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UNDP is working in several aspects in Honduras in order to reduce poverty and reach
environmental sustainability in the country. Examples of this work are the implementation
of the project “Promoting Integrated Ecosystem and Natural Resource
Management in Honduras” which is funded by UNDP/GEF for incorporating and adopting
integrated management approaches at the national level. UNDP also supports
Honduras in the development of an energy policy on integral and sustainable renewal
energy, energy efficiency, and rural energisation and its action plan. The plan of action
responds to the PRSs and the MDGs.
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PORTFOLIO
Kim Bolduc, Resident Representative
UNDP is supporting Honduras to raise awareness of the links between poverty and the environment, and incorporate this into national
planning, through the “Sustainable Human Development for Poverty Reduction”project. The project has worked to generate processes
of reflection and consensus, particularly through consecutive national human development reports. It also aims to strengthen the
technical capacities of the Government and civil society through knowledge generation and dissemination under the paradigm of SHD
for Poverty Reduction.
UNDP is assisting the Government to increase access to sustainable energy and reduce GHG emissions, thereby reducing poverty and
protecting the environment. For example, the GEF-funded industrial and commercial sector energy efficiency project is designed to
remove barriers to energy efficient equipment and practices, while the Renewable Energy project is working to accelerate renewable
energy investments through CABEI, reduce the CO 2 emissions of the energy sector, and contribute to rural economic development.
With GEF funding, UNDP is also supporting the country to fulfil its commitments to the UNFCCC through assistance to the preparation
of the Second National Communication to the Convention. Additional funding for energy projects in Honduras is provided by CIDA,
CABEI, UNIDO, UNEP, and UNDP’s Sustainable Energy Thematic Trust Fund.
The “Honduras Land Administration Programme” works to formalize property rights for the vast majority of Hondurans. This programme,
implemented by UNDP with funding from the World Bank, will facilitate access to land by the poor, reduce transaction costs,
and encourage the emergence of dynamic land-based asset markets. In addition, with funding from the Swedish Government, UNDP
is supporting Honduras to legalize land possession, and eventually obtain property titles for 1,800 families. As a result of owning property
titles, these families will have access to an improvement programme or the construction of a house through credits.
UNDP is supporting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Honduras through GEF-funded projects such as, the
“Integrated Ecosystem and Natural Resources Management” programme, which is promoting environmental benefits through the integration
of ecosystem management principles into rural development projects. Another GEF-funded project is strengthening the capacity
of the National Programme for Local Development, which incorporates and adopts integrated management approaches, while the
GEF “Biodiversity in Priority Areas Project” is supporting the ecosystem integrity of the Honduran section of the Mesoamerican
Biological Corridor, through better conservation of biodiversity in core areas and sustainable use of biodiversity in the corridor buffer
zones
UNDP is supporting Honduras’ efforts towards sound management of chemicals through implementation of a technical assistance programme
in the refrigeration sector under the Montreal Protocol, and an enabling activity initiative for development of a National
Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on POPs. This programme, funded by both the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal
Protocol and the GEF, contributes significantly to Honduras’ action to fulfil its obligations under the global chemicals management
regime.
CONTACTS
Mr. Luis Gradiz – luis.gradiz@undp.org
Tel.: (504) 220-1100, 231-0102
Fax: (504) 239-8010
http://www.undp.un.hn/energia_y_medio_ambiente.htm
PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in
Honduras
CIDA CABEI
UNIDO
UNEP
Government of Sweden
World Bank
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MDGR 2003 http://www.undg.org/documents/3276-Honduras_MDG_Report.pdf; 2 UNDP-GEF, Biodiversity Project Fact Sheet, Honduras, 1997: http://thegef.org/Outreach/outreach-
PUblications/Project_factsheet/Honduras-biod-1-bd-wb-undp-wb-eng-ld.pdf; *Frameworks and Strategies for Sustainable Development
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