Ecotourism Consultant

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established to provide financial support for countries like the Dominican Republic to achieve their climate goals. In 2017, GGGI and GCF signed a strategic agreement to leverage GGGI’s presence in partner governments to support countries’ access to non-reimbursable financing for GCF Readiness and Preparatory programs. As an implementing partner of the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Programs in the Dominican Republic, GGGI is committed to strengthening local capacities in green and inclusive growth.

Within this program signed with the Dominican Republic, there is a line of action aimed at supporting the development of a National Ecotourism Strategy in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Tourism, which defines the investment needs of the sector, the analysis of the value chain, ecotourism providers, environmental and social potential, capacity, and regulatory gaps, and recommended priority actions. The development of the strategy will take as input the results of nature questionnaires and audits to better understand the needs, preferences and dislikes of national and international tourists and a strategic environmental and social assessment to ensure the integration of environmental and social factors, as well as considerations in the preparation and adoption of the strategy.

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