The Government, through the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition, signed an intergovernmental financial support contract with the German Development Bank (KfW) for 15 million euros, which will be administered by the Sustainable Environmental Investment Fund (FIAS).
These non-reimbursable funds will be used for the execution of the “Protection of biodiversity in the Galapagos Islands” program, with the aim of working in coordination with allied organizations for the detection, monitoring, control, management and eradication of invasive species. .
The contract will have a duration of 5 years with an option to extend it and the funds will finance strategies for the prevention, control and eradication of invasive species such as the caulerpa algae, the avian vampire fly, plants such as blackberries and the Floreana ecological restoration project.
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In addition, it will improve the conditions of quarantine stations on populated islands, reduce the risk of dispersal of invasive species through the implementation of control mechanisms in urban and rural areas of populated islands, automate processes, and strengthen control of priority species. to prevent the extinction of native species.
For the Minister of the Environment, Gustavo Manrique, this relationship strengthens bilateral relations, for which he thanked on behalf of the Ecuadorian State the support of the Government of Germany to generate significant impacts on the problem of invasive species and ensure a long-term Galapagos with minimal risk of introducing invasive species.
The Ministry of the Environment will also strategically guide this program through the Galapagos Invasive Species Control Fund (FEIG) and will participate in the identification, preparation, implementation and supervision of the projects through the Galapagos National Park (PNG) and the Agency Regulation and Control of Biosafety and Quarantine for Galapagos (ABG).
The German delegation was led by Franz-Birger Marré, head of the South American division of the German development cooperation ministry; Claudia Arce, director of KfW for Latin America and the Caribbean; Mira Berz, KfW coordinator for the Ecuador portfolio, in Germany; Bárbara Schulz-Hönerhoff, head of the German Cooperation at the Embassy; David Betolaza, director of KfW for Ecuador. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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