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Leveraging Eco-Tourism for Biodiversity Protection — GEF-Financed National Park Management (Dominica)

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 76% 33/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

A US$3.65M GEF/World Bank grant (Project P170846) funds Dominica to rehabilitate trails in three national parks — Cabrits, Morne Trois Pitons (UNESCO) and Morne Diablotin — plus the Waitukubuli Trail, channelling ecotourism revenue into biodiversity management.

US$3.65M
GEF/World Bank grant
~85%
Forest cover destroyed by Hurricane Maria (2017)
Leveraging Eco-Tourism for Biodiversity Protection — GEF-Financed National Park Management (Dominica)

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica – Forestry, Wildlife & Parks Division, with the Global Environment Facility / World Bank
Period
2020s–ongoing
Keywords
biodiversity protection, ecotourism, forest management

Context

Dominica has over 60% forest cover, but Hurricane Maria destroyed an estimated 85% of that cover in September 2017; in 2022 the government adopted its first National Forest Policy since 1949.

Activities

The GEF-financed 'Leveraging Eco-Tourism for Biodiversity Protection in Dominica' project (World Bank Project P170846, ~US$3.65M) rehabilitates ecotourism infrastructure and trails in Cabrits National Park, Morne Trois Pitons National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and Morne Diablotin National Park, plus the Waitukubuli National Trail; it trains local guides and introduces e-ticketing so visitor revenue can be captured and reinvested in biodiversity management.

Results

As of the most recent public reporting (2024), the project remained in implementation; quantified biodiversity-trend data and ticketing-revenue figures had not yet been published.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Government of Dominica Forestry, Wildlife & Parks Division, Local ecotourism guides (trained under the project)

Conditions for success

  • E-ticketing introduced to capture and reinvest visitor revenue directly into park/biodiversity management
  • Part of a wider PROGREEN multi-donor (World Bank, Germany, Sweden, UK) forest-policy financing push

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