Unesco

Honduras is partnering with UNESCO to measure employment, economic output, and contributions to development from arts, crafts, music, and creative industries, with a parallel evaluation in the municipality of Santa Lucía.

The government will allocate 1.5 billion lempiras (about $60 million) from 2027 to 2029 for conservation and recovery of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site, after declaring a three-year environmental emergency.

Honduras has begun measuring cultural employment, creative-industry activity, and heritage's contribution to the economy with UNESCO support, to better understand how many jobs the sector generates and what it contributes to national development.

A UNESCO mission will visit Honduras late 2026 to assess conservation efforts at the Plátano River Biosphere Reserve, Honduras's largest protected area, which remains on the World Heritage in Danger list due to illegal land occupation, poaching, and deforestation linked to organized crime.

Foundation Terra, the Education Ministry, and UNESCO have launched a four-month training program for 100 teachers and community leaders in 30 schools across the Central District to build environmental education capacity, equipping schools with gardens, rainwater systems, and waste management tools to benefit roughly 10,500 children.