U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Affairs

Latin America and the Caribbean

Goals and Objectives

The principal goal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Latin America and the Caribbean Branch, Division of International Conservation, is to strengthen the ability of this region’s conservation and natural resources managers, institutions, and communities to conserve biological diversity. This includes the conservation of species and ecosystems in which they reside.

The Latin America and Caribbean Branch, through international treaties, conventions, protocols, agreements, and other regional initiatives, cooperates with domestic and foreign governmental agencies, national and international non-governmental conservation organizations, and universities to accomplish this goal. 

Initiatives are developed and projects are supported to achieve this goal through the following objectives:

1. Develop personnel resources primarily through strengthening the capabilities of local institutions to develop and train local nationals to effectively manage natural resources.

2. Conserve habitats with a focus on areas already under protected status, but also including buffer zones, corridors, and other designations associated with protected areas.

3. Raise public awareness on a local and regional basis to promote conservation.

4. Catalyze conservation partnerships at local and international levels.

5. Promote communication and information exchange among communities, institutions, and countries; and enhance availability to resource users.

6. Enhance organizational development in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of conservation activities with the ultimate goal of self-sufficiency.

7. Address conservation in a local context, effectively integrating local priorities and needs into all projects.

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