ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a line of action. It explains the author's reasons for selecting the line of action, and the second gives specific recommendations. The chapter describes how the overall line of action and each component intervention, is expected to affect biodiversity and suggests indicators to measure those effects. Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally diverse in terms of ecosystems, politics, culture, and economics. The actions that strengthen terrestrial protected areas (PAs) and forest comanagement: build domestic capacity to sustainably finance existing PAs; consolidate and establish more corridors among existing PAs; selectively expand PA networks; provide additional support for improved co-management. The chapter explains the line of action to help conserve biodiversity by stemming habitat loss and degradation. The main threats to coastal and marine ecosystems and biodiversity are overexploitation, especially overfishing; pollution from agricultural, urban, and industrial sources; habitat loss and degradation, and climate change.
