Projects in Latin America/Caribbean

Using integrated watershed management for resilient development in Latin America.

The Belizean government used InVEST to engage stakeholders and devise a plan that improves coastal protection, tourism and lobster revenues, while also reducing human impacts on coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds.

Developed an ecosystem-based, sustainable management plan for a key biodiversity region in the west of Belize.

Working to identify and test new data technologies for scaling the use of information on climate change, coastal processe, and ecosystem services into Integrated Coastal Zone Management across the Caribbean and Latin America

Using ecosystem service information to zone various activities to preserve natural and cultural heritage values on Chiloé island.

Identified reforestation areas based on ecosystem services and their benefits to people.

Identified reforestation areas based on ecosystem services and their benefits to people.

Incorporated ecosystem services into coastal zone planning.

Evaluated various scenarios of shade-grown coffee implementation throughout Costa Rica.

We are working to better understand the impacts of land use and climate on the risk of vector-borne diseases, and especially mosquito-borne disease, in Latin America.

Identified reforestation areas based on ecosystem services and their benefits to people.

Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services.

Through the ClimateWise project, we improve our understanding of how land use and climate change affect water resources in the northern Andes and in the Atlantic Forest Region of Brazil.

Developed a new tool (RIOS) for targeting investments in watershed conservation and restoration (water funds) to improve services for the most people.

Technical support to apply the RIOS watershed planning tool to guide climate adaptation planning.

In a participatory process, the Office of the Prime Minister brought in the Natural Capital Project to design an island-wide future scenario that supports environmental, social, and economic objectives.

Developing and applying an expanded mitigation approach to account for and compensate the negative impacts communities experience as a result of environmental degradation due to development.

Identified reforestation areas based on ecosystem services and their benefits to people.

Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services.

Assessing the potential for the Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul road to be developed with no net loss of natural capital and for mitigation measures to secure ecosystem services for local communities in a socially equitable way.

Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods.

NatCap mapped the mangroves, sea grasses, coral reefs, and forests in the Gulf of Morrosquillo and quantified their benefits to people

Working to prioritize investments in their new national Rewards for Environmental Services program, a financial incentives system aiming to improve rangeland management to promote freshwater services and livestock productivity.

Targeting conservation and restoration to maximize ecosystem services under climate change conditions, monitoring and evaluating the real benefits of these programs, and calculating return on investment.

Using NatCap tools for targeting conservation and restoration to maximize ecosystem services, calculating return on investment, and building capacity.