Ecobreves – Protecting Biodiversity

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CARACAS, Feb 4 2001 (IPS) - A plan for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in the Orinoco River region gets underway in March, promoted by the Venezuelan government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The 32.5 million-dollar project is to have partial financing from the Worldwide Fund for Nature, which will also be involved in supervision, Carlos Sánchez, the UNDP representative in Caracas, told Tierramérica.

The objective of the project is to protect the biodiversity of a 22 square-km wetland and achieve the sustainable management of the Orinoco Delta biosphere reserve, which is home to more than 220 species.