Increasing resilience of ecosystems and communities to climate change through Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) in key connected areas of the Caribbean Biological Corridor.

This project seeks to reduce the risks of coastal flooding, sedimentation, warming temperatures and biodiversity loss in key ecosystems of the Caribbean Biological Corridor (CBC), by promoting Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA), as well as more resilient and sustainable communities and protected areas. The overarching goal will be achieved by working with local partners and authorities in specific locations that play a key role in providing ecological connectivity between wetlands, mangroves and other marine-coastal ecosystems in the provinces of Holguín and Guantánamo, between Yamanigüey and Nibujón in Cuba, specifically in the wetland areas along the Alejandro de Humboldt NP, and in in the coastal areas of Nord-Ouest and Nord departments of Haiti, including two potential mangrove forests in the locality of Haut Fourneaux in Port de Paix and in the Baie-de l’Acul. The project will be implemented by CEDAF and the CBC Secretariat in collaboration with UNEP and in coordination with local partners following two strategies; i) building capacities to increase climatic resilience of communities and natural ecosystems in key marine and coastal CBC areas through EbA and sharing experiences across the CBC network and ii) restoring coastal wetlands and connected watersheds, enhancing resilience of local communities and natural ecosystems.