Final Independent Evaluation: Payment for Ecosystem Services for the Protection and Restoration of the Bondeau, Pestel and Corail Mangrove Ecosystem in Haiti
- The project brought more than 19,000 hectares of mangroves, watersheds and agroforestry systems under protection, restoration or sustainable management.
- It reached 1,046 livelihood participants with a focus on women and strengthened cooperatives and community organizations.
- Relevance was rated very satisfactory and efficiency, sustainability, gender and inclusion, and the PES mechanism moderately satisfactory.
- The evaluators cite climate hazards, input quality, deteriorating roads, insecurity and inflation as the main constraints.
The evaluation covers the project Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) for the Protection and Restoration of the Bondeau, Pestel and Corail Mangroves, implemented by CORE from January 2023 to April 2026 with a budget of USD 2 million from the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund, itself co-financed by the German International Climate Initiative through KfW. It is a condensed version of the May 2026 report, prepared for external dissemination.
The evaluators used 200 household surveys, 12 focus groups with 145 participants and 30 interviews. They report more than 19,000 hectares under protection, restoration or sustainable management, capacity building for local authorities and natural resource committees, and 1,046 livelihood participants with a focus on women. Relevance scored 4 to 4.5 out of 5, while efficiency, sustainability, gender and inclusion, and the PES mechanism scored 3 to 3.5. Constraints include climate hazards, input quality, deteriorating roads, insecurity and inflation.
How to cite
Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE); Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), 2026, Final Independent Evaluation: Payment for Ecosystem Services for the Protection and Restoration of the Bondeau, Pestel and Corail Mangrove Ecosystem in Haiti, https://reliefweb.int/attachments/00e39c0a-9287-4e47-82f3-1c99222547cf/Haiti_CBF3_evaluation_condensed_101626.pdf
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- Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE)|Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF)