BCIE: Environmental Strategy

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) has adopted an Environmental Strategy to guide its financing of sustainable development projects in Central America and promote environmental principles in its practices. The Strategy sets out general principles and calls for Bank action in six areas: biodiversity; waste management; energy; air pollution; land management; and water as a resource.

Press Release

Central America: Biodiversity Loss

A new technical report finds that Central America has lost 52% of its original biodiversity and is projected to lose up to 58% by 2030 and attributes most of the loss to land-use changes. The report provides: assessments by country, regional baseline information, projection of trends through 2030 and detailed information on protected areas in seven of the eight countries. The report's stated goal is to provide countries with better data to aid decision-making regarding the protection, conservation and use of the region's biodiversity.