Belize to receive grant funding under GCF CARICOM Project

Belize will be one of the beneficiaries of a regional project by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to improve the fisheries sector. Today the Ministry of Economic Development, which is Belize’s National Designated Authority to the GCF, announced that the proposal for a project has been approved. The project is titled, “The Road to Resilient (R2R) fisheries – adopting ecosystem-based adaptation in four CARICOM Member States”.  The project is valued at just under a million US dollars and is expected to be implemented in Belize, Grenada, Jamaica and St. Kitts and Nevis. The grant seeks to increase the resilience of coastal and marine resource users to climate risks by adopting ecosystem-based solutions in marine-managed areas. The Caribbean Community Climate Change Center will act as the accredited entity, working together with the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation to implement the project.