatedbyRMPtobenefitthefishersofthisareaandreducefishingpressureinthenearbywaters.Thereisknowledgeofotherprogramsandactivities,suchascertainwoodcropsandtheirproductsreceivingaRainforestAlliancecertification;somepalmoilplantationshavebeencertifiedtoexporttoEurope;aswellastheestablishmentofvegetablegardensforfishersinCuyamel-Omoa,butinformationwasnotreceived(HN1f.9).

RoatanMarinePark

BenjaminKushnerIndependentConsultant

HRIHRI

HN1f.10MPA2015DataCollectionHRI

RoatanMarinePark

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

Overthelastfewyearsanumberofregionalinitiativeshaveattemptedtoharmonizefisheriesregulationsforeconomicallyimportantfisheries(e.g.lobsterandconch).Thisindicatormeasurestheextentofthisprogress,focusingonsizelimitsandclosedseasons,becausedifferencesinthesetworegulationsacrosscountriesleadtosubstantialtrans-boundaryillegalandunreportedfishing.

2014-TheRegionalRegulationsforCaribbeanLobsterFishingOSP-02-09madebyOSPESCA(OrganizacióndelSectorPesqueroyAcuícoladeCentroamérica)(GU2a.1;HN2a.1;BZ2a.1;MX2a.1)servesasastartinggroundandbenchmarkforthecountriesoftheSICA(SistemadelaIntegraciónCentroamericana)toharmonizecommercialfisheries.Thisregionalregulationthenrequiresnationalregulationsbepassedtoensurecountry-statecompliance.Mexico,GuatemalaandHondurashaveaclosedseasonforlobsterfromMarch1-June30(Belizewillmaintainit’ssimilarclosedseasonfromFebruary14-June14).Thesedateswereconsideredcloseenoughtocomplyasbeingharmonized.Seep.10forsignatories(GU2a.1;HN2a.1;BZ2a.1;MX2a.1).OSPESCAestablishedaworkinggroupinCentralAmericatodevelopaworkingplantoregulatetheStrombusgigas(Queenconch)fishery.Thereport"MejorasdelasituaciónytendenciasdelacapturadelcaracolreinaenlaregióndelCaribe"(GU2a.2;MX2a.2;HN2a.2)representstheinitialsteptowardsharmonizedregulationsfortheconchfishery.AnotherSICAOSPESCAdocumentproposesharmonizingthefisheriesregulationsforlobsterandconchintheentireCaribbean(GU2a.8;HN2a.6;MX2a.6;BZ2a.2).ThereisstillworkneededfortheregulationoftheconchfisheryandforgroupersandsnappersintheMARMorerecenteffortsalsoincluderecommendationsfromtheCFMC/OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFMWorkinggroupforthedevelopmentandadoptionofsub-regionalregulationsfor“conservationandmanagementofQueenConch”.ThishasbeensupportedbyaCITESdecisionthatexpectsnation-statestocompleteactivitiesincludingstandardizedinstrumentsforreporting,speciesmanagementplans,anddevelopmentofaproductprocessingconversionfactor.TheRegionalActionPlanforCentralAmericaonsharkstalksaboutsupportingthecreationofaRegionalCentreforResearchandTrainingonMarineResources.OnJanuaryof2012theRegionalRegulationOSP05-11bansthepracticeofSharkFinninginthecountriesoftheSICAtakingeffectsimultaneouslyacrossCentralAmerica,whichaimstoestablishregionalmanagementmeasuresforthesustainableuseofsharkresourcesthatcontributetotheeradicationoffinning(GU2a.3;GU2a.4;HN2a.7;HN2a.8;MX2a.7;MX2a.8;BZ2a.3;Bz2a.4).InMexico,theNOM029PESC2006(MX2a.5,p.2,7and10)bansthepracticesoffinninginallspeciesofsharksandcommercialfishingisprohibitedinrefugeezonesforsharksandraysaswellasdriftingnets.Sharksareprotectedincriticalperiodssuchasreproductionandbirthprohibitingfishinginspecificzonesandhavingclosedseasons.CaribbeanFisheriesManagementCouncil(CFMC),OrganizationfortheFisheriesandAquacultureSectoroftheCentralAmericanIsthmus(OSPESCA),WesternCentralAtlanticFisheryCommission(WECAFC);theCaribbeanRegionalFisheriesMechanism(CRFM).

2014:3-Fair2016:3-Fair2016-Nodocumentswerefoundthatallowincreasingscoreforthisindicator.

Harmonizingfisheriesregulationsamongcountries

Responsible:

Theme2–Ecosystem-basedFisheriesManagement

2016-PlansformanagingfisheriesinCentralAmericanregionexist,throughOSPESCA,whohavecreatedanintegrationpolicy((HN2a.9);acodeofconductandethics(HN2a.12);alobstermanagementplan(HN2a.14);theproperuseofTED’s(HN2a.15&20);protectionforwhalesharks(HN2a.16);lawstoeliminateillegalfishingpractices(HN2a.17),butnoneofthesehavebecomelawsthatharmonizefisheriesinthe4countriesoftheMAR.ThererestilllocalHonduranclosedseasonlawsthatarehomogenizedforlobster,conchandshrimp,butthesedonotexactlycoincidewithdateintherestofthecountries.Hondurashasalsocreatedapermanent,indefiniteclosedseasonforseacucumber(HN2a.18&19).

2011-Harmonizationoftheregulations(closedseasonandsizelimits)forthelobsterfishery(Panulirusargus )existforBelize,GuatemalaandHonduras.

2011:3-Fair

RankingCriteria:

5–Regulationsforclosedseasonsandsizelimitsarefullyharmonizedamongthefourcountriesandtwocommercialfisheries4–Regulationsforclosedseasonsandsizelimitsarefullyharmonizedamongthreecountriesandtwocommercialfisheries3–Regulationsforclosedseasonsandsizelimitsarefullyharmonizedamongthreecountriesandonecommercialfishery2–Therehasbeensomeeffortatharmonizingregulations(draftregulations,projectplanningorjointresearch)1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

Grade:

2014-Harmonizationoftheregulations(closedseasonandsizelimits)forthelobsterfishery(Panulirusargus)existsforBelize,GuatemalaandHonduras.Article11(p.19,BZ2a.1;GU2a.1;HN2a.1;MX2a.1)-explainsthefollowingmeasurementsforlobsteras:minimumlength(140mmtaillengthfromthefirstsectionoftheabdomentotherearmostsectionofthetailfan)andminimumweight(5ozperunitandbetween5.5-5ozfortails-notfrozen).

Observations:

DateMay-09

Oct-10

Jul-05

Jan-13

Nov-08

Jun-10

Jan-12

Jul-15

Jan-14

Jan-15

Jul-112011

Dec-12Jun-13Jul-14

Aug-14

Jun-14

Jun-15

HN2a.1-Regulation0SP-02-09-RegionalRegulationofCaribbeanLobsterFishing

TRIGOH

OrganizationofFishingandAquacultureinCentralAmerica(OSPESCA)

HN2a.4-FisheriesandAquacultureIntegrationPolicyCentralAmerica

LocationInstitution

2011-Article4(p.14/HN2a.1)-ThereisaclosedseasonforlobsterfromMarch1-June30(BelizewillmaintainitssimilarclosedseasonfromFebruary14-June14).Article11(p.19/HN2a.1)-Minimumlength(140mmtaillengthfromthefirstsectionoftheabdomentotherearmostsectionofthetailfin)andminimumweight(5ozperunitandbetween5.5-5ozfortails-notfrozen).Seep.10forsignatories(HN2a.1).ItwasalsonotedduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.10)thatadditionalworkisbeingdonebyUSAID/MAREA/TNC/WWFtoharmonizetheregulationsforgrouperandconch.Additionally,theCentralAmericanIntegrationSystem(SICA)hasbeenworkingtodeveloparegionalpolicy(HN2a.3andHN2a.4)forthe7countriestoharmonizefishingregulationsacrossseveralcommercialspecies.Thisstillhasnotbeenachieved.Todate,mostworkhasbeencarriedoutbythe"AlianzaTrinacionalparalaConservaciondelGolfodeHonduras"(TRIGOH).Theyhavecreatedaworkingdocument(HN2a.2)thatestablishesharmonizedfisheriesregulations,ofotherspeciesbesideslobster(betweenthe3countriesthatsharetheGulfofHonduras:Belize,GuatemalaandHonduras).

Document/Filename

HN2a.20MetodologiaRegionalUsodeTEDs

OSPESCA

HN2a.17ReglamentoOSP-08-2014PescaIlegal

HN2a.7-PlandeaccionregionaldetiburonesparaCentroamerica(PRATC)

HN2a.14PlanManejoPescaLangosta

HN2a.13Informecampanainvestigacionpesquera

OSPESCA

HN2a.11AcuerdodeVedas2015-2016

OSPESCAHN2a.8-ReglamentoOSP05-11paraprohibirlapracticadelaleteodeltiburonenlospaisespartedelSICA

HN2a.15ReglamentoOSP-06-13TEDs

OSPESCA

HN2a.12CodigodeEticadePesca

HN2a.3-PoliticaIntegracionPescayAcuiculturaIstmoCentroamericano

OSPESCA

OSPESCAOSPESCA

HN2a.5-AcuerdodeVeda001-13

OSPESCA

OSPESCAOSPESCA

OSPESCA

HN2a.19AcuerdoPepinodeMar2015

OSPESCA

Source:

HN2a.2-DeclaracionConjuntaIIForoTrinacionaldePesca

OSPESCAHN2a.6PropuestadereglamentacionarmonicadelaspesqueriasdelalangostaydelcaracoldelCaribe

HN2a.9-PoliticaIntegracionPescayAcuicultura2015-2025

SecretariadeAgriculturayGanaderiaSecretariadeAgriculturayGanaderia

TRIGOH

OSPESCA

BenjaminKushner

Approval:

OSPESCA

HN2a.18AcuerdoPepinodeMar2014

HN2a.16ReglamentoOSP-07-2014TiburonBallena

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2016:3-Fair

Observations:

2016-Therearenodocumentsthatallowincreasingthescoreforthisindicator.2014-TherenowexistsaclosedseasonforNassaugrouperforthewholecountry(HN2b9,Pg.5,Article11),fromDec1toMar30thatisinharmonywithBLZ,GUAandMEX.4SPAGsinCayosCochinoshavefullprotection(HN2b.3).CordeliaBanks,with1SPAG,hasbeendesignatedasaSiteofWildlifeImportance(HN2b.10).

Thereeffoodwebishighlycomplex.Theremovalofjustonegroupoffishfromthefoodwebcanhavewidespreadeffectsthroughoutthereefecosystem,ultimatelyweakeninganddestabilizingit.Groupers’reproductivebehaviormakesthemparticularlyvulnerableduringspawningandmanySpawningAggregationSites(SPAGS)havealreadybeenfishedtoextinction.Thisindicatormeasuresprogressinprotectingthesesitesandspecies.

2011:2-Poor

Grade:

5–Atleast90%ofknowngrouperSPAGSarefullyprotected(year-roundinMPAs)withlegalregulationsandatleast50%ofthesehaveatleastgoodenforcement4–Atleast75%ofknowngrouperSPAGSarefullyprotected(insideMPAs)andatleast20%haveatleastmoderateenforcement3–Thereareclosedseasons,sizelimitsorcatchlimitsspecificforgrouper2–Therehasbeensomeeffortatdraftingregulations,researchorapubliccampaignonthetopic1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

2011-TherehasbeensomeeffortatdraftingregulationsandresearchofgrouperSPAGS;currently12siteshavebeenidentified.

RankingCriteria:

2016-ThefishingregulationspublishedbyDIGEPESCAeveryyearcontinueestablishingaclosedseasonforgrouper(HN2b.11&12).TheOrdenanzadecreacióndelSistemaArrecifalCoralinoBahiadeTela(HN2b.13),aswellastheAcuerdodeCreacióndelRefugiodeVidaSilvestreMarinoBahiadeTela(HN2b.14),bothmentionthatfishingforgroupersisnotpermitted.

Specialregulationsforgrouper/spawningsites

Responsible:

Indicator:

2014-ThereisaclosedseasonforNassaugroupersinceFebruary2013,whichestablishesaclosedseasonfromDecember1toMarch30,whichisinharmonywithBLZ,GUAandMEZ(HN2b.9Article11,Page5).

2014:3-Fair

DateJan-11

NAAug-11

Apr-08Sep-06Oct-09Feb-09

Ene-13

Jan-14

Jan-15

Organization:Contact:E-mail: rueda@healthyreefs.org

HN2b.1-VedadeMero-CalderadelDiablo-(Acuerdo002-2011)

HN2b.14OrdenanzaMunicipalSACT

WWFWWFHN2b.4-AnteproyectoLeydePescayAcuicultura

Location

HN2b.7-RoatanSPAGSGISLayersHN2b.6-MARSPAGSGISLayers

HN2b.5-SPAGSMap

TNCTNC

HN2b.2-Borrador-AcuerdoMinisterialMeroNassau

TNCTNC

BenjaminKushner

Approval:

2014InstitutoNacionaldeConservacionyDesarolloForestalyVidaSilvestre

HN2b.10-PlandeManejoBancoCordelia

MunicipalidaddeTela MunicipalidaddeTela

Institution

HN2b.9-AcuerdodeVeda001-13

HN2b.8SituaciónactualdelmerodeNassauEpinephelusstriatus,enelArrecifeMesoamericano

Document/Filename

TNCTNCHN2b.3-ListadodeSPAGSdeMero

Source:

2011-Therearecurrently19SPAGsitesinHondurasthathavebeenidentifiedand12ofthesearegrouperSPAGS(HN2b.3hasthefulllistfromTNC,alsoHN2b.5,HN2b.6,andHN2b.7).Protectionhasbeenlimitedandevidencesuggeststhatgroupercontinuetobeoverfished(HN2b.8p.14).Acuerdo002-2011(Article11/p.3/HN2b.1)identifiesaclosedseasonforNassauGrouperinCalderadelDiabloontheislandofGuanajafromDecember1toMarch30.TherehasbeensomeworkbyTNCandtheFisheriesDepartmenttodraftlegislationtocreateapermanentclosedseasonforgrouper(HN2b.2).ParticipantsalsonotedduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.10)thatTNCisalsocurrentlyworkingonamanagementplanforgrouperSPAGS.AnewdraftofFisheriesLaw,whichincludesecosystem-basedmanagement,willalsotakeintoaccountSPAGS(HN2b.4p.37).TheNatureConservancyprovidedGISlayersthatshowtheSPAGSfortheMesoamericanReefandaseparatefilefortheGISSPAGSlayersforRoatan,BayIslands.

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2016-Therehasbeennolawthatprotectsparrotfishpublishedyet,butHRIisworkingalongsideDiBIOtoincludetheseinthenewbiodiversitylawcurrentlybeingdrafted.

2014-TheManagementfortheCordeliaBanksSiteofWildlifeImportancehasbeenlegallyapproved,whichcontainsano-takezoneandclearlyspecifiestheprohibitiontotakesurgeonandparrotfishwithinthisMPA(HN2c.6(Pgs53&54).TheDraftRegulationsthatapplytotheProtectedAreasoftheBayIslands(HN2c.8)statethatfishingherbivoresisprohibited(Article11,Pg8)andallkindsoffishingincertainareas(Art.17,Pg9).

2016:3-Fair

2014-AccordingtotheBayIslandsNationalMarineParkRules,therearespecificregulationsthatprotectparrotfishwithinthisMPA(HN2c.9,Pg.45,Article11,Point11,Pg.46,Pg.52,Pg.53).Unfortunately,thisisnotenforcedonUtilaandGuanajaasitisonRoatan.TheManagementfortheCordeliaBanksSiteofWildlifeImportance(HN2c.6)hasbeenlegallyapproved(HN2c.5,Pg.2,secondtolastparagraph),whichcontainsano-takezoneandclearlyspecifiestheprohibitiontotakesurgeonandparrotfishwithinthisMPA.TheDraftRegulationsthatapplytotheProtectedAreasoftheBayIslands(HN2c.8,Pg.8,Art11)statethatfishingherbivoresisprohibited,aswellasprohibitingallkindsoffishingincertainareas.

2011-Therehasbeensomeefforttodraftregulationswhichcouldprotectparrotfish.However,therehasbeennoregulatoryeffortspecificallyaimedatparrotfishconservation.Therehasalsobeensomepubliceducationonthistopic.

2014:3-Fair 2011:2-Poor

2016-Therehasbeennolawthatprotectsparrotfishpublishedyet,butHRIisworkingalongsideDiBIO(HN2c.10&11)toincludetheseinthenewbiodiversitylawcurrentlybeingdrafted(HN2c.12).CORAL’sSustainableSeafoodGuideincludesherbivorousfishspeciesintheir“DoNotEat”section(HN2c.9).TheAcuerdodeCreacióndelRefugiodeVidaSilvestreMarinoBahíadeTela,prohibitsthefishingofanyherbivorousspecies(HN2c.13).

Protectionofkeygrazers(parrotfish)

Responsible:

Indicator:

Observations:

Asthenumberoflargepredatoryspeciesdeclineduetooverfishing,fishersoftentargetsmallerherbivorousfish.Theremovalofherbivorousfishresultsinincreasedalgalovergrowthandultimatelydecreasedresilienceofthereefecosystem.Thisindicatormeasurestheextentofprotectionforparrotfishamongthefourcountries.

Grade:

5–Parrotfisharefullyprotectedthroughregulationswithatleastgoodenforcementatafullnationallevelwithinthe200meterbathymetricline.4–Parrotfisharefullyprotectedthroughregulationswithatleastmoderateenforcementorprotectionwithinatleast50%ofyourcontinentalshelf(withinthe200mtsbathymetricline).3–Thereexistdraftregulationsorapubliccampaignonthetopicorprotectionwithinatleast25%ofyourcontinentalshelf(withinthe200mtsbathymetricline).2–Therehasbeensomeeffort(strategicplansorconsultationreports)atdraftingregulationsand/oreducationaloutreach(developmentofeducationalbrochuresorpamphlets)1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

RankingCriteria:

Date2011

Aug-11

Jan-05

Sep-13

Feb-12

Jan-12

HN2c.13Acuerdo007-2015BahiadeTela

HN2c.6PlandeManejoBancoCordeliaFinalAprobado

HN2c.11Importanciadeprotegerlospecesloro

Approval:

UtilaCentreforMarineEcology,RoatanMarinePark,TheCoralReefAllianceandTheSpinyLobsterInitiative.

HN2c.1-TheBayIslandsResponsibleSeafoodGuide:AGuideforRestaurantsandRetailers

HN2c.2-TheBayIslandsResponsibleSeafoodGuideSticker

HN2c.3-AnteproyectoLeydePescayAcuicultura

CoralReefAlliance

HN2c.7CapasSIGBancoCordelia

HN2c.9-PlandeManejoIslasdelaBahia DepartamentodeÁreasProtegidasyVidaSilvestredelaAdministraciónForestaldelEstado

IndependentConsultantBenjaminKushner

HN2c.12LeysobrelaDiversidadMarinoCosteraeIslasRevIanD

HN2c.10CorreosparaIncluirPecesLoroenLeyes

HN2c.9RSGpresentationENGUtila2013

Institution

IHTHN2c.8-AnteproyectoReglamentoAPsIslasdelaBahia

Document/Filename

CoralReefAlliance

HN2c.4-AcuerdoEjecutivo002-2004-NormasGeneralesparaelControldeDesarrollodelasIslasdelaBahia

Location

Source:

UtilaCentreforMarineEcology,RoatanMarinePark,TheCoralReefAllianceandTheSpinyLobsterInitiative.

2011-ParticipantsduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.1)notedthatparrotfisharemostlyusedforsubsistenceandarenotanimportantcommercialspecies.Althoughlittlepoliticalactionhasbeentakentoprotectparrotfish,therehasbeenefforttoraiseawarenessabouttheecologicalimportanceofherbivorousspeciesandthethreatstheyface(HN2c.1(Pgs7and10)&HN2c.2(bothpages)).RoatanMarineParkiscurrentlyprotectingreeffish,includingparrotfish,basedonArticle31oftheAcuerdoEjecutivo002-2004(P.8/HN2c.4),whichprohibitsthelandingofreeffishunlessofficiallyauthorized.Additionally,itwasnotedthattheprotectionofparrotfish(andotherspeciesunderendangeredcriteria)couldfallundertheRegulationsofthenewFisheriesLaw,whichiscurrentlybeingdrafted(HN2c.3(Art.66,Pg.36)).

HN2c.5AcuerdoPlanManejoCordelia018A2013

DepartamentodeÁreasProtegidasyVidaSilvestredelaAdministraciónForestaldelEstadoDepartamentodeÁreasProtegidasyVidaSilvestredelaAdministraciónForestaldelEstado

SecretariadeRecursosNaturalesyAmbiente

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2014:2-Poor

2014-CayosCochinos&CueroySaladoarenowimplementingsomeformofrights-basedfisheries.

Justification-ThroughouttheMARregion,fisheriesmanagementhasnotachievedsustainability,inlargepartduetorelianceonopenaccessandtraditionalmanagementapproachesandtheinabilitytocontrolillegalfishing,especiallyinremoteareas.Thelackofaclearallocationoffishingrightsisamajorfactorcontributingtooverfishing,andtendstoencourageunsustainablefishingpracticessuchastherace-to-fishandillegalfishing.Openaccessalsofuelsconflictforfishingareas.Transformingfisheriesmanagementtoarights-basedapproachintheMARregionwillpromotebettermanagementofthefisheriesstocksbyfosteringstewardshipbyfishersofdesignatedfishingareas,facilitatingtheregulationoffishingthroughsustainablecatchlimits,andpromotingcommunity-basedmanagementoffisheriesintheregion.

2016-Itishardtodefinethepercentoffishingcommunitiesunderaformofregulatedrights-basedfisheries,butforthisindicatorarelistedtheareasthathavesomeformofregulatedfisheries.Threeofthefourcases/sites/areasmentionedheredefinelobsterandconchastwotargetedfisheriesthataremanagedsimilartorights-basedaccess,allowingforanincreaseinthesoccerto“3”.TheCayosCochinosmanagementplan(HN2d.4)andtheirfisheriesrestorationproject(HN2d.5)createareasthatarerestrictedtoonlyonetypeoffishery,suchasfree-divingforlobsterandconchinareasknownasSalamandinga,Voitague,TariagaruandBajoMalaca,whicharealreadyrestrictedtoonlymembersofthesurroundingfishingcommunitiesofCorozal,SamboCreek,NuevaArmenia,LisLis,Cacao,Balfate,RioEsteban,Chachahuate,EastEndandBolaños.ThenewlimitsdefinedforCueroySalado(HN2d.7)establishanareaof3,871.97hasthatwillbeusedexclusivelyforrightsbasedaccessfisheriesforthecommunitiesofSaladoBarra,BocaCerrada,LaRositaandOrotinabutdonotmentionswhichfisheriesaretargeted.Thefisheriesrestorationarea“PAMUCH“(HN2d.6,8&10)lists,initscreationobjectives:1.accessrightsbasedfishingforthesurroundingcommunitiesthatactasco-managersofthearea;protectionoflarvalandnurserysites;creationofnaturalandartificialareasthatwillallowincreasingfishpopulations,andthesewillbenefitthecommunitiesofLagunadeChachaguala,CostaParaísoandLaBocanaandtargetsspeciessuchaslobster,conch,targetfish(Snappersandgroupers)andwillinclude,withinitsprotectionboundaries,SPAGS.ThenormsincludedinBancoCordeliamanagementplan(HN2d.9)allowrights-basedfisheriesfor60fishermenfromfourcommunities:Flower’sBay,CoxenHole,BrickBayandLosFuertes,andthetargetspeciesaresnappers,groupers,lobsterandconch.

Responsible:

2016:3-Regular

Observations:

2016-CayosCochinos,PAMUCH,CueroySaladoandBancoCordeliahaveregulationssimilartorights-basedfisheries.Threeofthefourcases/sites/areasmentionedheredefinelobsterandconchastwotargetedfisheriesthataremanagedsimilartorights-basedaccess,allowingforanincreaseinthesoccerto“3”.

Grade:

5-Morethan90%oftotalcatch*isunderaformofregulatedrights-basedfisheriesmanagement(RBM)coveringatleastthreeofthemosteconomicallyvaluablespecies/taxonomicgroups4-26-50%oftotalcatchisunderaformofregulatedrights-basedfisheriesmanagement,coveringatleasttwoofthemostvaluablespecies/taxonomicgroups3-Atleasttwofisheriesand/or25%offishingcommunitiesisunderaformofregulatedrights-basedfisheriesmanagement,coveringatleastoneofthemostvaluablespecies/taxonomicgroups2-Atleastonefisheryand/oronecommunityisimplementingregulatedrights-basedfisheriesmanagement1-Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

2011:NA

2d.Transformallopen-accessfisheriestorights-basedsustainablefisheriesmanagementsystems

iandrysdale@gmail.com

Indicator:

RankingCriteria:

DateSep-10Feb-10

Nov-08

Jan-14

HondurasCoralReefFundHN2d.5ProyectoManejoZonasdeRestauracionPesqueraCayosCochinos

CayosCochinos

BenjaminKushner

CayosCochinosHN2d.3-PlandeManejoCayosCochinos2008-2012

InstitutoNacionaldeConservacionyDesarrolloForestal,AreasProtegidasyVidaSilvestre

HN2d.10Acuerdo-026-2015_PAMUCH0001

HN2d.9PlandeManejoBancoCordeliaCCO

HN2d.7NuevosLimitesRVSCS

HN2d.6AreadeRestauracionPesqueraPAMUCH

FundacionCueroySaladoFundacionCueroySaladoHN2d.1-CoManejoPesqueroCueroySalado

HN2d.4PlandeManejoMNMCC2014-2025HondurasCoralReefFund

FundacionCueroySaladoHN2d.2-PlandeManejoCueroySalado2010-2014

LocationInstitution

2014-Anagreementofco-managementhasbeensignedbetweenthefishersofLaRosita,CueroySalado(APROCUS),ofthecommunitiesofSaladoBarra,BocaCerradaandLaRosita,withFUCSA,ICFandSAG(DIGEPESCA),withtheaimofpromotingandfosteringtherationaluseoffisheriesresources(HN2d.1,Point10,Pg.7;Point11,Pg.8;Point12,Pg.9),onwhichthesecoastalcommunitiesdepend(HN2d.2,Paragraph2,Pg.17,Point1,Pg.37;Points1&2,Pg.38)).TheseareasarewithintheCueroySaladoWildlifeRefuge.TheCayosCochinosNationalMarineMonumenthas,withinitsmanagementplan(HN2d.3,Pg.74),astatementwhereonlythepeopleofthelocal,coastalpopulationswithinthebufferzone,cancarryoutfishingwithintheMPA.

HN2d.8NormativaAreaPAMUCHCCO

Approval:

Source:

Document/Filename

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

DateNov-03

Nov-03

Apr-11

Responsible:

2014-Landuserestrictionsexistforthe3BayIslandsandthereisproposalforthecreationoflandusemanagementplansfortheValledeLean.

2014-Cuyamel-OmoaandPuertoCortesdohaveamunicipaldevelopmentplan,whichfocesesonlanduseplanning(http://www.renot.hn).TherealsoexistsaRegionalDevelopmentPlanforRegion4(ValledeLean)withafocusonlanduseplanning,whichhasbeenapprovedbytheRegionalDevelopmentCouncil(HN3a.18,Pgs.188-190).TheRegionalDevelopmentPlanforRegion1(ValledeSula),aswellastheTrujilloArea,areunderway.HN3a.20,Pg.4,showstheObjectivestofollowforthecreationofland-useplanningataRegionallevel.HN3a.21,Pg.16,showstheObjectivestofollowforthecreationofland-useplanningataMunicipallevel.

2014:4-Good2016:4-Good

2011-Thereexistsacoastalzoneplan(territorialordinances)forBayIslands(HN3a.17;Roatan:Pgs.61-114;Guanaja:Pgs.115-140;Utila:Pgs.141-172),andithasbeenlegallyadopted(HN3a.16.Chapter3,Pgs.3&4;Chapter4,Pgs.5&6).ParticipantsnotedduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.1)thatUSAIDdevelopedaterritorialordinanceplanfortheGulfofHonduraswatershedHN3a.12:Box12,Pg.89;Box13,Pg.90),whichalsoincludesanactionplanforimplementationofseveralplans(HN3a.12:Incentives:Pg.121;Box1,Pg.129;StrategicAlliancesinthe3Countries:Pg.132;RiskManagement:Pg.143;WasteManagement:Pg.153;BestPracticesintheAgricultureSector:Pg.164).TheInstituteofTourismhasdevelopedzoningplansforallbeachesalongtheNorthCoast(HN3a.13).ThereisalsoaplanunderUNEPtodevelopandimplementazoningprojectformangrovesinHonduras,GuatemalaandNicaragua(HN3a.14:Point2,Pg.1;&HN3a.15:Theme3,Pg.9).Additionally,thereexistsalegalmandate(HN3a.1&HN3a.2)topromotetheplanningofHonduras'territorialordinances.AnumberofdiagnosticshavebeenimplementedfordifferentregionsinHonduras,includingHN3a.3,HN3a.4,HN3a.5,HN3a.6,HN3a.7,HN3a.8,HN3a.9,HN3a.10,&HN3a.11.

Document/Filename

2011-Thereexistsacoastalzoneplanandzoningregulations,butthesearenotadequatelyenforced.

Source:

2016-Alandusemanagementplanhasbeencreatedforthe3BayIslands(HN3a.25-28);aspecificonefortheislandofUtila(HN3a.29&30)andthereisworkbeingdonetocretesomeforTelaandLaCeiba(HN3a.34&35).Anationalpolicyfortheprotectionofwetlandshasbeencreated(HN3a.31)andthereareRAMSARMapsforUtila(HN3a.32&33).Lawcompendiumsthatrelatetomarineandcoastalareashavebeencreated(HN3a.23&24).

Observations:

2016-Alandusemanagementplanhasbeencreatedforthe3BayIslandsandthereareplanstodeveloponeforTelaandLaCeiba.

CongresoNacionaldeHonduras

HN3a.1-LeydeOrdenamientoTerritorial(DecretoNo180-2003)

Coastalzoneplanningregulations

Institution

Theme3–CoastalZoneManagement

Effective,integratedcoastalplanningemphasizingsustainabledevelopment,alongsideenforcementofcoastaldevelopmentregulations,cangreatlyreducethepressuresofcoastaldevelopment.Developmentandimplementationofcomprehensivecoastalzonemanagementplanscanguidesustainabledevelopment.Thisindicatormeasurestheextentandimplementationofsuchplansorstepstowardsdevelopingsuchplans.

Grade:

5–Aspatiallycomprehensivecoastalzoneplanorzoningregulationsexistforthecountry(orstatewithintheMARarea)andhavelegallybeenadopted4–Thereisacoastalzoneplanorzoningregulations(notspatiallycomprehensive)andtheyhavebeenlegallyadoptedinsomeareas3–Aspatiallycomprehensivecoastalzoneplanorzoningregulationshavebeencompleted(drafted)forthecountry(orMARarea)andsubmittedforapproval2–Thereiswork(draftsinprogress,consultationreports,researchorstrategicplans)atdraftingaspatiallycomprehensivecoastalzoneplansorzoningregulations1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

RankingCriteria:

HN3a.4-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionIVValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalBalfate

2011:4-Good

Location

HN3a.3-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionIVValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalArizona

HN3a.2-LeydeOrdenamientoTerritorial(DecretoNo180-2003)-Resumen

Apr-11

Apr-09

Dec-09

May-11

Jan-05

May-02

Abr-2011

Jun-12

Ene-2013

Ago-2012

Aug-12Dec-11Nov-14Nov-14Nov-14Nov-14Aug-12Aug-122012May-12May-12May-15Mar-15

HN3a.5-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionIVValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalPorvernir

HN3a.12-ProgramadeUSAIDparalaConservaciondeCuencasCentroamericanas:PlandeOrdenamientoTerritorialCuencadeGolfodeHonduras

HN3a.9-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionIVValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalSanFrancisco

HN3a.6-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionIVValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalEsparta

SecretariadeTurismoHN3a.17-ProyectoManejoAmbientaldelasIslasdelaBahia

HN3a.15-InformeReunionComiteOrdenamientoManglares

SecretariadeTurismo

HN3a.16-AcuerdoEjecutivo002-2004-NormasGeneralesparaelControldeDesarrollodelasIslasdelaBahia

HN3a.7-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalJutiapa

HN3a.8-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionIVValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalLaMasica

HN3a.11-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionIVValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalLaCeiba

HN3a.10-PlanesdeDesarolloyOrdenamientoTerretorialRegionIVValledeLean:DiagnosticoIntegralMultidimensionalMunicipalTela

SecretariaTecnicadePlanificacionyCooperacionExterna

HN3a.19-InformacionMicrocuencasICFJunio2012

ZOLITUR

HN3a.18-PropuestaDesarrolloRegionalValleLean

Approval:

HN3a.21-LineamientosGeneralesparaPlanesdeDesarrolloMunicipal

HN3a.20-LineamientosGeneralesparaPlanesdeDesarrolloRegional

HN3a.22-RegistrodeNormativasdeOrdenamientoTerritorial(RENOT)

InstitutoHondurenodeTurismo

HN3a.14-DescripcionGeneraldelProyectoHonduras

ZOLITUR ZOLITURHN3a.26PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialIslasdelaBahiaVolII ZOLITUR ZOLITUR

HN3a.28PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialIslasdelaBahiaVolIV ZOLITUR ZOLITUR

HN3a.27PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialIslasdelaBahiaVolIII ZOLITUR

HN3a.13-DesarollodeunPlanRegionaldeUsoPublicoyMejoraAmbientaldelasPlayasdelaCostaNorte,DocumentoC:zonificaciondelasPlayas

BenjaminKushner

InstitutoHondurenodeTurismo

HN3a.23CompendioLegislacionMarinoCosteraHonduras USAID USAIDHN3a.24CompendiodeLeyesIslasdelaBahia CoralReefAlliance CoralReefAllianceHN3a.25PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialIslasdelaBahiaVolI

HN3a.29PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialUtila BID/IHT BID/IHTHN3a.30UtilaLandUseMgmtPlan BID/IHT BID/IHT

HN3a.34KMZTela MunicipalidaddeTela MunicipalidaddeTelaHN3a.35AutoCADLaCeiba MunicipalidaddeLaCeiba MunicipalidaddeLaCeiba

Hn3a.31PoliticaNacionaldeHumedales USAID USAIDHN3a.32MapaRamsarUtila BICA BICAHN3a.33ShapesRamsarUtila BICA BICA

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2014:2-Poor

2016-Alandusemanagementplanhasbeencreatedforthe3BayIslandsandthereareplanstodeveloponeforTelaandLaCeiba.MarinewaterqualitymonitoringisbeingdoneonUtilaandRoatan.Hondurashas77,479.25Km2ofMARwatershedterrestrialarea,ofwhich42,623.05Km2areundersomeformofmanagementorprotectionscheme,whichequals54.19%.

Grade:

2011:NA

5–Aspatiallycomprehensiveandintegratedwatershedmanagementplan(s)thatprotectscoastalandmarinewaterquality,existsforthecountry(orstatewithintheMARarea)andhavebeenlegallyadopted4–Aspatiallycomprehensiveandintegratedwatershedmanagementplan(s)thatprotectscoastalandmarinewaterquality,existsforthecountry(orstatewithintheMARarea)buthas(have)notbeenlegallyadopted;oratleast50%ofwatershedareaiswithinplan(s)thatarelegallyadopted3–Thereiswork(monitoringwaterqualityprograms,draftsinprogress,consultationreports,researchorstrategicplans)leadingtoanintegratedwatershedplan(s)inatleast50%ofwatershedarea2–Thereiswork(monitoringwaterqualityprograms,draftsinprogress,consultationreports,researchorstrategicplans)leadingtoanintegratedwatershedmanagementplan(s)inatleast10%ofwatershedarea1–Nodocumentationofactionsthatmeetthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

2016:3-Regular

RankingCriteria:

Observations:

3b.Watershedmanagementplansrelatedtocoastalzoneplanning

Indicator:

2016-Alandusemanagementplanhasbeencreatedforthe3BayIslands(HN3b.5-8);aspecificonefortheislandofUtila(HN3b.9&10)andthereisworkbeingdonetocretesomeforTelaandLaCeiba(HN3b.14&15).Anationalpolicyfortheprotectionofwetlandshasbeencreated(HN3b.11)andthereareRAMSARMapsforUtila(HN3b.12&13).WaterqualitymonitoringisbeingcarriedoutonRoatanandUtila(HN3b.16&17).TheMARecoregionencompasseswatershed/landareainall4countries,amountingtoatotalof181,727.84Km2,ofwhichHondurashasthelargestareaat77,479.25Km2.Basedonthesenumbers,andinordertoreachascoreof“3”,Honduraswouldneedtohavework(monitoringwaterqualityprograms,draftsinprogress,consultationreports,researchorstrategicplans)leadingtoanintegratedwatershedplan(s)inatleast50%ofwatershedareawhichequalsto38,739.63Km2.AccordingtoHN3b.18,createdbytheProtectedAreasDeptofICF,42,623.05Km2areundersomeformofmanagementorprotectionscheme,whichequals54.19%.TheGISlayerssupportingthiscanbefoundinHN3b.19.

Responsible:

CollectionSheetEco-Audit2016-HondurasHealthyReefInitiative

Justification:Effective,integratedland-useplanninginsidethewatershedsoftheMARisessentialtopreventingerosion,sedimentation,andnutrientpollutionintocoastalandmarinewaters.Inparticular,nutrientsareamajorcauseoftheovergrowthofalgaewhichcankillcorals..Nutrientscauseamajordamageinreefsandbenthicecosystems.Highwaterqualitystandardshelptomaintaincoralreefs.Properwatershedsmanagementincludesappropriateland-usepracticesinerosion-proneareasandisessentialforpreservingwaterqualityandensuringthatthetransportofsediment,nutrients,andotherpollutantstocoralreefsisminimized.Ifsoundwatershedmanagementplansareimplemented,nutrientandsedimentdeliveryarelikelytobereduced,promotingrecoveryofdegradedreefs.Watershed-basedmanagementplansfostersustainabledevelopment,andcomplimentsimilarcoastaldevelopmentplansalongthecoastline.Thisindicatormeasuresthespatialextentanddevelopmentofsuchplansorstepstowarddevelopingthem.

2014-ThereexistsaRegionalDevelopmentPlanforRegion4approvedfortheLeanValleythatincludesthewatershedoftheregion,butithasnotyetbeenimplemented.

DateAbr-2011

Jun-12

Ene-2013

Ago-2012

Nov-14

Aug-12Aug-122012May-12May-12May-15Mar-152015

20152015

HN3b.10UtilaLandUseMgmtPlanHN3b.11PoliticaNacionaldeHumedales

MunicipalidaddeLaCeiba

HN3b.12MapaRamsarUtilaHN3b.13ShapesRamsarUtila

MunicipalidaddeTelaBICA

HN3b.14KMZTela

HN3b.4-LineamientosGeneralesparaPlanesdeDesarrolloMunicipal

ZOLITUR

ICFBICA

BICAMunicipalidaddeLaCeiba

BID/IHT

ZOLITUR

Approval:

HN3b.1-PropuestaDesarrolloRegionalValleLean

HN3b.16FotosMonitoreoCalidaddeAguaRoatanyUtila2015

HN3b.3-LineamientosGeneralesparaPlanesdeDesarrolloRegional

BID/IHT

HN3b.18.OficioDAP006-2016AreasBajoRegimenEspecial

HN3b.2-InformacionMicrocuencasICFJunio2012

ZOLITUR

HN3b.6PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialIslasdelaBahiaVolII

HN3b.5PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialIslasdelaBahiaVolI

HN3b.8PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialIslasdelaBahiaVolIV ZOLITUR

Institution

Document/Filename

ZOLITUR

Location

BID/IHT

2014-ThereexistsaRegionalDevelopmentPlanforRegion4approvedfortheLeanValleythatincludesthewatershedoftheregion(HN3b.1,Pgs.188-190).ADevelopmentPlanfortheDevelopmentoftheSulaValley(Region1)isbeingdevelopedthatpartiallycoversthewatershedsfortheUluaandChameleconRivers.ThereisalsoaLandUsePlanningDocumentfortheAreaofTrujillo.Therearealsogeo-referencedlayersthatshowmostofthemicro-watershedsofthecountry(HN3b.2),whichisagretatoolinthedevelopmentoflanduseplanningtoolsanddocuments.

BID/IHTHN3b.9PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialUtila

BenjaminKushner

HN3b.7PlanOrdenamientoTerritorialIslasdelaBahiaVolIII

MunicipalidaddeTelaHN3b.15AutoCADLaCeiba

Source:

HN3b.17BICAWaterQualityMonitoringContract2015

HN3b.19SIGAreasBajoRegimenEspecial

ZOLITUR

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

Justification:Mangrovesareregionally‘protected’ondifferentlevelsthroughregulationsrequiringpermitsfortheirremoval.However,evenwiththestrictestregulations,manyillegalclearingsoccur.Ultimatelyweneedtotracktheremainingextentofmangrovesinordertohelpprotecttheircriticalecosystemfunctions,whichincludeshorelineprotection,provisionoffisherieshabitat,andbiodiversity.

2011:NA2016-Therearenonewdocumentsthatallowraisingthescoreforthisindicator.

2014-Thereisaninventoryofwetlands(HN3c.1andHN3c.9,Pg.35-219),asanapproximationtoestimatehectaresofmangroves,aswellasgraphsonhowtheyhavechangedovertime(HN3c.12).UnderRAMSAR(HN3c.11),eachareathatcontainsmangrovesmusthavearegistrywithcoverinformation(HN3c.2,HN3c.3yHN3c.4).SitesthathavebeendeclaredasRAMSARsitesareCuyamel-Omoa(HN3c.5)andUtila(HN3c.6).PressnotesfortheseareascanbeseenunderHN3c.7yHN3c.8.TheSmallGrantsProjectbyUNDPandFallBrooksCenterhavecarriedoutactivitiesinordertoreplant/replenishmangroveareaswithmangrovesandrelatedspecies.TheUtilaEnvironmentalMunicipalUnit,FundacionIslasdelaBahiaandPNUMAhaveamangroverestorationproject(HN3c.10,Pg.4GeneralandSpecificObjectives).ThereisalsoaprojectonGuanaja(HN3c.13;HN3c.14,Pg.1&HN3c.15).TheREDD+(ReducciondeEmisionesderivadasdelaDeforestacionylaDegradacionforestalydelaBiodiversidad)forestrymonitoringprotocolmonitorsfaunaaswellasstateofforests(HN3c.16,Pg2,IntroductionandObjectives).

2014:2-Poor

2014-Muchofwhatisneededtoachieveascoreof3isbeingaccomplished.ButHondurasreceivesatotalof2,aswedonothave50%ofthemangrovesintheCaribbeancoastunderanykindoflegaloreffectiveprotection.AccordingtoHN3c.9,only24%ofthecountry'swetlandsareundersomeformofprotection.ItmustbestatedthatoneofthesitesunderlegalprotectionisUtila,whichhasmangrovesinverygoodconditionandthesecoveralmost70%oftheisland.

Grade:

3c.Mangroveextentasanindicatoroftheeffectivenessofthecoastalzonemanagementplanimplementation.

Indicator:

2016-Apost-graduatestudentcarriedoutsomemangroveresearchintheBayIslands(HN3c.17).RMPhasamangroverestorationprojectunderwayontheislandofRoatan(HN3c.18).TheTRIGOHareapublishesnewslettersonthestateofmangroves(HN3c.19).TheZambucoareahasbeendeclaredasaRAMSARsite(HN3c.20,22&25).Thereexistsinformationonthestatusofmangrovesunder(HN3c.21)andamangroverestorationprojectunderHN3c.23&24.

Responsible:

5–Aspatiallycomprehensiveandintegratedplanormangroveregulations,thatcontributetotheobjectivesofthecoastalzonemanagementplans,existforthecountry(orstatewithintheMARarea)andhasbeenlegallyadopted,havingmangrovecoveragepreservedin90%frombaselinestatus(probably1990).Ormorethan90%ofthemangrovesinthecountryorstatearelegallyandeffectivelyprotected.4–Aspatiallycomprehensiveandintegratedplanormangroveregulationsthatcontributestotheobjectivesofthecoastalzonemanagementplans,existforthecountry(orstatewithintheMARarea)buthavenotbeenlegallyadopted,havingmangrovecoveragepreservedin70%fromoriginalstatus.Ormorethan70%ofthemangrovesinthecountryorstatearelegallyandeffectivelyprotected.3–Thereiswork(monitoringmangroveextent,draftsinprogress,consultationreports,researchorstrategicplans)leadingtoaspatiallycomprehensiveandintegratedplanormangroveregulations,oratleast50%oforiginalmangrovecoverismaintainedorlegallyprotected.2–Aplanorstrongmangroveregulationsexist,butdoesn’tcontributetotheobjectivesofthecoastalzonemanagementplanorarepoorlyenforced,withmanypublicrecordsofillegalactivity.1–Nodocumentationofactionsthatmeetthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable.

2016:2-Poor

RankingCriteria:

DateNDAgo-2012

Ago-2012

Feb-13

Feb-13Feb-13Apr-13Apr-13ND

NDNov-13

Sep-13Dec-12

Dec-12

Aug-15

Oct-15Jan-15Mar-13

Apr-15

Feb-132015Apr-132010

Document/Filename

Source:

HN3c.25Resolucion0172010Zambuco InstitutoNacionaldeConservacionyDesarolloForestalyVidaSilvestre

RoatanMarinePark

ProyectoMangle

CREDIABICARoatanPNUMAHN3c.24PresentacionProyectoManglares

LaTribuna

Location

HN3c.22MapalimitesLagunadeZambuco

UnidadMunicipalAmbientaldelaMunicipalidaddeUtila

HN3c.10-RehabilitacionHumedalBigBightUtila

NewEnglandBiolabsFoundation

Rubio,Emelly

HN3c.13-ActividadesReforestacionManglaresGuanaja

BICARoatan

HN3c.15-GuanajaMangroveRestorationMap

RAMSARRAMSARRAMSARRAMSAR

HN3c.4FichaRamsarZambuco

HN3c.21MangroveForestsinGuatemalaHondurasandNicaraguaUNEPReport

RAMSAR

HealthyReefsInitiativeHN3c.12-DistribucionEspacioTemporaldelosManglaresdeHonduras

ProyectoMangle

RAMSARHN3c.11-InventariodeHumedalesRAMSAR

CREDIA

RAMSAR

HN3c.14-GuanajaMangroveRestoration2012FinalReport

RoatanMarinePark

BenjaminKushner

HN3c.23PlandeRestauraciondeBosquesdeMangle

Approval:

HN3c.20CartaDesignacionRAMSARZambuco

RAMSAReInstitutoNacionaldeConservacionyDesarrolloForestal,AreasProtegidasyVidaSilvestre

HN3c.7ArticuloWebdossitiosRamsarenHonduras

LaTribuna

HN3c.3FichaRamsarUtila

UnidadMunicipalAmbientaldelaMunicipalidaddeUtila

HN3c.18MangroveRestorationProjectRMP

HN3c.2FichaRamsarCuyamelOmoa

HN3c.17MangroveResearchVerenaHoelzerMasterThesis

SERNAHN3c.9-InventariodeHumedalesdeHonduras

HN3c.6DeclaratoriaRmasarHumedalesUtila

Carrasco,et.al.

HN3c.5DeclaratoriaRamsarHumedalesCuyamelOmoa

HN3c.19Boletin6Manglares

HN3c.8ReportajeNuevossitiosRamsarenHonduras

RAMSAR

NDHN3c.1CapasSIGManglaresdeHonduras

HN3c.16-MonitoreoForestalenelContextodeREDD+Honduras

Institution

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2014-TheBiodiversityDept(DIBIO)isworkingontheapprovalandsignatureoftheLBSProtocol,whichhasalreadybeenacceptedbythedifferentpartiesinvolved.Thelastmeetinghasnotyetbeencelebrated,inwhichthisprotocolisofficiallyacceptedintothelistofInternationalTreatiesratifiedbyHonduras.

2016-Accordingto(HN4a.14),Ex-PresidentPepeLoboacceptedandapprovedthefollowingprotocolstobesenttoNationalCongressforfinalapproval:ConventionfortheProtectionandDevelopmentoftheMarineEnvironmentoftheWiderCaribbeanRegion(HN7b.3)anditsProtocols:OilSpillsProtocol(HN7b.10),LBSProtocol(HN7b.5)&SPAWProtocol(HN7b.4).AccordingtomeetingsandtalkswithMarinaMercanteandDiBIO(HN4a.15,16y17),thenoticewasthenlostormisplacedandwasnotsenttoCongress.WithsupportfromCORALMarinaMercante,DiBIOandHRI(HN4a.18&19)thisnotwasfoundremadeandsenttoNationalCongressonDecember2015.

Observations:

2011-ThereexistnationalstandardsmeetingClassIIparameters,buttheyarepoorlyenforced.HondurashasnotsignedtheCartagenaConvention.Noevidenceofimplementationofthesestandardswasfound.

2016:2-Poor

2014-Evidencehasbeenfoundthatthereiscoastalpollutionduetoinadequateorinsufficienttreatmentofwastewaters(HN4a.4&HN4a.5from2011EcoAuditfiles).TheBiodiversityDept(DIBIO)isworkingontheapprovalandsignatureoftheLBSProtocol,whichhasalreadybeenacceptedbythedifferentpartiesinvolved.Thelastmeetinghasnotyetbeencelebrated,inwhichthisprotocolisofficiallyacceptedintothelistInternationalTreatiesratifiedbyHonduras(HN4a.6;HN4a.7,Pg.1,Objectives;HN4a.8,Pg.1,Point2.1;HN4a.9;HN4a.10;HN4a.11;HN4a.12,HN4a.13).

2016-Nonewdocumentswerefoundthatwouldallowincreasingthescoreofthisindicator.

Standardsforwastewatermanagement/sewagetreatment

Responsible:

Theme4–SanitationandSewageTreatment

RankingCriteria:

5–LBSMPProtocolforClassIwatersarelegallyadoptedandthereisgoodimplementationbythecountry4–LBSMPstandardsforClassIwatersarelegallyadoptedbutthereisinadequateimplementationbythecountry3–LBSMPstandardsforClassIIwatershavebeenlegallyadoptedandthereisgoodimplementationbythecountry2–LBSMPstandardsforClassIIwatersarelegallyadoptedandthereisinadequateimplementationbythecountry1–NostandardsorstandardsbelowClassII

Grade:

2014:2-Poor

Internationaleffortstoimprovesanitationinparticularlysensitiveecosystemsincludingthosenearcoralreefsandseagrass(e.g.ClassIwaters)haveevolved,specificallythroughthecreationofinternationalstandardsforsewagetreatment.Thisindicatormeasurestheextentofeachcountry’sadoptionandimplementationoftheseinternationalstandardswithintheCartagenaConvention’sProtocolConcerningPollutionfromLand-BasedSourcesandActivities(LBSMPProtocol).

2011:2-Poor

DateJun-05

Jul-05

Apr-96

Jun-11

Aug-11

May-13Feb-13NDNDJun-13

Dec-12

Oct-12

Feb-14

Jan-15

Jun-15Aug-15Aug-15Dec-15

HRIHRI

HN4a.15AcuerdosIngresadosalCongresoNacionalEnero2015

SecretariadeRelacionesExterioresyCooperaciónInternacionaldelaRepúblicadeHonduras

HN4a.14AcuerdosMedioMarinodelGranCaribeFirmadosporPepeLobo

HN4a.17ReunionconMarinaMercante

CaribbeanEnvironmentProgramme

HN4a.9-InformeConveniodeCartagena

ElHeraldo

HRIHRI

Source:

HN4a.16CartasVariasCartagena

Institution

2011-TheConventionfortheProtectionandDevelopmentoftheMarineEnvironmentintheWiderCaribbeanRegionisacomprehensive,umbrellaagreementfortheprotectionanddevelopmentofthemarineenvironment.ThisregionalenvironmentalconventionisrecognizedastheparamountframeworkforcooperativeregionalandnationalactionsintheWiderCaribbeanRegion(WCR).Inparticular,theConvention'sLBSProtocol(ProtocolConcerningPollutionfromLand-basedSourcesandActivities)isconsideredanimportantframeworkforcountriesintheWCRtoaddressland-basedpollution(HN4a.1&HN4a.2).AjointinitiativebytheInter-AmericanDevelopmentBank,theUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme,andtheGlobalEnvironmentFacilitytofinancewastewatertreatmentmanagementprojectsthroughouttheCaribbeandrawsontheLBSProtocolasthelegalframeworktojustifyitsefforts.PilotprojectsareplannedforBelize,Trinidad&Tobago,Guyana,andJamaica(allsignatoriesoftheLBSProtocol).EachcountryintheMAR,excludingHonduras,hassignedtheCartagenaConvention'sProtocolConcerningPollutionfromLand-basedSourcesandActivities(HN4a.2).However,theredoesexistnationalstandardsthatareaboveClassIIandbelowClassIstandardsfromtheCartagenaConvention(HN4a.3:Table1,Pg.266).ParticipantsduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.1)foundnoevidenceofenforcementofthesestandards,andasaresultHondurasranks2.However,participantsdidpresentqualitativeevidenceofcoastalcontaminationcausedbyuntreatedsewage(HN4a.4andHN4a.5).

Document/FilenameHN4a.1-ProtocolConcerningPollutionfromLand-basedSourcesandActivitiestotheConventionfortheProtectionandDevelopmentoftheMarineEnvironmentoftheWiderCaribbeanRegion

HN4a.18AvancesConvenioCartagenaAgo25

HN4a.19ConvenioCartagenaaCongresoNacional

SecretariadeSalud

Location

Approval:

DIBIODIBIOHN4a.7-AyudaMemoriaPNUMA12Feb2013

DIBIODIBIOHN4a.6-CartadeDIBIOAvancesProtocoloLBS

ElHeraldoHN4a.5-Crecelaislaperotambienlanecesidaddeinfraestructura

HN4a.8-CronogramaalPA-TSC DIBIO

bkushner81@gmail.comBenjaminKushner

HN4a.12-PlandeAccionConveniodeCartagena

HN4a.2-RatificationofLBSProtocol-Map

ElHeraldo

HN4a.4-RoatanContaminacionDañaelArrecifedeCoral

SecretariadeSalud

DIBIO2014

ElHeraldo

HN4a.10-OpinionLegaldeDIBIOacercadeSPAW

HN4a.13-InformeDecimoQuintaReunionProgramaAmbientaldelCaribe

HN4a.11-OpinionLegaldeSERNAacercadeSPAW

HRIHRI

HN4a.3-NormasTecnicadelasDescargasdeAguasResidualesaCuerposReceptoresyAlcantarilladoSanitario

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

Grade:

2014-TheWestEndwastewatertreatmentplantisoperationalandistreatingwastetothesetstandards.

2014-TheWestEndwastewatertreatmentplantisoperationalandistreatingwastetothesetstandards(HN4b.6yHN4b.7).

2014:2-Poor2016:2-Poor

Observations:

2016-HRI&CORALhavebeenworkingwithIDBtoacquireapprovedfinancingtoimprovewastewatertreatmentfacilitesaswellascreatenewinfrastructure.

Newinfrastructureforsewagetreatment(inthelast5years)

RankingCriteria:

Responsible:

Theme4–SanitationandSewageTreatment

2011-Newcoastalmunicipalsewagetreatmentplants,whichmeetLBSMPstandardsforClassIIwatersareunderconstruction.

SamuelRivera

2016-HRI&CORALareworkingalongsidetheIDB(HN4b.11),holdingseveralmeetings(HN4b.9&10)inordertohavetheapprovedfinancingfornewsanitationinfrastructure(HN4b.8),aswellasinvestinginexistingones(HN4b.12).Oncefundinghasbeenapprovedbthebank,newinfrastructurewillbebuilt,orinvestinexistingones,onUtila,Roatan,Guanaja,Trujillo,LaCeibayTela.

5–Newcoastalmunicipalsewagetreatmentplant(s),whichmeettheLBSMPstandardsforClassIwaters,exists(servingatleast5%ofthecoastalpopulation)4–Newcoastalmunicipalsewagetreatmentplant(s)forcoastalpopulation,whichmeettheLBSMPstandardsforClassIwaters,isunderconstructionorapproved(servingatleast5%ofthecoastalpopulation)3–Newcoastalmunicipalsewagetreatmentplant(s),whichmeetLBSMPstandardsforClassIwatersexists,isunderconstructionorapproved(servinglessthan5%ofthecoastalpopulation)2–Newcoastalmunicipalsewagetreatmentplant(s),whichmeetatleastLBSMPstandardsforClassIIwatersexists,isunderconstructionorapproved1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

InordertomeettheLBSMPstandards,newandimprovedsewagetreatmentfacilitieswillberequired.Giventhehighcostofthisinfrastructure,weexpectthischangetobeincremental.Thisindicatormeasuresprogress(relativetopopulationsize)ininstallingsuchfacilities.

samuel.rivera@acme-roatan.com

ACMEEnvironmentalSolutions

2011:2-Poor

DateOct-11

Jun-05

Nov-11Feb-11May-11

Jun-13

Feb-12

Feb-14

Nov-14

Apr-15Jul-15

Dec-15

HN4b.12ResumenvisitasconsultoriaBID

HRIHN4b.11CartaAgradecimientoBIDaHRIyCORAL

HN4b.9PresentacionSaneamientoBIDNov2014FINAL

HRIHN4b.8CartaBIDApoyoTecnico

Source:

HN4b.1-ListadodeProyectosdeTratamientodeAguasResidualesenRoatan

Institution

BibliotecaVirtualenPoblacion

2011-WestEnd,Roatanisbuildingatreatmentplantthatwilltreat500cubicmeters/dailyandservingapproximately3,000people,providingatleastsecondarytreatment(HN4b.4/p.2andHN4b.5/p.19).DuringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.1)SamuelRivera(ACMESanitation)notedthatprivatesectorbusiness(25intotal)inRoatanhaveinstallednewtreatmentfacilities,whichprovideatleastsecondarytreatment.AlistofthesefacilitiesisfoundinHN4b.1.Honduras'coastalpopulationresidesintheDepartmentsofCortés,Atlántida,ColónandBayIslands.ThepopulationoftheseDepartmentsisapproximately2.2million(estimation(HN4b.3)basedona2001census(HN4b.2)),thereforethesewagetreatmentplantthatisunderconstructionservesabout.13%ofcoastalpopulation.Accordingtothisestimate,Honduras'coastalpopulationrequirementshavenotbeenmet(50%-1.1millionor5%-111,623).

Document/Filename

Location

HN4b.5-WestEndTreatmentPlantProposalFUNDEMUN

HN4b.10InfraestructuraAportesID

Approval:

FUNDEMUN

HN4b.7-PlanosFinalesConstructivosPlantadeTratamientoWestEnd

HN4b.6-EfluentedelaplantadetratamientodeWestEndJunio2013

HN4b.4-ProyectosdeMejorasWestEnd

HN4b.2-XVICensoNacionaldePoblaciónyVdeHabitación

HN4b.3-HNCoastalPopulationCalculation

BenjaminKushner

Status: Final

Name:Description:Theme:

Grade:Result:

Responsible:

Theme4–SanitationandSewageTreatmentJustification-Upstreamwatershedpollutionsourcesandpractices

5–“Bettermanagementpractices”,actionplansand/orregulationsexistandareunderimplementation,addressing80%ofthepollutionsourcesoccurringinthewatersheds(agriculture,livestock,urban/tourism,industrial,rural,deforestation-thosewhichoccurinananalyzedwatershed-notalloccurinallwatersheds)coveringatleast80%ofwatershedareas,withdemonstratedwaterqualityimprovements4-“Bettermanagementpractices”,actionplansand/orregulationsexistforatleast4ofthe6pollutionsources(agriculture,livestock,urban/tourism,industrial,rural,deforestation)covering50%ofwatershedareas,withsomedemonstratedwaterqualityimprovements3-“Bettermanagementpractices”,actionplansandregulationsexistforatleast2ofthe6pollutionsources(agriculture,livestock,urban/tourism,industrial,rural,deforestation)covering30%ofwatershedareas,withsomedemonstratedwaterqualitymonitoring2-“Bettermanagementpractices”,actionplansandregulationsfor1ofthe6pollutionsources(agriculture,livestock,urban/tourism,industrial,rural,deforestation)coveringatleast10%ofthewatershedarea1–Nodocumentationofactionsthatmeetthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

RankingCriteria:

Observations:

2016-TourismbestpracticesarebeingimplementedbytheGeoTourismCouncilinbothUtilaandRoatan,aswellasmarinewaterqualitymonitoringonbothislands.2014-BestPracticesfortheAgriculturalsectorexist(RSPO),fortheareaofTela.WWF-CAhascreatedandsharedbestpracticesinseveralindustrialagriculturalsectorsofthecountry.Forthetourismsector,BestPracticesarebeingimplementedandfosteredbytheGeoTourismCouncil,specificallyonRoatanandUtila.ThereisamonitoringofwaterqualitybeingcarriedoutbyBICARoatan(HN4c.7).Thereareplanstocertifycertainplantations.Hondurasdoesnotachieveascoreof3asitdoesnotreachthegoalof30%ofwatershedsunderimplementationofBestPractices.

Indicator:

2011:NA

4c.Reduceupstreamwatershedpollutionsources(agriculture,livestock,urban/tourism,industrial,rural,deforestation)throughbettermanagementpractices,actionplansandregulationsineachsector

2014:2-Poor2016:2-Poor

Grade:

Observations:

DateJun-13

Aug-13

Jun-13

Aug-12

Mar-13Aug-13Aug-13

Nov-15

Nov-15Nov-15Nov-15Nov-15Nov-15Nov-15

RoundTableonSustainablePalmOil

HN4c.1-AdopcionNormaInternacionalRSPO

CORALHN4c.12GBCARoatanHotelsandResortsCORAL

HN4c.10BICAContract2015

HN4c.11GoBlueUtilaContractLeahBerryCORAL

HN4c.9FotosMonitoreoCalidaddeAguaRoatanyUtila2015

HRIHN4c.15SolicituddeInformacionCORALHN4c.14RSGMembersRoatanCORAL

Source:

2016-TourismbestpracticesarebeingimplementedbytheGeoTourismCouncilinbothUtilaandRoatan.ThebusinessesapplyingthesecanbefoundinHN4c.12-14,aswellasthecontractforLeahBerry,whohasbeenhiredtodothisworkonUtila(HN4c.11)Marinewaterqualityisbeingcarriedoutforbothislands,andBICAhasbeenhiredtodoit(HN4c.9&10).Thereareotheractivitiesbeingcarriedoutforotheragriculturalpractices,aswellasforthepalmoilindustry,buttheneededMOVswerenotacquired(HN4c.15)

Location

BenjaminKushner

HN4c.13GBCAUtilaHotelsandResorts

Approval:

HN4c.7-WaterQualityReportRoatan

Institution

CORALCORAL

HN4c.2-ConsultaPublicaRSPO

2014-ThereareBestPracticesfortheAgriculturalsector(RSPO)(HN4c.1Pg.11-37),especiallywiththeafricanpalmintheareaofTela(HN4c.2,Pg.1lastparagraph;HN4c.3,Pg.2).WWF-CAhascreatedandsharedbestpracticesinseveralindustrialagriculturalsectorsofthecountry.Forthetourismsector,BestPracticesarebeingimplementedandfosteredbytheGeoTourismCouncil(aCORALandNatGeoinitiative),specificallyonRoatanandUtila(HN4c.4,Pg.1;HN4c.5;HN4c.6),withapprovalfromtheMinistryofTourism.ThereisamonitoringofwaterqualitybeingcarriedoutbyBICARoatan(HN4c.7,Pg.8)withfundsprovidedbyCORAL.Thereareplans,withintheFHIA,tocertifycertainplantations,suchascacaoandcoffee.Hondurasdoesnotachieveascoreof3asitdoesnotreachthegoalof30%ofwatershedsunderimplementationofBestPractices.

Document/Filename

HN4c.4-GoBlueCentralAmericaNatGeoBestPractices

HN4c.5-NatGeoListUtila

HN4c.3-PropuestaPequenosPropietariosRSPO

Hn4c.6-NewsCliponMARTI

Theme:

Grade:Result:

2013-AGRRAMonitoringhasbeencarriedoutforHonduras,withover60sitesintheCaribbean.Theresultsarereadilyavailableonanon-linedatabaseontheHealthyReefswebsite(HN5a.8).ThisdatabasehasbeencreatedalongsideAGRRAandCREDIA.

2016-MonitoringwiththeAGRRAmethodologyhasbeencarriedoutin2006,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013and2014andthelatestresultscanbeseeninthelReportCardsoftheMesoamericanReefpublishedbyHRI(HN5a.10&11).Theresultsarereadilyavailableonanon-linedatabaseontheHealthyReefswebsite(HN5a.14),aswellastheadditionofaGeoPortaltool(HN5a.15),whichallowsvisualizingtheresultsonmaps.TheAGRRAProtocolhasbeenupdatedtoanewerversionandhasbeencompletelytranslatedtoSpanish(HN5a.12&13).

Standardizedmonitoringofcoralreefhealthandinformationmanagement

Responsible:

Theme5–Research,EducationandAwareness

Thisindicatormeasurestheprogressofresearchersandmanagerstostandardizemonitoringefforts,applytheminregularmonitoringofrepresentativesites(thoseselectedbasedonnon-biasedsamplingofdifferenthabitattypes)andsharetheinformationinanaccessibleandcurrentdatabase.

5–Aregionalstandardizedmonitoringprogramofcoralreefhealthandadatabasewithroutine,up-to-dateandrepresentativedatabothexist4–Aregionalstandardizedmonitoringprogramexists,andassessmentshavebeenperformedforrepresentativesites(atleastonce)3–Representativedatahasbeencollectedoncoralreefhealth2–Planstodeveloparegionalstandardizedmonitoringprogramanddatabasearewellunderway(draftdocumentsexist)1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

2016-AGRRAMonitoringhasbeencarriedoutforHonduras,with60sitesintheHonduranCaribbean.Theresultsarereadilyavailableonanon-linedatabaseontheHealthyReefswebsite,aswellastheadditionofaGeoPortaltool,whichallowsvisualizingtheresultsonmaps.TheAGRRAProtocolhasbeenupdatedtoanewerversionandhasbeencompletelytranslatedtoSpanish.

2014:4-Good2016:5-VeryGood 2011:4-Good

2011-AGRRAMonitoringhasbeencarriedoutforHonduras,althoughresultsarenotreadilyavailableinanaccessibledatabase.Becausetheavailabledatabasecriteriaisnotfullymetforallmonitoringsites,andafullcomplementofrepresentativesitesarenotmonitoredatleastbienniallythisindicatorranksa4.

Observations:

Grade:

RankingCriteria:

DateApr-102008

201020112012

2013201320152015Apr13Apr132015

HN5a.12AGRRA5.5EnglishProtocolHRIHRI

HN5a.152015GeoPortal(http://data.healthyreefs.org)

HRIHRI

HN5a.142015DevInfoDatabase(http://data.healthyreefs.org)

HN5a.11ReportedeSaludHRI2015HRIHN5a.10HRI2015ReportCardEnglish HRI

HN5a.13ProtocoloAGRRAV5.5FINALEspanol

Approval:

AGRRAHN5a.1-AGRRAProtocolsVersion5.4

HN5a.6-AGRRADatabase

HRIHRIHN5a.5-DataMar2010ReportCard

Source:

HRIHN5a.4-ReportCardfortheMesoamericanReef2010

2014-MonitoringwiththeAGRRAmethodologyhasbeencarriedoutin2006,2009,2010,2011and2012,andtheresultscanbeseenintheReportCardsoftheMesoamericanReefpublishedbyHRI(HN5a.2(Pg.8&9);HN5a.4(Pg.6&7);&HN5a.7(Pg.16&17))andalsoinagrra.org(HN5a.6).HondurashasstatedthatAGRRAistheofficalreefmonitoringmethodologyforthecountry.Partnersatthe2ndRegionalPartnersMeeting(BelizeAug5-8de2013)gavethisindicatoravalueof5,asalltheresultsareareadilyavailableonline(HN5a.8(http://www.healthyreefs.org/cms/es/geoportal/)).TheAGRRAmanualincludesadescriptiononhowtoselect"representative"sites,aswellassuggestionsonnumberofsitespercountryorgeomorphologicalregionwithintheCaribbean(Table1/HN5a.1/p.4).The2012ReportCardoftheMesoamericanReefcanbefoundunderHN5a.7(Pg.16&17)).Thereisalsoanonlinemapthatshowsthesitesunderconstantmonitoring,forthecompleteMARandtheirvalues,inbothIHRIandSIHRI(HN5a.9).

Institution

HN5a.2-ReportCardfortheMesoamericanReef2008

BenjaminKushner

Location

HRIHN5a.8-HRIOnlineDatabaseGeoPortal

2011-AGRRAMonitoringhasbeencarriedoutin2006,2009,2010and2011,andresultsareavailableintheHRIReportCardaswellasagraa.org(HN5a.6).HondurashasadoptedAGRRAastheofficialmonitoringprotocolofcoralreefs.ParticipantsduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.10)didnotrankHondurasasa5becauseresultsarenotreadilyavailabletothepublicuntilafterpublication.However,thereareplansbyHRIandAGRRAtodevelopanonlinedatabasethatwillallowreefmanagerstoqueryresultsimmediately.TheAGRRAMethodManualincludesadescriptionoftheprocessforselecting'representative'sitesandasuggestednumberofsitesforeachcountry/geomorphologicregionintheCaribbean(Table1/HN5a.1/p.4).ThismethodologywasusedbyTNCtoselectthe326sitesacrosstheMARsurveyedin2006andpresentedinHRI's2008ReportCardandshownonthecenterfoldmap(HN5a.2/pg7-8formap),andasdescribedinTNC'sReefResilienceReport(HN5a.3-OnlyFrontPageisAvailablesinceReportisnotforDistribution).Allofthesitesinthe2008ReportCardwereselectedasrepresentativeusingtheAGRRAmethodology(HN5a.1/Table1/p.4).InHonduras,therewere60representativesitesmonitoredin2006(showninthe2008ReportCard-HN5a.2/p.7-8)andtherewere16sitessampled(seetableinHN5a.5-forsitedatausedinthe2010ReportCard)in2009/10(showninthe2010ReportCard-HN5a.4/p.5-6).

Document/Filename

HN5a.3-RapidreefassessmenttoidentifyresilientsitesintheMesoamericanreef(excerpt)

HRIHRI

HN5a.9-HRIInteractiveMap

HN5a.7-ReportCardfortheMesoamericanReef2012

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

Economicvaluationofcoralreefs

Responsible:

Economicvaluationisatoolthatcanaiddecision-makingbyquantifyingecosystemservicesprovidedbycoralreefsinmonetaryterms.Valuationalsoprovidesatoolforevaluatingthecostsandbenefitsofmanagementanddevelopmentoptions,withanemphasisonlong-termbenefits,whichcanhelpavoidshort-sighteddevelopment.

RankingCriteria:

2011:4-Good

2014-ThePNUMAhascarriedoutaneconomicvaluationofthenaturalresourcescontainedwithintheJeannetteKawasNationalPark,whichalsocontainsreefswithinitsmarineportion(HN5b.3,Pg.52,Section3.4).

2014:4-Good2016:4-Good

2016-AcopyoftheUCDavisValuationoftheNaturalResourcesoftheBayIslandshasbeenacquired(HN5b.4).ThedecreethatcreatestheCayosCochinosMarineNaturalMonumentestablishesacostpersquaremeterofcoralreefsofLps.100,000(approx.US$4,500)persquaremeterincaseofaccidentesordirectimpacts.Resolution868-2008,whichauthorisestherenewaloftheEnvironmentalLicensetotheMahoganyBayCruiseShipPortproject,servesasabasisforthecreationofanenvironmentalfeeofUS$80,000peryeartobepaidtotheGovtofHondurasfordamagestothereefcausedbythedredgingcarriedoutduringthisproject.

Observations:

2016-AcopyoftheUCDavisValuationoftheNaturalResourcesoftheBayIslandshasbeenacquired.ThedecreethatcreatestheCayosCochinosMarineNaturalMonumentestablishesacostpersquaremeterofcoralreefs.2014-ThePNUMAhascarriedoutaneconomicvaluationofthenaturalresourcescontainedwithintheJeannetteKawasNationalPark,whichalsocontainsreefswithinitsmarineportion(HN5b.3).

2011-AneconomicvaluationstudywasimplementedfortheBayIslandsbytheUniversityofCalifornia,Davis.HRIandWRI'sGISanalysisfoundthatthereefsintheBayIslandscomprisenearly80%ofthecountry'scoralreefsandincludes3MPAs(Guanaja,UtilaandRoatan),andthusranksa4.

Grade:

5–Anationalextentvaluationofcoralreefsorvaluationof50%ofMPAshavebeencompleted4–Avaluationof2ormoreMPAshavebeencompleted3–Avaluationof1MPAhasbeencompleted2–Assessmentsofcoralreefeconomicvaluesarecurrentlybeingimplemented1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

DateFeb-10

Jan-06

2014 Jul-13

Feb-10

Jan-06

May-08

Source:

Institution

UniversityofNottingham,England

HN5b.4EvaluacionEconomicaIslasdelaBahia

HN5b.2-EcotourismasFactorEconomicGrowthCayosCochinos

UniversityofCA,Davis UniversityofCA,DavisHN5b.1-EvaluacióndeImpactosAmbientalesySocioeconómicos-ProgramadeManejoAmbientaldeIslasdelaBahíaFaseII

2011-Aneconomicvaluationstudy"EvaluacióndeImpactosAmbientalesySocioeconómicos-ProgramadeManejoAmbientaldeIslasdelaBahíaFaseII"wasimplementedfortheBayofIslandsbytheUniversityofCalifornia,Davis(HN5b.1).Itisestimatedthattourismcontributed$80.9millioninvalue-added(netincome)totheeconomyoftheislandsin2010.Usingadiscountrateof5%,thisimpliesthatthepresenteconomicvalueoftheenvironmentoftheislandsisequalto$1.3million.Thisfigurerepresentsthepresentvalueoftheincomestreamthattourism(basedonthereef)contributestotheeconomyoftheBayofIslands.ThestudyofCayosCochinos(HN5b.2),althoughnotaneconomicvaluation,providessomeinsightintotheeconomicdimensionsofMPAsbasedeco-tourism,analyzingwhetherornotecotourismisaviablealternativesourceofincometoGarifunacommunitiesintheCayosCochinosMPA.

HN5b.5Acuerdo640-2005ReglamentodeCreacionCC

HN5b.6Resolucion868-2008 SecretariadeRecursosNaturalesyAmbiente

InstitutoNacionaldeConservacionyDesarrolloForestal,AreasProtegidasyVidaSilvestreSecretariadeRecursos

NaturalesyAmbiente

HN5b.3-ValoracionEconomicaPNJK

UniversityofNottingham,EnglandPNUMA

UCDavis

Approval:

Document/Filename Location

UCDavis

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

Thepublicdisseminationofinformationonreefconditionsandthreatsisessentialtobuildaninformedelectoratethatwillsupportstrongerreefprotectionregulations.Thisindicatormeasurestheextentoftheseeffortsthroughvariousmediaformats.

Availabilityofunderstandableinformationonreefconditionandthreats

Observations:

2016,2014&2011-Documentspresentingscientificfindingsoncoralreefconditionandthreatsgearedtowardageneralaudiencearewidelyavailableinprint,ontelevision,radio,online,andthroughsocialmedia,asdemonstratedbythedocumentsprovidedbelow.

RankingCriteria:

2011:5-VeryGood2016:5-VeryGood

2016-HRIhaspublishedthe2015ReportCardontheHealthoftheMesoamericanReef(HN5c.9&10).Italsocreated,incollaborationwithiLCPandCEM,apublicawarenesscampaignabouttheimportanceoffishrefugeareas/no-take-zones.SERNAandDiBIOpublishedareporttitledtheEnvironmentalStateoftheBayIslands(HN6c.16).2014-TheUtilaCenterforMarineEcology(UCME)publishesaninformativemagazineeverythreemonthsaimedatinformingartisanalfishersoftheHonduranNorthCoast(HN5c.12y13).HealthyReefshasanonlineinteractivemap,ageo-portal(HN5c.10,HN5c.11)andatheReportCard(HN5c.9)whichallowsaneasyobservationoftheAGRRAmonitoringresults,aswellastoseethehealthofspecificcoralsites.

5–Documentspresentingscientificfindingsoncoralreefconditionandthreatsgearedtowardageneralaudiencearewidelyavailable(print,television,socialmedia,radioandonline)4–Documentspresentingscientificfindingsoncoralreefconditionandthreatsgearedtowardageneralaudiencearegenerallyavailable(3fromthelistabove)3–Documentspresentingscientificfindingsoncoralreefconditionandthreatsgearedtowardageneralaudienceareavailable(foratleast1oftheabove)andmorearebeingdeveloped(strategicplansoroutreach)2–Scientificfindingshavebeencollatedandthereareplanstodevelopaccessibleproductsfromthisinformation1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

Responsible:

2014:5-VeryGood

Grade:

2011-TherehasbeensignificantprogressinHondurastocommunicatescientificfindingstoawideaudience,includingHN5c.1,HN5c.5,&HN5c.6,HN5c.7(inprintandonline),HN5c.2(insocialmedia),HN5c.3(ontelevision),HN5c.4(online),andHN5c.8(ontheradio).However,participantsnotedduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN1d.10)thatmoreeffortisneededtodiversifyoutreach,makeinformationmoreaccessibletokeystakeholdersandtotracktheimpactoftheseefforts.

DateAug-11

Sep-11NA

May-June2011

Jul-05

Jun-05

Apr-11

Jan-12

Sep-13

Aug-13

Mar-13

Jun-13

201520152012

201520152015201520152015201520152015

HRIHRI

HRIHRIHRIHRIHRIHRIHRI

HN5c.10-HealthyReefsGeoPortal

HN5c.25VideoArrecifeVivo

ElHeraldo

Source:

HN5c.3-ParticipacionenCanal10(TV)

RoatanMarinePark

HN5c.9-2012ReportCardfortheMesoamericanReef

CanadianBroadcastingCorporation

HN5c.22PostersNTZ-Langosta

HN5c.21AficheArrecifeVivo5

RoatanMarinePark

HN5c.8-CanadianBroadcastingCorporation-LionfishInvasionandinterviewwithIanDrysdale

HN5c.15ReportedeSaludHRI2015 HRIHN5c.14HRI2015ReportCardEnglish

RoatanMarineParkHN5c.2-RoatanMarineParkFacebookPage(Socialmedia)

HN5c.7-ReportCardfortheMesoamericanReef2008(printandweb)

HN5c.6-ReportCardfortheMesoamericanReef2010(printandweb)

RoatanMarinePark

UtilaCenterforMarineEcology

HN5c.12-LaOlaVol12013

BenjaminKushner

HRIHN5c.4-HealthyReefsforHealthyPeopleWebPage(web)

HN5c.23PostersNTZ-YellowTail

Approval:

HN5d.13-LaOlaVol22013

HealthyReefsInitiativeHN5c.11-HRIInteractiveMap

HN5c.24AficheArrecifeVivoHonduras

Location

CanadianBroadcastingCorporation

HN5c.1-Cortarelmangleesdesprotegerelarrecife(print)

HN5c.162012InformedelEstadoAmbientaldelasIslasdelaBahia

InstitutionDocument/Filename

ElHeraldo

HN5c.5-RoatanMarineParkNewsletterApril-June2011(printandweb)

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

RankingCriteria:

5–Findingsofintegratedsocial/ecologicalresearchhaveresultedinsignificant(achangeinlegislation)managementaction(canincludebothformalandinformalpartnerships)4–Twoormoreformalinterdisciplinarypartnershipsexist,whichintegratesocialandecologicalresearch,andhavepublishedresults3–Oneormoreinformalinterdisciplinarypartnershipsexist,andtheyarecurrentlyimplementingjointintegratedsocial/ecologicalresearch;oroneformalinterdisciplinarypartnershipexistsandhaspublishedresults2–Groupsworkingonintegratedsocial/ecologicalresearchhavebeguntoplanjointwork(workplans,researchproposalsorgrantapplications.)1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

Grade:

Responsible:

InterdisciplinarypartnershipscombinesocialandecologicalresearchformanagementHumansareanintegralpartofanecosystem,withsocialsciencesbeingincreasinglyintegratedintoecologicalresearch.Thisindicatormeasurestheapplicationofthesesocial-ecologicalintegratedstudieswithintheMAR.

2011:3-Fair

2014-FORCEhasnotpresented,tothisdate,alistofinformalorformalsignedcollaborationagreementsinanyofitspublications(HN5d.4).

2014:3-Fair

2016-CORALandtheNationalAutonomousUniversityofHonduras(UNAH)havecarriedoutresearchontheartisanalfisheriesoftheBayofTela,wheresocial,andbiologicalscienceshavebeenusedtoinformmanagementdecisionsforthisMPA.TheseresultarepublishedinHN5d.5y6.ThesestudieswereusedassupportingdocumentsinthecreationoftheSiteofWildlifeImportanceTelaBayCoralineSystem(HN5d.16&17),whichwillsoonbeelevatedtobetheBayofTelaMarineWildlifeRefuge(HN5d.18)HRIsDrysdalealsopublishedthefindingsoftheAGRRAmonitoringinTela(HN5d.14),whichwasused,alongsideHN5d.15,writtenbyRiveraandRandazzo,tocreateHN5d.20.ThisOfficialRequestwascreatedbymanypartnersandusedasabasetocreatetheFormalAgreementrequestingitbeelevatedtoCongress(HN5d.19).HRIandUNAH/CURLAsignedanMOU(HN5d.12)andcarriedoutresearchofthecoralreefsintheBayofTrujillo,inordertoknowthehealthstateofthese,littleknowncoralreefecosystems(HN6d.8y11).TheNationalMarineTurtleConservationStrategyhasbeenpublished,(HN5d.7),whichwasdonewithsupportfrommanynationalresearchentities.Pg41ofthisdocumentlists19civilsocietyentitiesthatparticipatedinthecreationofthisstrategy,thatrangefromNGOs,municipalities,governmentdepartmentsandlocalcommittees.TheNationalSystemofEnvironmentalImpactAssessment(SistemadeEvaluacióndeImpactoAmbiental(SINEIA)),promotesandfosterscollaborationamongseveralentitiesinordertoverifypossibleenvironmentalimpactsofprojects(HN6d.9).Theresultsandrecommendationsarepublishedintheawarderenvironmentallicense,aswellasthemitigationandcompensationmeasurescontract.TheNationalObservatoryforTourismandClimateChangehasalsobeenestablished,whichunitesseveralnationalentitiesthatpublishresultsandresearchontourismandclimatechangeinHonduras(HN6d.10).BICAandUNAH/CURLAalsosignedanMOU(HN5d.13).

Observations:

2016-CORALandtheNationalAutonomousUniversityofHonduras(UNAH)havecarriedoutresearchontheartisanalfisheriesoftheBayofTela.HRIandUNAH/CURLAhavesignedanMOUancarriedoutresearchofthecoralreefsintheBayofTrujillo.HRI,CORALandUNAH/CURLAcreateddocumentsthatled/supportedthecreationoftheMPACoralineSystemofTelaSiteofWildlifeImportance.

2016:5-VeryGood

2014&2011-TheFutureofReefsinaChangingEnvironmentprojectiscreatinginformalpartnershipswiththelocalgroupsinthe6countriestheyareworkingin,focusingonintegratedsocial/ecologicalresearch.

DateNA

Jun-11

2014 Oct-13Jul-14

Jul-15

May-14

Jul-15

Sep-15

201520152011

Aug-13

Feb-12Mar-12

Feb-14

Mar-15

Aug-14

HN5d.15MonitoreoDesoveA.palmata

HRIHN5d.13CartadeIntencionesCURLABICA

HN5d.20SolicitudDeclaratoriaBahiadeTela

HN5d.16OrdenanzaMunicipalSACT

MunicipalidaddeTelaMunicipalidaddeTela

UniversidadNacionalAutonomadeHonduras

HN5d.17CertificaciondeOrdenanzaMunicipalSACT

MunicipalidaddeTela

HN5d.11BasedeDatosAGRRATrujilloHonduras2015

HN5d.5EstudioSocialComunidadesPesquerasBahiadeTela

HN5d.8ReporteEvaluacionArrecifesTrujillo2015

HN5d.14AnalisisEstadoSaludyLineaBaseArrecifeCoralinoBahiaTela

SecretariadeRecursosNaturalesMinasyAmbiente

2016HN5d.12CartadeIntencionesCURLAHRI

HN5d.6SituaciondelaPescaArtesanaldeBahiadeTela

HN5d.9ReglamentoSINEIAAcuerdo08-2015

HN5d.7EstrategiaNacionalTortugasMarinasHonduras

HN5d.10TrifolioObservatoriodeTurismo

2011-Asocialstudyoftheimpactoflobsterdivingwithtanksresultedinthephasingoutofthelobsterdivingindustry-whichshouldbeimplementedbytheendof2012inHonduras(HN5d.1&HN5d.2).TheUniversityofNewCastlehascarriedoutaprojecttitledFORCE:FutureofReefsinaChangingEnvironment,whichcombinesreef,socialandfisheriesstudiesinCaribbeancountries,withtheaimof"consideringpeople,coralsandmarinelifeinfindingthebestwaystomanageCaribbeancoralreefs"(HN5d.3,(UtilaCays:Pg.1;NationalLevel:Pg.7;UtilaTown:Pg.13;Roatan:Pg.19).Publicationsandmanagementresultsareexpectedinthenearfuture.FORCEdoesnotpresentalistoftheseinformalpartnershipsinanyoftheirpublicationstodate.

IniciativaLangostaEspinosa

Document/Filename Institution

FORCEProjectHN5d.4-EmailFinalizedAgreementsinFORCE

HN5d.2-BoletinInformativoHondurasJulio-Agosto2011

IniciativaLangostaEspinosaHN5d.1-TheSpinyLobsterInitiative:AUniqueApproachtoFisheriesManagementinHonduras

FORCEProjectHN5d.3-FORCEProjectHondurasSocioStudyResults

Source:

FORCEProject

Location

FORCEProject

HN5d.18DecretoMinisterialSIPVSSACT

Approval:

HN5d.19Acuerdo007-2015BahiadeTela

MunicipalidaddeTela

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

Grade:

2011:2-Poor

2014-CORALhascreatedaseriesofVoluntaryStandardsforMarineRecreationProviders,andalsoimplementsBestPracticeswiththeGoBlueCentralAmericaProgramcreatedbyNatGeo.Therearecurrently12diveshops(21.4%ofthediveshopsfortheBayIslands)thatareactivelyparticipatingintheirimplementation.TheHonduranGovt,throughtheMinistryofTourism,hascreatedthe"DivingStandards",whichisbasedonCORAL'sstandards,butwhichdoesnotcurrentlyhaveanymeansforverifyingimplementation.

Voluntaryeco-standardsprogramformarinerecreationproviders

Responsible:

Theme6–SustainabilityinthePrivateSector

Marinerecreationprovidersdependonhealthymarineecosystems,especiallyreefs.Voluntaryprogramshavebeendevelopedtohelpthembebetterstewardsintheiruseofthereefforrecreation.Thisindicatormeasuresthedegreeofparticipationoftheoverallmarinerecreationprovidersintheseprogramsthatpromoteenvironmentalsustainability.

RankingCriteria:

5–Aregionalornationalvoluntaryeco-standardsprogramformarinerecreationprovidersisdevelopedandmorethan50%ofallprovidersarefullyparticipating.4–Aregionalornationalvoluntaryeco-standardsprogramformarinerecreationprovidersisdevelopedandmorethan25%allprovidersarefullyparticipating.3–Aregionalornationalvoluntaryeco-standardsprogramformarinerecreationprovidersisdevelopedandatleast10%ofoperatorsareparticipating.2–Therehasbeensomeefforttocreatestandardsandatleast3-4marinerecreationprovidersareparticipating(datacollection,improvedpracticesorstrategicplans)1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

2011-CORALhascreatedvoluntarystandardsandtherearecurrently6(11%ofBayIslands)diveshopsactivelyparticipatingtoadoptthesestandards.

2016-CORALcontinueswiththeseBestPracticeswithintheGoBlueCentralAmericaprogram,andtherearenow16marinerecreationprovidersonRoatanand7onUtilathatareimplementingthem.Thisnumberequals49%ofallthemarinerecreationproviders,allowingthescoretoincreaseto4.

2014:3-Fair2016:4-Good

2014-Thereisnowupdatedinformationconcerningthenumberofdiveshopsinthecountry.AccordingtoHN6a.10,thereare62diveshopsinHonduras(35Roatán,16Utila,3Guanaja,2Tela,1LaCeiba,2CayosCochinosand2inPuertoCortes),foratotalof56intheBayIslands.Thevastmajorityofthesehavereceivedthetraining,althoughonly12(SummaryinHN6a.15,basedoninfofromHN6a.11&HN6a.12)activelyparticipate,whichleadstoonlya21.4%ofparticipationintheprogram.SomeparticipateintheCORALprogram,whileothersparticipateintheGoBlueCentralAmericabyNatGeo(HN6a.13),alsospearheadedbyCORAL.

Observations:

2016-HN6a.10,whichisnowHN6a.23,isanupdatednumberofdiveshopsoperatinginHonduras.Thisfilestatesthatthereare47operationaldiveshopsandthetotalnumberof23marinerecreationprovidersthatapplythevoluntarystandards(HN6a.21&22),theresultingpercentageis49%,allowingthescoretoincreaseto4.CORAL,alongsideRainforestAlliance,havedevelopedatoolthatallowscompletelymeasuringthebusinessthatadherestoGoBlueCentralAmerica(HN6a.16,17,18,19y20).Thistoolissorecent,thatithasonlybeenappliedtoonebusiness(HN6a.15).

DateMay-07

May-07

Sep-11

Apr-11

Aug-11Nov-11May-09Jul-05

Jun-12Aug-13Aug-13Aug-13Jun-13

Aug-13Nov-15

Nov-15Nov-15

Nov-15

Nov-15Nov-15

Source:

IHTIHTHN6a.3-DiagnosticosobrelaactividaddeBuceoenHonduras(Draft)

HN6a.4-ElaboracióndelMarcoRegulativoparalaActividaddeBuceoenHondurasLineamientosParalaPrácticadeBuceoenHonduras(Draft)

IHTCORAL CORAL

HN6a.2-VoluntaryStandardsforMarineRecreationProviders

HN6a.1-EstandaresVoluntariosparalaRecreacionMarinaenelArrecifeMesoamericano

Location

HN6a.9-NormativaNacionaldeBuceo

HN6a.8-MarineRecreationProvidersEnvironmentalPerformanceRecommendations

HN6a.7-BoletinEstadistico2004-2008

HN6a.10-ListofDiveShopsinHonduras RoatanMarinePark RoatanMarinePark

BenjaminKushner

HN6a.21GBCARoatanMarineRecreation

CORALHN6a.6-ParticipatingDiveShops

HN6a.18MasterHerramientaGoBlueBuceoLista

HN6a.11-MarineRecreationRoatanNatGeo

2011-CORALcreatedvoluntarystandardsin2007,andhasbeenworkingwithindividualdiveshopstoadoptthesestandards(HN6a.1andHN6a.2).TheseVoluntaryStandardsarecurrentlybeingusedtodraftanewlawtoregulatedivinginHonduras(HN6a.4).AccordingtoCORALandtheMinistryofTourism(HN6a.3),thereare34divecentersontheRoatan,16onUtila,5onGuanaja,1inTelaand1inPuertoCortes(Totalof55fortheBayofIslands,asTelaandPuertoCortesarenotpartoftheBayofIslands).Twenty-oneofthesedivecentershavereceivedcapacitybuildingworkshopstointegratethestandards,and6diveshops((6/55=11%)fortheBayIslands)areactivelyparticipating(HN6a.5andHN6a.8).AnupdatedofficiallistofmarinerecreationprovidersforallofHondurasisnotavailable.AccordingtoTable39and40/p.43-44/HN6a.7,therewere30diveshopsrecordedin2007forallofHonduras.

Document/Filename

HN6a.5-CRLNWorkshopsCarriedOut

HN6a.16GBCABusinessMembers

Institution

HN6a.20MasterHerramientaGoBlueRestaurantesLista

CORALHN6a.12-MarineRecreationUtilaNatGeo CORAL

HN6a.19MasterHerramientaGoBlueOperadoresEmbarcacionesLista

HN6a.17MasterHerramientaGoBlueAlojamientosLista

CORALCORALHN6a.14-LandBasedAdventuresRoatanNatGeo

CORALHN6a.13-GoBlueCentralAmericaNatGeoBestPractices

HN6a.22GBCAUtilaMarineRecreation CORAL

HN6a.15EmeraldiClubOperadoresEmbarcaciones

CORALCORAL

Approval:

2016CORAL

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2014-TheMinistryofTourismandCORALareworkingtodevelopanEco-CertificationProgramforhotels,andanofficialnoteforthisinHN6b.1&HN6b.3.ThisprogramisalsocollaboratingwithNationalGeographicTravelerandtheMesoAmericanResponsibleTourismInitiative(MARTI)(HN6b.4;HN6b.7),andwillshowcaseHonduras’eco-certifiedhotelsonitswebsite(HN6b.5;HN6b.6).13hotelsareparticipatinginthisprogram,whichis2.98%ofallcoastalhotelsinHonduras(HN6b.8,basedonHN6b.2&HN6b.5).

5–Over25%ofcoastalhotelsparticipateinoneoftherecognizedeco-certificationschemes4–15–24%ofhotelsparticipateineco-certificationschemes3–5–14%ofhotelsparticipateineco-certificationschemes2–Some,butlessthan5%ofhotelsparticipateineco-certificationschemes1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

Participationofcoastalhotelsineco-certificationschemes

Severaleco-certificationprogramsforcoastalhotelshavebeeninitiatedintheMARarea.Theyhavethepotentialtoreducenegativeimpactsoncoastalecosystemsandpromoteenvironmentalsustainability.Thisindicatormeasurestheextentoftheindustry’sparticipationintheseprograms.

RankingCriteria:

Responsible:

Grade:

2011-Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscore.Therehasbeensomeeffortreportedtodevelopaneco-certificationforhotels,butthisisstillinearlystagesofdevelopment.NoHonduranpropertiesarecertifiedbyGreenGlobe.

2016:3-Regular

2011-TheHonduranInstituteofTourismdoescollectsomestatisticsonthetourismindustry,butthisinformationisnotup-to-date.AccordingtoHN6b.2,theDepartmentsofCortes,Atlántida,ColonandBayIslands(Honduras'coastalhotels)represents435hotels(Table32/p.38/HN6b.2).

IanDrysdale(HondurasHRICoordinator)HealthyReefsInitiative

2011:1-VeryPoor

2016-31coastalhotelsparticipateintheGoBlueCentralAmericaprogram,19inRoatán(HN6b.8)and12onUtila(HN6b.9).BasedonthenumberofcoastalhotelsstatedinHN6b.11,whichis435,31hotelsrepresent7.13%ofallcostalhotelsinHonduras(basedonHN6b.2&HN6b.5).TheOfficialTourismStatisticsfor2009-2013arealsoincluded(HN6b.10).

2014:2-Poor

Observations:

2016-31coastalhotelsparticipateintheGoBlueCentralAmericaprogram,whichaimsatcreatinganeco-certificationschemealongsideNatGeo.

2014-13coastalhotelsparticipateintheGoBlueCentralAmericaProgram,whichaimsatcreatinganeco-certificationschemealongsideNatGeo.

Oct-11

May-09Nov-11

Jan-12

Aug-12Aug-12Aug-12Nov-15Nov-15Nov-15

Dec-16

HN6b.9GBCAUtilaHotelsandResorts

Approval:

HN6b.3-Oficio199GPDP

CORAL2016

HN6b.4-GoBlueCentralAmericaNatGeoBestPractices

IHTCORAL

IHTHN6b.11UpdatedCoastalHotelsParticipatinginEcoCertification

CORALHN6b.10BoletindeEstadisticasTuristicas2009-2013

CORALCORAL

HN6b.8GBCARoatanHotelsandResorts

CORALCORAL

Source:

LocationHN6b.1-SustainableTourismInitiativeHonduras CORAL

HN6b.2-BoletinEstadistico2004-2008

IHT IHT

Institution

Document/Filename

IHT2011

CORALHN6b.6-NatGeoHotelListRoatan

HN6b.7-NewscliponMARTI

CORALHN6b.5-NatGeoHotelListUtila

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2011-AcollaborativeeffortbyCORAL,theBayIslandsConservationAssociation(BICAUtila),UtilaCenterforMarineEcologyandtheRoatanMarineParkhasresultedinthecreationof“TheBayIslandsResponsibleSeafoodGuide”(HN6c.1)(somefundingwasprovidedbyUSAID).CORAL'sCoralReefLeadershipNetworkhasheldworkshopswithdifferentstakeholdergroupstoencouragetheadaptationoftheseseafoodguidelines(HN6c.2,3,4and5).Therearecurrently14(HN6c.5)restaurantsonUtilaand29onRoatan(HN6c.3)thathavereceivedtrainingontheSustainableSeafoodGuideandhaveinformallyagreedtofollowrecommendationsestablishedbythisprogram.AformalagreementwiththeserestaurantsiscurrentlybeingdevelopedwiththeFisheriesDepartment.

Document/Filename

Source:

LocationInstitution

RankingCriteria:

2014-Therearecurrently60restaurantsbetweenUtilaandRoatan(HN6c.6;HN6c.7&HN6c.8)thathavereceivedthesetrainingsonhowtouseandimplementtheResponsibleSeafoodGuide(HN6c.9),andthesehaveinformallyagreedtofollowtherecommendationsestablishedbytheprogram(HN6c.10,PG.2).AformalagreementisbeingcreatedbytheFisheriesDept(DIGEPESCA).

2014:3-Regular2016:3-Regular

2011-Bettermanagementpractices(speciesseasons,sizelimitsandspeciestoavoideating)havebeendevelopedbyNGOs.Thesehavenotyetbeenformallyadoptedbythegovernmentorrestaurantassociations,etc.TheseNGOshavebeenactingasaleadagency-withintheBayIslands.Thiseffortneedstobeformalizedandexpandednationallytogainascoreof3,asitstandsitreceivesascoreof2.

2016-Therearecurrently68restaurantsbetweenUtilaandRoatan(HN6c.11&13)thathavereceivedthesetrainingsonhowtouseandimplementtheResponsibleSeafoodGuide,andthesehaveinformallyagreedtofollowtherecommendationsestablishedbytheprogram(HN6c.12).

Observations:

2016-Thereare68restaurantsbetweenRoatanandUtilathatareimplementingtheResponsibleSeafoodGuide,spearheadedbyCORAl.

5–Thereexistsanationalseafoodeco-labelingprogramandatleastonefisheryinthecountryiscertifiedbytheMSC4–Thereexistsanationalseafoodeco-labelingprogram(withintheMARregion),andatleastonefisheryhascompletedafullMSCassessment3–Bettermanagementpracticeshavebeendevelopedandagreeduponfortheseafoodindustryandaleadagencyisdevelopingtheeco-labelingprogram2–Bettermanagementpracticeshavebeendeveloped,butnotagreedupon,ornonationalleadagencyhasbeenidentifiedtodeveloptheeco-labelingprogram1–Nodocumentedactionmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

Grade:

Thereareanumberofdifferentseafoodlabelingprogramsthatpromotesustainability.TheMarineStewardshipCouncil(MSC)isthemostadvancedanddifficulttoachieve.Severallocaleco-labelingeffortsalsopromotesustainableseafood.ThisindicatormeasuresprogressindevelopingandadoptingtheseprogramsintheMARarea.

Responsible:

Adoptionofseafoodecolabelingprograms

2011:2-Poor

2014-Theseeffortsmustbeformalizedandtakentothenationallevel,inordertoreachascoreof4;asofnow,itreceivesa3.Theeffortshavenotreachednationallevel,butthereareseveralbestpracticesdevelopedforrestaurants;these,betweenRoatanandUtilahavemorethan60restaurantsthatapplytheseefforts,whichlimitspecies,sizesandclosedseasons.

Apr-11Aug-11Nov-11Oct-11Nov-11Sep-13Sep-13Sep-13Jun-13Jun-13

Nov-15Nov-15

Nov-15

RoatanMarineParkHN6c.5-ListofParticipatingRestaurantsUtila

CORALCORALHN6c.3-ListofParticipatingRestaurantsNov2011

HN6c.2-CRLNWorkshopsCarriedOut

HN6c.4-TercerResumenCharlasSeafoodGuide

HN6c.7-RestaurantsDetailUtilaRSGProgram

CORALHN6c.10-GoBlueCentralAmericaNatGeoBestPractices

CORALCORAL

CORALCORALCORALHN6c.1ResponsibleSeafoodGuide

CORALHN6c.8-RestaurantDetailRoatanRSGProgramCORAL

HN6c.6-RestaurantsRoatanNatGeo

RoatanMarinePark

BenjaminKushner

HN6c.11RSGMembersRoatan

Approval:

HN6c.9-RSGMembersRoatanJune2013

CORALCORAL

CORALHN6c.13RSGMembersUtila

CORALHN6c.12ResponsibleSeafoodContractMOURSG CORAL

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2011:4-Good

2016:4-Good

2016-Nodocumentswerefoundthatwouldallowanincreaseinsobreforthisindicator.ItshouldbementionedthataDecreeexiststhatcreatestheBayIslandsFreeTradeZone(ZonaLibredeTurismo(ZOLITUR))whichcoversall3bayIslands(HN6d.6)andcreatesaspecialno-taxzonethatappliestothosetourismbusinessesthatoperateintheBayIslands.TherealsoexiststhedecreethatcreatesasubaccountwithintheWildlifeandProtectedAreasFundcalled“ProtectionfortheCoastalandMarineResourcesoftheBayIslands”.ThissubaccountwouldreceivefundsfromthecompensationmeasuresappliedtotheMahoganyBayCruiseShipTerminal.ACatalogofTourismProjectsforHonduras2014-2015isalsoincluded(HN6d7),whichlistsallthedifferentprojectstobecarriedoutinHonduras.

Observations:

2016-Nodocumentswerefoundthatallowforanincreaseinscore.2014&2011-Articleswerefoundthatstatetaxbreaksfor:1)importingmachinerythatreducespollution,2)renewableenergytechnology,3)andtaxreductionsforprivatelandconservation,conservationofnaturalresourcesandreforestation.Thusitachievesascoreof4,asatleast3exampleswereprovided.

5–Thenationalorprovincialgovernmentprovidesenvironmentalincentivesforfourofthefollowing:improvementsinenergyefficiency,improvementsinthetreatmentofwastewater,reductionsinwasteproductionorrecycling,alternativeenergyoptions,theadoptionoffour-strokeoutboardenginesandlandtaxincentivesforconservation.4–Governmentsofferincentivesforatleastthreeoftheabove3–Governmentsofferincentivesforatleasttwooftheabove2–Governmentsofferincentivesforatleastoneoftheabove1–Nogovernmentincentiveswereidentified

Grade:

Governmenttaxandotherincentivescanprovideanimportantstimulusfortheprivatesectortoadoptenvironmentallyfriendlypracticesandtechnologies.ThisindicatormeasuresthedegreetowhicheachgovernmentintheMARareahasappliedsuchincentivesforconservation.

2014:4-Good

Responsible:

Governmentincentivesforconservationandsustainablebusinesses

RankingCriteria:

DateJun-07

Dec-07Dec-98May-93Apr-14Jan-07

Apr-15

Source:

Institution

ZOLITURSERNA

HN6d.7CatalagodeProyectosIHT2015

HN6d.6LeydeZOLITURyReglamentoRegimenAduaneroFiscalEspecial

ZOLITUR

2011&2014

CongresoNacionalAgendaForestal

HN6d.1-LeydePromocionEnergiaElectricaconRecursosRenovables

Location

2014&2011-Article2(p.2)inthe"LeydePromociondeEnergiaElectricaconRecursosRenovables"(HN6d.1)removesimportfeesforindividualsthatpurchaserenewableenergytechnology(tobuildandoperate).The"LeyForestalyAreasProtegidas"laysoutanumberofincentives,includingtaxbreaks,toencourageindividualstosetasideprivatelandsforconservationandreforestation(Articles137p.36and151p.39)(HN6d.2).Article7(p.3)ofthe"LeydeIncentivosalTurismo"alsoprovidestaxbreakstoprojectsthatpromotetheconservationofnaturalresources(HN6d.3).Article81(p.46)ofthe"LeyGeneraldelAmbiente"statestheremovalofimportfeesfortechnologythatreducespollution(HN6d.4).

Document/Filename

HN6d.3-LeydeIncentivosalTurismoAgendaForestalHN6d.2-LeyForestalyAreasProtegidas

HN6d.5AcuerdoSERNA1069-2014FAPVS

Approval:

CongresoNacional

CongresoNacionalHN6d.4-LeyGeneraldelAmbienteART.81

SERNACongresoNacional

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2011:2-Poor

2016-TherehasbeenanincreaseinprivatesectorsupporttowardsMPAsinHonduras.Onlya17%doesnotreceiveanyprivatesectorsupport(IslasdelCisneyRioPlátano),whiletheremainingreceivemoderatesupport(25%)(IslasdelaBahía–Utila,BancoCordeliayJeannetteKawas),33%low(IslasdelaBahía–GuanajayPuntaIzopo),and25%high(CayosCochinos,CueroySaladoandRoatán).TheGovernmentcurrentlydoesnotfinanciallysupportanyprotectedareainHondurasand,asaresult,itallowslocalNGOstodevelopuserfeesandotherself-financingprojectsinordertosupportallitsactivities.Asaresult,manyrelyheavilyonvolunteersandlocalsupport,includingtheprivatesector.Thereareseveralnotableexamplesofprivatesectorsupportfinancingmarineconservation:CayosCochinosMarineNaturalMonumentandtheFundaciónHondureñaparalaProtecciónyConservacióndeCayosCochinos,whichmanagesthepark,createdbyandfundedbylocalbusinessmen;andtheRoatanMarinePark.AccordingtoHN6e.8,9y10,thisNGOhascompletedalltherequisitestoobtaintaxdeductionstatusintheUS(501c3),whichallowsthemtoreceivemonetarydonationsthatcanbedeductedfromtaxesintheUS.Thishasallowedthemtoincreasetheirmembershipbase(HN6e.11y12).Theyalsoacquirefundsby“selling”divesitestotheprivatesector,whereyoucan“buy”adivesiteandnameitallowingtoinstallmoreandmoredivemooringswithinthearasusertheirmanagement(HN63.13).OnUtila,theIguanaStation/FundaciónIslasdelaBahíaNGOreceivessomeassistancebytheprivatesector(HN6e.14).AndalsoonUtila,theprivatesectorissupportinga“DiveMooringProject”(HN6e.15).Thisprojectisbasedonthe“UtilaReefFee”,whichusedtobeimplementedontheisland,butwhichlosttrustduetoinadequatemanagementoffunds.ThisnewprojectisrunbymanyprivatesectorentitiesandCORAL,andismanagingthefundsinatransparentway,fosteringmoretrustintheentireproject.

2011-ThemajorityofHonduras'MPAsreceiveno privatesectorassistance(40%),whiletheremainingMPAsreceive20%moderate ,20%low ,and20%high levelofassistance.Asaresult,Honduras'MPAshaveatleastlowprivatesectorsupportof60%(includes20%moderate +20%low +20%high )andthusranks2.

2014-SupportforMPAsbytheprivatesectorhasnotchangedorimprovedinHonduras.

2014:2-Poor2016:3-Regular

Observations:

2016-Anincreaseinprivatessecuresupporthasbeenregisteredforthisindicator,assuchthatonly17%ofMPAsreceivesnosupport,whilea33%receiveslowsupportand25%receivemoderateandhighsupport.Asaresult,theMPAsinHondurasreceivemoderateprivatesectorsupportinan83%(includes33%low +25%moderate +25%high )andthusranks3.

RankingCriteria:

IncorporatingprivatesectorassistanceforlocalMPAsisanimportantcomponentintheirsustainedsuccess.Thisindicatorassessesthedegreeoflocalbusinessassistance(financialorin-kind)asreportedbytheMPAmanagers.

Responsible:

PrivatesectorassistancetoMPAs

5–Atleast50%ofmarineprotectedareashavehighprivatesectorsupport4–Atleast50%ofmarineprotectedareashaveatleastmoderateprivatesectorsupportandatleast25%havehighprivatesectorsupport3–Atleast50%ofmarineprotectedareashaveatleastmoderateprivatesectorsupport2–Atleast50%ofmarineprotectedareashaveatleastlowprivatesectorsupport1–Atleast50%ofmarineprotectedareashavenoprivatesectorsupport

Grade:

DateOct-11Oct-11Oct-11

Jan-09Sep-11

Sep-13

Mar-15

Sep-15

Nov-15

HN6e.15ReporteProyectodeBoyasdeAmarreUtila2014-2015

HN6e.9RMP501c3EINNumber

HN6e.8RMP501c3TaxationCertificate

MunicipalidaddeTelaHRIHN6e.1-MPAOriginalDataCollection-Honduras

HN6e.14IguanaStationPrivateSectorInvolvement

Institution

Source:

2014&2011-EachMPAwasrankedindividuallybyitsmanagingagencyduringtheHondurasEcoAuditnationalworkshop(LaCeibaattheCREDIAFoundation,October18,2011-HN6e.1&HN1d.10).ThemajorityofHonduras'MPAsreceivenoprivatesectorassistance(40%)(BayIslands-Guanaja,IsladelCisne,ParqueNacionalCuyamelOmoa,RioPlatano),whiletheremainingMPAsreceive20%moderate(BayIslands-RoatanandJeannetteKawas),20%low(BayIslands-UtilaandPuntaIzopo),and20%highlevelofassistance(CayosCochinosandCueroySalado).TheGovernmentcurrentlydoesnotfinanciallysupportanyprotectedareainHondurasand,asaresult,reliesonco-managementschemestoestablishlegallybindingpartnershipswithlocalentities.Thisco-managementallowslocalNGOstolegallymanageprotectedareas,developinguserfeesandotherself-financingprojectsinordertosupportallitsactivities.Asaresult,manyrelyheavilyonvolunteersandlocalsupport,includingtheprivatesector.Thereareseveralnotableexamplesofprivatesectorsupportfinancingmarineconservation:CayosCochinosMarineNaturalMonumentandtheFundaciónHondureñaparalaProtecciónyConservacióndeCayosCochinos,whichmanagesthepark,createdbylocalbusinessmen(HN6e.4/p.2);TheRoatanMarineParkacquiresalmost80%ofitsoperationalcostsfrommembershipswiththeprivateenterpriseanda"voluntaryuserfee"enforcedbythebusinessesthatcarryoutmarine-basedtourism(HN6e.3;HN6e.6;HN6e.7);andrecentlytheprivatesectorhashelpedtofinanceanassessmentandidentificationofcoralreefsintheBayofTela(HN6e.2&HN6e.5).Currently,throughapartnershipbetweenprivateenterprises,alocalNGOandthelocalgovernment,aMunicipalOrdinanceisbeingdraftedtodeclarethesereefsitesanMPA.

Document/Filename Location

IguanaResearchandBreedingStation

HondurasCoralReefFundHN6e.5-AnalisisdelEstadodeSaludyLineaBasedelArrecifeCoralinoenlaBahiadeTela

MunicipalidaddeTela

HN6e.12RMP2015membercontacts

HN6e.11RMP2015MembersList

HN6e.10RMP501c3RoatanMarineParkInternationalInc

HN6e.6-RMP2013Membership

IguanaResearchandBreedingStation

HN6e.7-RMP2013MembershipSign

HN6e.4-InformeConceptual2009

HN6e.2-OrdenanzaMunicipalTelaDraft

HN6e.3-RoatanMarineParkMembers

BenjaminKushner

HN6e.13RMPMoorings

Approval:

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2016-Theaforementionedreportwasobtained,whichwaspublishedin2009butwehadnotobtainedacopy(HN7a.4).Thisreportshowsamapwithsiteswithpotentialresilience,forall4countries,butthesemapshavenotbeenrevisedorapprovedataregionallevel(HN7a.5&6).

5–Existenceofanacceptedregionalmapthatidentifiesreefsmostlikelytoberesilientandisintegratedintotwonationallevelplansandintoatleast50%ofMPAplansinthosecountries4–Existenceofanacceptedregionalmapthatidentifiesreefsmostlikelytoberesilientandisintegratedintoatleastonenationallevelplanandintoatleast25%ofMPAsinthatcountry3–ExistenceofadraftMARregionalmapofreefresilienceusingaregionallyacceptedmethodandisunderreview2–Nationalworktodevelopregionallystandardizedresilienceindicatorsisunderway(datahasbeencollectedtoidentifyresilientsites)andhasbeenappliedtocreatearegionalmap1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

Grade:

2016-Thereisnoevidence

Observations:

2016-2Poor

Mappingofpotentiallyresilientreefstowarmingseas/coralbleaching

2011:2-Poor

RankingCriteria:

Indicator:

Coralsarehighlysensitivetochangesintemperature,resultinginbleaching.However,somespeciesappeartobemoretolerantandsomeindividualcoralsappearbetteracclimatedasaresultofpastexposuretostresses.Reefsthatarebettersuitedtoavoidortoleratebleachingaretermed“resistant.”Reefsthatareaffectedbutthenrecovertotheiroriginalstatearetermed“resilient.”Factorsthatappeartoimprovetheresilienceofacoralreefincludeminimizinglocalstressors,goodconnectivitytounimpactedorresistantreefareasandenablingcorallarvaetomoveinandestablishthecoralpopulation.

Responsible:

2014:2-Poor

2014&2011-AdraftregionalmaphasbeendevelopedbyTNC(2008/09).

Theme7–GlobalIssues

Date20082008-9

Feb07Mar092006

HN7a.5MARReporteRRAAlejandroArrivilllaga TNC

Source:

2014&2011-Thisworkhasstalledinthelastyearortwo.AmapwasproducedfromthesameTNC/WWF/HRIdatathatwasusedinthe2008HRIReportCard(HN7a.1&HN7a.2/p.2).Itcombinesseveralindicatorsintoanindexofresilience,similartotheindexofreefhealth-althoughtheresultsweresomewhatdifferent.Therewerequestionsabouttheindicatorsandrangesusedbut,thediscussion/reviewwasnevercompleted.Thedraftmapexists,butnoreportdetailingtheindicators,rangesandjustificationshasbeenlocatedorapproved.AdraftRapidReefAssessmenttoIdentifyResilientSitesintheMesoamericanReef(2009)wasalsoidentified(HN7a.3-onlythefrontpageisprovidedasthisdocumentisnotavailablefordistribution),whichidentifiesbleachingresilientandresistantreefsintheregionbyexaminingfactorssuchaslivecoralcover,coralcolonysizeandage,abundanceofbleachingresistantspecies,reefsthatsurvivedpreviousbleachingeventsandareaswithstrongrecruitment.Theotherelementsofthisproject(connectivityandeffectivemanagement)werenotidentified.

Document/Filename Institution

TNCHN7a.2-Member’sreportonactivitiestoICRIPresentedbyTheNatureConservancyReportingperiodJanuary2008–December2009

TNCLocation

HN7a.1-Mappotentialresilientsites_MAR

2011&2014

bkushner81@gmail.comBenjaminKushnerIndependentConsultant

HN7a.3-RapidReefAssessmenttoidentifyresilientsitesintheMesoamericanreef(excerpt)

HN7a.4MARRapidReefAssessment2006

Approval:

TNCTNCTNC

HN7a.6SitiosResilientesaBlanqueamiento

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2016:1-VeryPoor

2016-AccordingtoHN7b.11,Ex-PresidentPepeLoboacceptedandapprovedthefollowingprotocolstobesenttoNationalCongressforfinalapproval:ConventionfortheProtectionandDevelopmentoftheMarineEnvironmentoftheWiderCaribbeanRegion(HN7b.3)anditsProtocols:OilSpillsProtocol(HN7b.10),LBSProtocol(HN7b.5)&SPAWProtocol(HN7b.4).AccordingtomeetingsandtalkswithMarinaMercanteandDiBIO(HN7b.13,14y15),thenoticewasthenlostormisplacedandwasnotsenttoCongress.WithsupportfromCORALMarinaMercante,DiBIOandHRI(HN7b.12)thisnotwasfoundremadeandsenttoNationalCongressonDecember2015.

Observations:

2016-Scoreremainsthesame,asnoprotocolshavebeenratified.

RankingCriteria:

2011:1-VeryPoor

Responsible:

2014&2011-Hondurashasratified56%oftheinternational/regionaltreatiesthatsupportreefconservation.

Engagementininternational/regionaltreatiesthatsupportconservation

5–Atleast95%andhigherscore4–Scoreofatleast85%3–Scoreofatleast75%2–Scoreofaleast65%1–Scorelessthan64%

Grade:

ThefollowinginternationaltreatiesandconventionsaddresssolutionstoissuesrelevanttomarineconservationintheMARarea:1982UnitedNationsConventionontheLawoftheSea,1986ConventionfortheProtectionandDevelopmentoftheMarineEnvironmentoftheWiderCaribbeanRegion,1983ProtocolConcerningCooperationinCombatingOilSpillsintheWiderCaribbeanRegion,1990ProtocolConcerningSpeciallyProtectedAreasandWildlifetotheConventionfortheProtectionandDevelopmentoftheMarineEnvironmentoftheWiderCaribbeanRegion,2010ProtocolConcerningPollutionfromLand-BasedSourcesandActivities,1971ConventiononWetlandsofInternationalImportanceEspeciallyasWaterfowlHabitat,1992UnitedNationsFrameworkConventiononClimateChange,1992ConventiononBiologicalDiversity,and1973ConventiononInternationalTradeinEndangeredSpeciesofWildFaunaandFlora.Thisindicator

2014:1-VeryPoor

DateOct-11

Sep-11

Jun-05

Jun-00

Oct-10

Feb-71Mar-94Sep-03

Jul-74Jun-05

Feb-14

Jan-15

Jun-15Aug-15Aug-15Dec-15

RamsarHN7b.6-RAMSARRatificationList

HN7b.5-LBSProtocolRatificationMap

2011&2014

Institution

2014&2011-Hondurashasratified5ofthe9Internationaltreatiesmostrelevanttoreefmanagement.AnoticeablegapisthefailureofHondurastocommittotheConventionfortheProtectionandDevelopmentoftheMarineEnvironmentoftheWiderCaribbeanRegion(HN7b.3)anditsProtocols:OilSpillsProtocol(HN7b.10),LBSProtocol(HN7b.5)&SPAWProtocol(HN7b.4),asdetailedinHN7b.1,andverifiedbyotherdocumentslistedbelow.HondurashasratifiedtheUnitedNationsConventionontheLawoftheSea(HN7b.2),theRAMSARConvention(HN7b.6),theUNFCCC(HN7b.7),theConventiononBiologicalDiversity(HN7b.8)andtheCITESConvention(HN7b.9).

Document/Filename

Source:

HN7b.10-OilSpillsProtocol

HN7b.7-UNFCCRatificationList UNFCC

HN7b.9-CITESRatificationListCaribbeanEnvironmentProgramme

HN7b.16ConvenioCartagenaaCongresoNacional

HRIHN7b.15AvancesConvenioCartagenaAgo25

HN7b.12AcuerdosIngresadosalCongresoNacionalEnero2015

HN7b.13CartasVariasCartagena

HN7b.11AcuerdosMedioMarinodelGranCaribeFirmadosporPepeLobo

HN7b.14ReunionconMarinaMercante

Approval:

UnitedNationsConventionontheLawoftheSea

CBDHN7b.8-ConventiononBiologicalDiversityRatificationList

HN7b.1-CountryComparisons-InternationalTreatiesMostRelevanttoReefManagement

UnitedNationsConventionontheLawoftheSea

HN7b.4-SPAWRatificationMap

HN7b.3-ConventionfortheProtectionandDevelopmentoftheMarineEnvironmentoftheWiderCaribbeanRegion

BenjaminKushner

HN7b.2-StatusoftheUnitedNationsConventionontheLawoftheSea

Location

Ramsar

Status: Final

Name:Description:

Theme:

Grade:Result:

Observations:

2016-Theonlydocumentfoundis(HN7c.5)whereaCCadaptationplaniscreatedfortheZonaEspeciaMarinaSandyBayWestEnd,withintheBayIslandsNationalMarinePark.

2014-MethodologiestoevaluatethepotentialofbluecarbonsequestrationintheBayIslandsandPNJKarebeingstudied.ThereisanationalprotocoltomonitorthesequestrationofcarboninplotsundertheREDD+methodology(HN7c.4).Thisalsoincludesthemappingofrandomlyselectedplots,whichalsoincludescoastalareas(HN7c.1;HN7c.2;HN7c.3).

Observations:

5–AnincentiveprogramofecosystemservicesforcarbonsequestrationexistswithX%oftheMARlandarea4–AnincentiveprogramofecosystemservicesforcarbonsequestrationexistswithX%oftheMARlandarea3–Anincentiveprogramofecosystemservicesforcarbonsequestrationdoesexistbutisnotbeingapplied2–Thereareplanstodevelopanincentiveprogramofecosystemservicesforcarbonsequestration1–Nodocumentedactionthatmeetsthecriteriatoachieveahigherscoreisavailable

RankingCriteria:

Justification-Ashumanpopulationsgrow,sodotheresourcedemandsimposedonecosystems.Theenvironmentalimpactsofanthropogenicactions,whichareprocessesormaterialsderivedfromhumanactivities,arebecomingmoreapparent.Thisindicatormeasurestheapplicationandprogressofanincentiveprogramofecosystemservicesforcarbonsequestration.

Responsible:

2016-Nodocumentwasfoundthatshowsthatthisincentiveprogramsexistsandisunderway.2014:2-Poor

7c.Adoptandexpandarewardsystemforcarbonsequestrationandencourageareductioninhydrocarbonextractionanddependencywhilepromotingtheuseofalternativerenewableenergysources.

2011:NA

Indicator:

Source:

2016:2-Poor

2014-Acarbonsequestrationprojectisslowlybeingdeveloped,basedonforestsandmangroves,butdoesnotexistyet.

Grade:

DateAug-13

Aug-13

2016 Oct-12

BenjaminKushner

HN7c.5PlandeAdaptacionCCZPEMSBWE

Approval:

HN7c.3-CapasMitigacionActividadesForestalesyAgroforestales

USAIDUSAID

HN7c.2-CapasdePotencialidadesForestalesenHonduras

HN7c.4-MonitoreoForestalenelContextodeREDD+Honduras

Location

HN7c.1-CapasdeCapturadeCarbonoenHonduras

InstitutionDocument/Filename